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AMES, Iowa — One look at the faces of the Kansas men’s basketball players sitting on the bench in Hilton Coliseum told the story.

In a word, they looked despondent.

A number of players wore blank expressions. Others ...Read more

There was no love lost between St. John’s and Providence on Valentine’s Day.

A fight broke out during the second half of the Red Storm’s 79-69 win over the Friars during a tense Saturday afternoon at Amica Mutual ...Read more

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— UNC star freshman Caleb Wilson was as animated as ever on Saturday afternoon. He played dribbling games with his teammates in warmups. He signed autographs and posed for pictures with fans before the ...Read more

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — There's much more to Olympic ski racing than what goes on between the gates. A lot of it has to do with what's going on inside the helmet, and Mikaela Shiffrin hinted at that after a ...Read more

MILAN — His competitors flashed by with still more than half a lap to go. Jordan Stolz, sitting opposite of the finish line staring at a large video board, looked at his coach and nodded. The U.S. flag quietly came out ...Read more

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Axel Brown, the pilot of Trinidad and Tobago's bobsled team, came to the Milan-Cortina Winter Games with a simple goal.

"Just don't come last," he said. "We know that there is a 0% chance of ...Read more

History is once again unfolding at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games as Team USA members break records and score dominant triumphs.

But as the Games move into their second week, a different and more provocative history is ...Read more

MILAN — When she skated, Tara Lipinski was always nervous. But it was different before the free skate of the 1998 Olympics. The teenager cried that morning. She called her parents after the six-minute warmup and said ...Read more

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — On the day Kiké Hernández came home, meaning the whole gang was returning for a run at a third consecutive World Series championship, I asked Dodgers manager Dave Roberts an obvious question.

Could...Read more

The gap between the San Francisco 49ers and the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks is not a crack in the sidewalk. It’s a canyon. It’s massive. It’s undeniable. And if you watched the last two months of the NFL ...Read more

Another NFL season is officially in the books.

The Seahawks dominated the Patriots in Super Bowl LX to win their second title, Bad Bunny’s halftime show has me planning a trip to Puerto Rico and the commercials were ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — In eight years of covering the Timberwolves, I don’t think there has been a season with as much collective weight on all levels of the organization as this one.

The team bottomed out in some seasons, and...Read more

CHICAGO — For a few seconds in Monday’s road loss to the Brooklyn Nets, Matas Buzelis could barely breathe.

The second-year forward had launched himself on the typical aggressive trajectory that allows him to block ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A tumultuous season has come to a premature end for Sacramento Kings guard Zach LaVine.

A league source told The Sacramento Bee on Friday that LaVine plans to undergo season-ending surgery on his ...Read more

MADISON, Wis. — That one is going to sting for a while.

Michigan State came to Madison with a chance to continue clawing its way back into the Big Ten title hunt. Instead, it leaves stomaching a 92-71 wire-to-wire loss ...Read more

MESA, Ariz. — There was a real possibility Shota Imanaga’s last moments in a Chicago Cubs uniform would be one of heartbreak.

Imanaga had to watch the Milwaukee Brewers’ victory celebration from the bullpen at ...Read more

GLENDALE, Ariz. — As he enters the ninth season of his MLB career – third with the Dodgers – Shohei Ohtani’s list of accomplishments is long indeed.

Four MVP awards (two in each league), baseball’s first 50/50 ...Read more

NEW YORK — All of the claims in Brian Flores’ racial discrimination lawsuit against the NFL and multiple teams, including the Giants, can proceed in court, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled Friday.

In a 14-page order...Read more

Pity the prodigies.

All of the gifts and none of the experience. So much pressure and so little experience. Talent and tools and too much to learn.

The bigger deal they are, the further from grace they’ll fall. Usually...Read more