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LAS VEGAS — The Oakland Athletics are expected to present their plan to play in Las Vegas for at least 30 years to the Las Vegas Stadium Authority Thursday.

The so-called “nonrelocation agreement” will be the second...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Five days after being designated for assignment, Roansy Contreras has a new club. Sources informed the Post-Gazette on Thursday afternoon that Contreras was traded to the Los Angeles Angels for cash ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Wednesday was NFL schedule release day, and to hear fans and observers of the Steelers talk, it was an event worthy of extreme wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Holy heck. They have 17 games and have to play ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Sportsbooks are on a heater.

The rise of online gambling over the past six years has resulted in a lucrative market for sports betting operators with annual revenue in the 11-figure range. Americans placed a...Read more

NEW YORK — The prize awaiting the victor of the Knicks and Pacers’ second-round slugfest is a meeting in the Eastern Conference finals with basketball’s biggest juggernaut.

That would be the Boston Celtics, who, ...Read more

CHICAGO — All eyes were on Bronny James this week in Chicago as the son of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James showed out at the NBA combine at Wintrust Arena.

James isn’t projected to be picked in the first round of...Read more

After logging 6 2/3 scoreless innings against the Rays on May 10, Clarke Schmidt found himself wanting more.

The right-hander had just matched the longest start of his career, but he put up a small fight when manager ...Read more

NEW YORK — A year ago, after Aaron Rodgers was acquired in a trade with the Packers, the Jets received six national television games.

But Rodgers tore his Achilles four plays into his Gang Green debut against the ...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — When the tee times for the first round of the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club were announced Tuesday, it was easy to see where the most fan attention would be directed.

Teeing off in back-...Read more

BOSTON — Brad Marchand does not want anyone crying for him.

Yes, he believes that Sam Bennett “got away with one” when he punched Marchand in the head with the butt end of the stick in his right hand. But the way ...Read more

MIAMI — The aura around him, the sizzle in his wake, still hasn’t left Odell Beckham Jr.

He conveys stylish cool like Dwyane Wade did. OBJ has appeared as himself in TV series, and in music videos by Drake and Nicki ...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — This is a column about baseball and forward thinking. So naturally, we’ll start with football and the past.

Forty-some years ago, NFL coach and Texas legend Bum Phillips described Don Shula in ...Read more

Are we sure Jared Goff is worth more than $50 million per year?

Because if he is, that’s going to be a problem for the 49ers.

San Francisco has long anticipated paying Brock Purdy, the team’s third-year quarterback, ...Read more

MIAMI — Having maximized NBA draft picks at No. 13 and No. 14, it’s as if Adam Simon is playing three-card poker, attempting to fill out a straight at No. 15.

Simon, the Heat’s vice president of basketball ...Read more

BALTIMORE — It took just two days and two entries for the Preakness Stakes field to go from uh-oh to “pretty solid” in the estimation of trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who’s been in more of these classic races than anyone...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Before Wednesday’s series finale against the Dodgers, Curt Casali, fresh off signing a one-year deal to re-join the black and orange, was asked about the team’s morale amidst a flurry of injuries. ...Read more

DENVER — Revenge games provide a platform for players to show why they should have won MVP honors. Nikola Jokic staged a revenge game to show why he did win MVP honors.

The premise was that the Minnesota Timberwolves ...Read more

BOSTON — After the irritating extra-inning, walk-off loss to the Red Sox on Tuesday, the Rays were looking to feel better about things on Wednesday.

And they did, thanks to a good start from Taj Bradley, solid relief ...Read more