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NEW YORK — Sean Marks has asked a lot of Brooklyn. He’s asked it to live with the losses, to stare at the standings without flinching and to trust that all the patience, all the picks and all the flexibility were ...Read more

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A crushing loss, deep friendships, timely advice and NIL opportunity brought All-SEC forward Thomas Haugh back to Florida.

This combination delivered an offseason windfall for men’s basketball ...Read more

SEATTLE — What’s one word to describe Dominique Malonga’s soon-to-be second season with the Seattle Storm?

Some obvious options:

Potential. Improvement. Ascendance. Expectations.

The 20-year-old center has her own...Read more

CHICAGO — Courtney Vandersloot didn’t think it would be this hard to sit on the sidelines.

At this stage of her career, the Chicago Sky point guard is used to missing training camp. Vandersloot spent years logging ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Patrick Bailey delivered one of the most thrilling moments of last season just over seven months ago, hitting a walk-off grand slam off the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Tanner Scott as the Giants tried to keep ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — His gloves dropped, his helmet off, his stringy hair falling into his face, Travis Konecny barked and shouted and cursed at Bryan Rust, the two of them seemingly oblivious now to the chaos they had ...Read more

CHICAGO — With Felix Reyes standing on second base, Edmundo Sosa ripped a double to left field.

Sosa’s hit in the second inning Wednesday, which scored Reyes easily, ended the Phillies’ slump of 0 for 26 over the ...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas — For the first time in his career as a starting pitcher, Braxton Ashcraft completed seven innings. And he picked one heck of a time to do it.

Ashcraft, pitching professionally in his home state of ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At long last, the Kansas City Royals’ half-decade search for a new stadium location is nearing a conclusion.

The Royals, in a press release Wednesday morning, announced their intentions to move to ...Read more

BOSTON — Fresh off a down year and looking for any edge he could find, Amed Rosario first sought the help of Driveline, the high-tech, data-driven player development organization, after the 2023 season.

He initially ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — After losing the first two games of their first-round series against the Philadelphia Flyers, the Pittsburgh Penguins got off to the start they needed in Game 3.

They finally scored on a power play. They...Read more

DETROIT — Midway through the first quarter, Goga Bitadze held the ball and attempted to establish a triple-threat position, but he struggled because of the intense defensive pressure from Isaiah Stewart. As a result, ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — After the Tampa Bay Lightning’s last game at the Bell Centre, coach Jon Cooper was frustrated that it seemed like every time the officials separated a big scrum, they’d send an extra Lightning player to...Read more

NEW YORK — Stephon Marbury is asking for a pen and paper. The waitress brings him an envelope.

To Marbury, the envelope, like many things in his life, has become a basketball court. On this court, constructed with a few...Read more

DETROIT — It was coming. He could feel it.

In his first at-bat, he hit a sizzler, 106.2 mph off his bat, right at the left fielder. Two innings later, with Riley Greene at second base following a double, Spencer ...Read more

CHICAGO — Assistant general manager Jeff King has been with the Chicago Bears long enough — initially hired as a scouting intern in 2015 — that he surely has received plenty of historical nuggets from board member ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls must do this on their own.

For six years, Billy Donovan was the team’s central source of clarity. While the front office run by Artūras Karnišovas struggled with communication and ...Read more

NEW YORK — Juan Soto did little to dispel the notion that the New York Mets are lacking clubhouse chemistry. The club activated the star slugger from the injured list on Wednesday, hoping he can provide the offensive ...Read more

When Fernando Mendoza accepted the Heisman Trophy in December, he spoke Spanish for his grandparents during his speech. His grandmother was gleaming with joy and blowing kisses to him on stage.

When Mendoza showed up to ...Read more