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The San Jose Sharks are back in the win column.

San Jose had not won since Dec. 16, but the Sharks put that to rest with a hard-fought 6-3 road win over the Vancouver Canucks, taking an early 2-0 lead and hanging on ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Brooklyn Nets arrived in Minnesota with the NBA’s youngest roster, the lowest scoring average in the league and only nine wins.

The Timberwolves handled the assignment as if they were still ...Read more

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Ravens arrived at the cathedral of pro football confronted with their own mortality, last rites at the ready.

Win at Lambeau Field against the Packers and they would keep their faint playoff pulse ...Read more

Karl-Anthony Towns is beginning to heat up, all but one of the Knicks’ young prospects are making strides in the first year of head coach Mike Brown’s tenure, and Captain Clutch saved the day once again.

The three ...Read more

There was a chance this first game back after a three-day holiday break was going to be a difficult one for the Red Wings.

Three days off without practice or games, then fly into Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, the morning of ...Read more

The Wild lightened their load as they started a season-long road trip.

They kicked off a seven-game, six-city, 14-day trek by rallying for a 4-3 overtime win against the Jets at Canada Life Centre for their first victory ...Read more

SUNRISE, Fla. — The third regular-season meeting between the Lightning and Panthers on Saturday night at Amerant Bank Arena had its customary flared tempers, confusing officiating and dropped gloves.

The second period ...Read more

MIAMI — For most of Saturday night’s Miami Heat game, if you hadn’t watched much of the Indiana Pacers, you would have thought they were high percentage with their shots, relentless with their offense.

Instead of ...Read more

The 49ers’ Sunday night matchup with the Chicago Bears isn’t just a game. It’s a dress rehearsal.

For the last month, the 49ers have been feasting on the NFL’s middle class (at best), stacking five straight wins ...Read more

After a decade and a half of the Bruins feasting on the Buffalo Sabres, the roles look like they are at long last reversed.

That’s certainly the way it looked on Saturday night in Buffalo, where the Bruins saw their ...Read more

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — What began as a blowout, ended as a down-to-the-wire finish Saturday, as the Houston Texans held off the Chargers with a 20-16 victory at SoFi Stadium.

The outcome rippled through the AFC, with the ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Jets continue to search for their future quarterback.

But this week’s starter against New England, Brady Cook, certainly isn’t the answer.

In Aaron Glenn and Darren Mougey’s first year as coach and...Read more

SUNRISE, Fla. — The way Lightning defenseman J.J. Moser has played this season, he was eventually due a big pay day.

Moser, 25, quietly has emerged as one of the league’s top defensemen, his plus-24 ratio trailing ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After the Lakers' third straight loss Thursday, JJ Redick promised things would get "uncomfortable." The second-year coach, frustrated after the team delivered a lump of coal in a Christmas Day blowout by ...Read more

CHICAGO — There’s a gravitational force in the NFL that tends to pull the 32 teams toward the middle of the pack.

That’s why the idea of parity is constantly bandied about. The salary cap and a draft based on the ...Read more

The Patriots placed starting wide receiver Mack Hollins on injured reserve, knocking him out for at least four games.

That means, at minimum, Hollins, who’s dealing with an abdomen injury, will miss the Patriots’ ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Star defensive end Maxx Crosby’s season appeared likely over when the Raiders informed him he wouldn’t play in the team’s final two games on Friday.

The team made it official Saturday, placing Crosby ...Read more

SEATTLE — When the Mariners announced the signing of veteran hitter Rob Refsnyder to a one-year, $6.5 million contract, there was some consternation among the fan base (like always) about his fit or need on the Mariners'...Read more