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HOUSTON — The Pirates were 28-3 when leading after seven innings. They — along with likely most others watching — expected that first number to become 29 when they led the Astros 8-3 after the seventh Wednesday night...Read more

ANAHEIM — This wasn’t the lineup that you would expect to produce one of the Angels’ best offensive games of the season.

Powered by four hits apiece from Nick Madrigal and Wade Meckler, the Angels snapped their ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Looking to avoid their third sweep of the season and first since they left Milwaukee without a win near the end of May, the Cardinals’ carousel of hits and timely relief work helped send them into Thursday�...Read more

For most of Game 1 of the NBA Finals, it did not look like Jalen Brunson was about to deliver anything close to a signature performance.

He started 1-of-8 from the field, a rut that would extend to 5 of 18.

For the game,...Read more

SAN ANTONIO — Maybe the Knicks play their best basketball with their backs against the wall. Because once again, they spotted a playoff opponent a double-digit lead. And once again, they mounted a ferocious comeback — ...Read more

By now, it’s a mistake to think this Knicks team will go down without a fight.

It was a mistake to think that with New York down 2-1 in a first-round series against the Hawks, and it was a mistake to think that down 22 ...Read more

MILWAUKEE — Logan Webb couldn’t quite complete his bid at history, but for the first time this season, Webb truly looked the part of an ace.

Webb took a perfect game into the sixth and a no-hitter into the seventh en ...Read more

The Kansas City Royals raced to an early lead against the Cincinnati Reds. But they needed a late surge on the road at Great American Ball Park for a chance at victory.

They got it — and won, 5-2, Wednesday night — to...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — For Carolina Hurricanes goalie Frederik Andersen, the winding road to league-leading success in the Stanley Cup playoffs has not been an easy ride.

The Canes’ top netminder, a five-year member of the ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said there’s interest from multiple interested parties regarding owning expansion teams in Las Vegas and Seattle.

Silver, addressing the media Wednesday in San Antonio ahead of...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Time is running out on the Carolina Hurricanes’ top line.

The Canes have been waiting and waiting in the Stanley Cup playoffs for Sebastian Aho’s line to display the kind of hockey it’s capable of ...Read more

(Editor’s note: This story discusses sexual assault. If you have been abused or sexually assaulted, contact RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-4673, online at https://rainn.org/help-and-healing/hotline ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Cristopher Sánchez uncorked his last warmup pitch and bobbed his head to “Coronao Now,” the song that precedes his starts at home.

On the edge of history, the Phillies ace was cool as ever.

“You ...Read more

BOSTON — Home hasn’t been a happy place for the Red Sox, who came into Wednesday night’s game against the Baltimore Orioles with both the worst home record in MLB and their worst home record up to this point in ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers have signed tight end Darnell Washington to a new five-year deal worth $45.674 million, sources told the Post-Gazette on Wednesday.

It is the second significant move in as many days for the ...Read more

SEATTLE — Former Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson made it official Wednesday that he is joining CBS Sports to serve as an analyst on the NFL Today.

He did so in a three minute and 15-second video posted to social ...Read more

SEATTLE — Maybe the Mets should adopt a new philosophy: Play small to win big.

That’s what they did Wednesday afternoon at T-Mobile Park to salvage a series against the Seattle Mariners. The Mets staved off a sweep ...Read more

NEW YORK — Jazz Chisholm Jr. didn’t expect his Monday appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to spark so much negative feedback. After all, he went on NBC’s late-night talk show to promote his charity, ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A warrant for the arrest of 49ers player Brandon Aiyuk was issued in February, alleging that he committed a misdemeanor speeding violation last year in Santa Clara County, officials said Wednesday.

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NEW YORK — John Harbaugh told Odell Beckham Jr. during their extended spring courtship that he dreaded possibly having to cut OBJ if a return to New York didn’t work out.

But Beckham told Harbaugh the coach didn’t ...Read more