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SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners’ experiment with a piggyback pitching plan could not have started any better.

It could not have finished much worse.

The Mariners’ offense was held to only one hit — a Julio Rodrí...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Freddie Freeman’s eyes were heavy as he trudged down the dugout steps after running through glove work on the field before the Los Angeles Dodgers’ game against the San Diego Padres on Tuesday.

The ...Read more

NEW YORK — Madison Square Garden has seen Eastern Conference finals heartbreak before. Tuesday night, the Knicks answered it with something far more satisfying.

A year after blowing a 17-point fourth-quarter lead ...Read more

NEW YORK — With just over seven minutes left in the third quarter of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals and the Knicks trailing the Cleveland Cavaliers by nine, Jalen Brunson gave an impassioned speech — a cry for...Read more

DENVER —The Golden Knights are easy not to like.

As the NHL’s Western Conference final opens Wednesday night against the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena, two countries should be united in rooting against Las Vegas. ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Rashee Rice is sitting in a northern Texas jail for the next 30 days, some 500 miles from the life many would give everything to lead — but the one he’s done just about everything to throw away.

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MINNEAPOLIS — With the Wolves, Wild and Frost eliminated from the postseason, local sports fans now need the Twins to hold their attention until Vikings training camp begins.

They provided plenty of water cooler talking...Read more

Ranger Suarez’s streak of 19 consecutive scoreless innings came to an end in a long bottom of the first in which the Kansas City Royals instantly erased a 1-0 Boston Red Sox lead.

But the game-tying run the Red Sox ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — For much of the game, it seemed the Pirates’ weakness against lefties would cost them the decision.

When that flipped, it was their weakness in the bullpen that proved decisive.

The St. Louis Cardinals ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Ravens star quarterback Lamar Jackson didn’t show up for Tuesday’s voluntary organized team activities, the first open to the media this offseason.

Yawn. And yawn some more.

Jackson and several other ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — After leaving the May 1 game due to left oblique tightness and missing the next two, Yandy Diaz returned to the Tampa Bay Rays lineup but didn’t look much like himself over the next week and a half, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Rafael Marchán cradled the throw from Bryce Harper in Tuesday’s seventh inning, appearing for a moment to secure an out the Phillies needed to move closer to escaping a bases-loaded jam. The umpire ...Read more

WASHINGTON — There really is no such thing as a normal day for the Mets.

A wild day started with the club calling up two heralded prospects, outfielder Nick Morabito and right-hander Zach Thornton, resulting in positive...Read more

NEW YORK — Sitting inside Yankee Stadium’s press conference room, Aaron Boone couldn’t help but smile as he announced that Gerrit Cole will pitch on Friday.

But, after a quick pause, the manager realized he didn’t...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Following a vote by owners Tuesday morning at the NFL’s spring meeting, Minnesota is officially set to host the 2028 NFL draft.

Here are five things to know about the event, whether you’re a Vikings ...Read more

DETROIT — Now it changes even more, and they know it. The Pistons stopped being the NBA’s admirable outlier, the remarkable surprise story, about halftime of Game 7 against Cleveland.

When harsh reality hits, it bites...Read more

MIAMI — The Miami Marlins bullpen, which has statistically been one of the top group of relief pitchers in MLB this season, had a big task on its hands Tuesday against the Atlanta Braves.

Starting pitcher Braxton ...Read more

CHICAGO — As the mayor of Arlington Heights, Jim Tinaglia leads the charge to build a Chicago Bears stadium there. In his private job as an architect, Tinaglia said he would be very leery of building on the rival ...Read more

DETROIT — Better game. More competitive effort. Same result.

The Cleveland Guardians beat the Detroit Tigers for the second straight night at Comerica Park, holding on for a 4-3 win Tuesday night.

It was the fourth ...Read more

SEATTLE — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Tuesday refuted a report that interest from potential new owners of the Seahawks has been “soft" during remarks made at the league’s spring meeting in Orlando, Fla.

“...Read more