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Let’s start with the part that will make positional-value purists reach for the emergency alarm: my top four prospects in the 2026 NFL draft all play non-premium positions.

A running back. A linebacker. A safety. A ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — It’s not as if this hasn’t been discussed within NBA circles for some time. I wouldn’t be surprised if countless straw votes haven’t already been taken over the last several years.

It just now seems ...Read more

SEATTLE — The World Baseball Classic is over.

Somewhat mercifully for the Seattle Mariners.

Not just because Seattle’s 17 participants were the most of any MLB organization, and its roster can finally reunite barely ...Read more

Free agency did what free agency always does.

It took my last updated 2026 NFL mock draft and blew it up, along with everyone else’s.

A week of spending, panic-buying and roster patchwork reshaped team needs all over ...Read more

DENVER — The acquisition was a revelation. The trade was recognition of the truth.

The Denver Broncos can win a Super Bowl. Not in two years. Not when they move into their new stadium.

This upcoming season. This is ...Read more

The Blues' most impactful employees didn't wear skates on Wednesday night in Calgary.

That title belonged to the coaching staff, which successfully overturned three Flames goals with challenges in an eventual 2-1 Blues ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. ― The Flyers showed what they got against the Anaheim Ducks.

In a game that had it all — goals, big saves, a fight, another near fight, and lots of underlying drama with the stands full of fans from ...Read more

The two best teams in the NHL just can’t seem to find any separation from each other.

For the third time in as many meetings this season, the Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars needed a shootout to decide matters. And ...Read more

HOUSTON — The combination of Luka Doncic and LeBron James was overpowering and enthralling for all to see during the Lakers’ dynamic 124-116 win over the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center on Wednesday.

Doncic was a ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Penguins and Hurricanes played one of the most entertaining games of the season Wednesday, seesawing back and forth throughout.

After seven combined third-period goals, it was only fitting that it ...Read more

NEW YORK — Every time you think this Nets season can’t get any worse, somehow it does.

Wednesday night at Barclays Center delivered the latest low. Brooklyn fell to the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder, 121-92, ...Read more

CHICAGO — Billionaire investor Justin Ishbia is on the verge of buying an Amtrak rail yard southwest of downtown and just across the Chicago River from The 78, a new mixed-use development still eyed as a possible future ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Bryan Hodgson has come home this week. Or at least, that’s the straightforward version of the story.

Western New York is the place where he was born, the place he was abused, the place he was rescued, ...Read more

BOSTON — The Celtics’ roster now features two of the franchise’s top 10 all-time scorers.

Jaylen Brown joined that list of legends during Wednesday’s 120-99 victory over the Golden State Warriors at TD Garden, ...Read more

MIAMI — The record will reflect that Venezuela, a baseball-rich country with a loaded lineup and passionate fans who ring your ears with songs and chants, won the sixth edition of the World Baseball Classic, 3-2, Tuesday...Read more

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jordan Scott wasn’t sure what to expect, really.

But as Michigan State’s freshman guard sat in the corner of a cramped locker room at Buffalo’s KeyBank Center, with some of his teammates busy ...Read more

CLEARWATER, Fla. — As Zack Wheeler threw warmup pitches before facing hitters in live batting practice Wednesday, a familiar Alice In Chains song played in the empty stadium.

“Yeeeeah, here comes the rooster ... ”

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U.S. hockey star Jack Hughes might have lost more than a couple of teeth during the gold-medal-winning victory against Canada at the Milan Cortina Olympics last month.

The puck that Hughes smacked into the net in overtime...Read more