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PITTSBURGH — It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon. The Pittsburgh Pirates led the Athletics, 11-0, in the bottom of the eighth inning in a game that couldn't have been more inconsequential.

With two outs and a runner on ...Read more

BALTIMORE — It’s hard to tell if the Baltimore Ravens’ new coaching staff assembled by first-year coach Jesse Minter will perform well, but it’s an interesting mix with five assistants coming from the college ranks...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — The pitter-patter of rain outside of Oakland’s Grand Lake Theater melded with sharp cracks of bursting popcorn inside the venerable establishment, creating a soundtrack to the anticipation felt by ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The 75th NBA All-Star Game will take place Sunday at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood. Each year there are new twists to the game and activities during the three-day celebration of the best basketball players ...Read more

DETROIT — Scott Harris has a pretty good poker face. But it’s not as if the Tigers’ president was bluffing all this time.

No, Harris just knew that, even with the cards he’d been dealt, he still had a hand that ...Read more

Clunky in the clutch again, the Nuggets managed to survive a late comeback Wednesday night at Ball Arena and went into the All-Star break with a 122-116 win over the Grizzlies.

Nikola Jokic registered his 20th triple-...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO – With the All-Star break only a few hours away, it would have been understandable if the Warriors’ effort was a bit lacking on Wednesday night against San Antonio.

But playing against one of the West’...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — With Miles Bridges and Moussa Diabate missing the first game of their respective four-game suspensions, the Charlotte Hornets were counting on rookie Ryan Kalkbrenner and veteran journeyman Grant ...Read more

EVANSTON, Ill.— Many have tried but nobody has been able to knock off the Michigan Wolverines in any game they’ve played away from home.

Add the Northwestern Wildcats to that growing list.

Behind a furious second-...Read more

INDIANAPOLIS — The UConn men’s basketball team pulled away late in the second half to beat Butler, 80-70, as Solo Ball returned to form with six made 3-pointers in a full Hinkle Fieldhouse on Wednesday night.

Ball, ...Read more

TORONTO — Despite being without Jalen Duren and Isaiah Stewart, the Detroit Pistons delivered one of their most dominating performances of the season. Led by Cade Cunningham, who came close to a triple-double, the ...Read more

Jose Alvarado brought the ball up the floor, threw an entry pass to Karl-Anthony Towns, then cut off Towns’ right shoulder to the rim. Towns found Alvarado wide-open for what could have been an easy 2.

But what followed...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Nobody typifies how up and down the Minnesota Timberwolves can be emotionally than Julius Randle. He has admitted it, and this Wolves team knows there can be times where Randle is going through lulls in how...Read more

NEW ORLEANS – A 29-27 record hardly is optimal at the All-Star break for a team seeking to avoid the play-in round for a fourth consecutive season.

But at least it beats the .500 alternative.

So it is with that record ...Read more

NEW YORK — The kids had it, and then they didn’t. What looked like a feel-good sendoff into All-Star weekend turned into another reminder of how little room for error exists for a young team still learning how to ...Read more

As the Los Angeles Lakers approach the All-Star break, LeBron James summed up their situation as well as anybody could.

“That’s a championship team right there,” he said of the Oklahoma City Thunder after the Lakers...Read more

SEATTLE — Hundreds of thousands of Seattle Seahawks fans crowded Lumen Field and the streets of downtown Seattle on Wednesday to celebrate the football team’s Super Bowl win in what felt like a blue-and-green citywide ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Speaking at a fan engagement event Tuesday night in Ocoee, Magic guard Jalen Suggs called Wednesday’s game the toughest part of accomplishing Orlando‘s goal of going undefeated on its four-game ...Read more

BOSTON — The Boston Celtics avoided a pre-All-Star letdown Wednesday night, closing out the unofficial first half of their season with a 124-105 dismantling of the Chicago Bulls at TD Garden.

Trade-deadline pickup ...Read more