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LOS ANGELES — LeBron James, in the Lakers’ white uniform, stood at the scorer’s table, filled his hands with chalk and tossed it into the evening air — the same as always.

Yet Saturday, even if it was like the ...Read more

Aaron Boone made a significant lineup change on Saturday night and it paid dividends immediately. Alex Verdugo moved all the way up into the cleanup spot of the order and announced his presence in the top half with a big ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Fierceness, the Todd Pletcher trainee who won the Florida Derby by more than 13 lengths last month, was installed as the 5-2 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s historic 150th edition of the $5 ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Mikhail Sergechev could not sleep Friday night. The Lightning defenseman had just proven to his coaches that, not even 12 weeks after breaking the two major bones in his left leg, he was ready to return.

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CHICAGO — The Rays had a lot going on in Saturday’s game against the White Sox.

Richie Palacios had a breakout performance in the leadoff spot, hitting a homer and reaching base six times. Austin Shenton hit his first...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Trea Turner shattered his bat on the 97-mph fastball that he dropped into right-center with one out in the first inning. Two batters later, Alec Bohm ambushed a first-pitch slider and yanked it over the wall ...Read more

BOSTON — The Patriots selected Tennessee quarterback Joe Milton III with the 193rd overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft.

Milton is now the fifth quarterback on the roster and the second passer the Patriots have drafted ...Read more

DETROIT — They will frustrate you, even infuriate you at times. But, you have to know by now that they aren’t going to stop fighting.

The Tigers kicked the ball around for the first six innings, repeatedly failed to ...Read more

MIAMI — The Marlins lost just twice against the Washington Nationals all of last season.

It’s a safe bet the Marlins aren’t going to have that same success in 2024 as Washington beat the Marlins, 11-4, on Saturday. ...Read more

BOSTON — Chicago Cubs third baseman Christopher Morel’s all-out effort to snag a popup down the left-field line at Fenway Park nearly ended in disaster.

Morel’s pursuit of a shallow fly ball off the bat of Red Sox ...Read more

NEW YORK — Sonny Gray just might be human after all, but the Cardinals bullpen continues to look super-human and a six-run lead is a considerable cushion for a pitching staff.

Despite some self-inflicted wounds that ...Read more

DETROIT — The shakeup in college football is having an impact on the NFL draft.

Now that college players can make money on their name, image and likeness, without losing their eligibility, there isn't the same urgency ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — There will be no series sweep.

The Florida Panthers couldn’t recover from a three-goal first-period deficit and dropped Game 4 of their Stanley Cup Playoffs opening-round series against the Tampa Bay ...Read more

MIAMI — The Boston Celtics offered a reminder Saturday night at Kaseya Center of why they finished the season with the NBA’s best record and entered this opening-round Eastern Conference playoff series against the ...Read more

TORONTO — For the first time in his debut Dodgers season, there seemed to be a brief injury scare for starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow on Saturday.

After six stellar, suffocating, scoreless innings in a 4-2 Dodgers win ...Read more

PHOENIX — There's a fiery nature inside Timberwolves coach Chris Finch that he can often suppress when he speaks to the media before and after games. Players say it can come out in practices, but in public, Finch usually...Read more

North Carolina, which had quarterback Drake Maye taken with the third pick of the 2024 NFL draft, had two of his former teammates selected Saturday in the fourth round.

Linebacker Cedric Gray was taken 106th overall by ...Read more

NEW YORK — Giants first-round pick Malik Nabers was asked what he makes of Daniel Jones as a quarterback on Thursday.

It was a standard question that 99 times out of 100 results elicits an answer like ‘he’s a great ...Read more

ELMONT, N.Y. — The Carolina Hurricanes couldn’t sweep the New York Islanders for the second time in six years. Instead, they’ll have a chance to close out the series at home on Tuesday.

Mathew Barzal’s goal 84 ...Read more