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DETROIT — For the eighth time in 10 seasons, the top seed in the Eastern Conference has failed to reach the NBA Finals.

The Detroit Pistons are the latest, after seeing their season end Sunday night with a 125-94 loss ...Read more

Two of the top three players in the NBA will face each other Monday. The other, according to MVP voters, will be watching from the couch.

Nuggets center Nikola Jokic finished in second place in the 2025-26 MVP vote, the ...Read more

Aaron Rodgers has been in town for nearly 10 days. In that time, he never met with the Steelers, not even to agree to a new contract.

While there was no hard-and-fast deadline for him to tell the team that he was ...Read more

It’s Jan. 17, 2027.

The Steelers just won their first playoff game in a decade, coming on the heels of a 12-win season and a second consecutive AFC North division title. Aaron Rodgers turned back the clock and had his ...Read more

The rubber game of the City Series delivered the drama on Sunday afternoon at Rate Field.

One minute, it was the White Sox taking the lead in the eighth on a three-run home run by Tristan Peters — the first of his ...Read more

For two straight batters, Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki threw more pitches in or just above the dirt than in the strike zone. And against the swing-happy Angels, the approach worked. He struck out Logan O’Hoppe and Adam ...Read more

WEST SACRAMENTO — If there will be a lasting image from the Giants’ 10-1 victory on Sunday afternoon at Sutter Health Park, it will be Athletics right fielder Carlos Cortes throwing up both of his hands in confusion, ...Read more

The Twins lineup feels a lot different when they’re missing Byron Buxton, out for the fourth day because of a sore right hip flexor, but Ryan Jeffers and Kody Clemens found a way to inject some power into it.

Jeffers ...Read more

The Kansas City Royals simply needed a win on Sunday afternoon.

It had been a frustrating week — six losses in a row.

They began their six-game road trip against the Chicago White Sox — an opponent against whom they...Read more

Former UFC champion and Olympic medalist Ronda Rousey (13-2) needed just 17 seconds to defeat Gina Carano (7-2) with her signature armbar on Saturday at Intuit Dome, bringing her mixed martial arts career to a close.

In ...Read more

Tyrel Dodson had quite the memorable opening news conference.

“I’m pissed off,” the Miami Dolphins linebacker said in November 2024. At the time, Dodson had just been released by the Seattle Seahawks for an unknown ...Read more

Coming off two straight brilliant outings following an opener, the Red Sox hoped Brayan Bello could maintain that momentum upon his return to a starting role.

But on Sunday he found himself back at square one.

Bello had ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Phillies weren’t counting on a lot of run support against Paul Skenes.

The Pirates ace and reigning National League Cy Young winner brought a 1.98 ERA and a scoreless streak of 16 ⅔ innings into ...Read more

The Yankees were one out away from winning the Subway Series.

Instead, they suffered the most dramatic of defeats on Sunday, courtesy of their crosstown rival.

Tyrone Taylor clubbed a game-tying three-run home run ...Read more

DETROIT — We will get to Jack Flaherty’s day in a minute. He was good. But unless he was darn-near perfect, the Tigers weren’t going to win this game. He wasn’t and they didn’t.

The Toronto Blue Jays took the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — On this day last year, the Orioles’ season essentially ended during a series against the Nationals.

Amid a 15-28 start and after an ugly loss to the Nats, manager Brandon Hyde was fired— a tacit ...Read more

There are a lot of ways to measure how well the Rays have played this season.

You can look at the rotation’s ERA. (It’s excellent.) You can ponder the effectiveness of small ball. (Outstanding.) You can marvel at the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When Luka Doncic searched back into his mind on Monday night for what March felt like in his first full season with the Lakers, he turned to describing the “good” vibes in the locker room.

The ...Read more

SEATTLE — Once upon a time, Rashaad Penny was a football player.

Not just that. He was the pride of Norwalk High School, near Los Angeles, where he notched 3,416 total yards and 51 touchdowns in his senior season. He ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The National Football League has once again reached that sacred point on the calendar when it looks at America and, in its best The Rock-as-Maui voice, says: You’re welcome.

Not for a Super Bowl.

Not even...Read more