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NEW YORK — It took seven innings and two Rays errors for the Yankees’ offense to wake up on Friday, but the Bombers opened their homestand with a 5-3 win.

The biggest blast of the night came from Juan Soto, who ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Since the Suns put the capstone on their seasonlong shellacking of the Timberwolves with a 125-106 victory Sunday at Target Center, there has been plenty of time for fans, players and coaches to roll around...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dean Kremer was showing signs of tiring, walking two straight batters in the sixth inning of an otherwise sharp start.

He then threw a center-cut 88-mph cutter to Royals catcher Salvador Perez, and ...Read more

MIAMI — How hard would you fight to win if winning meant a hugely harder battle ahead — one everyone seemed sure you would lose decisively? Perhaps even embarrassingly. And that you’d have to undertake this biggest ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — When Jalen Suggs was officially introduced less than 24 hours after he was drafted No. 5 overall by the Magic in 2021, he sat in front of a set of microphones alongside fellow first-round pick Franz ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The hours leading up to Quinn Priester’s season debut were littered with teammates congratulating the 2019 first-rounder in the clubhouse on making it back to Pittsburgh.

Just a few minutes into his ...Read more

DENVER — After the Lakers’ last practice before their playoff series begins Saturday night, LeBron James praised Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, calling him “one of the best players to ever play this game.”

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MIAMI — Immediate challenge conquered.

Greater challenge ahead.

Pushing past the Chicago Bulls a day after learning team leader Jimmy Butler would be lost for weeks with a knee injury, the reward for the Miami Heat for...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — J.T. Realmuto stood on the grass near the Phillies' dugout and waited.

It was impossible not to notice him — and not just because he was clad from head to toe in canary yellow catcher's gear. The rest ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — In 1998, Steve Kerr was one of the several Chicago Bulls who left the franchise after winning the team’s sixth title.

“There was a documentary about what a disaster the whole thing was, you guys ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Trevor Bauer was back in the news this week. He posted a video in which he gave a short address that started this way: "One of the women who accused me of sexual assault just got indicted for committing ...Read more

Michigan basketball has received its first high school commitment under new coach Dusty May, and it comes from the son of an NBA legend.

Justin Pippen, a 6-foot-3 guard out of Chatsworth (Calif.) Sierra Canyon, verbally ...Read more

BOSTON — And so they meet again. The Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs don’t hold their spring clash quite as a frequently as the B’s and Montreal Canadiens once did, but the Blue-and-White have replaced the Bleu, Blanc...Read more

DENVER — A viral video showing a Colorado Rockies baseball coach in the cockpit of a United Airlines charter flight from Denver to Toronto sparked a federal investigation, officials confirmed Friday.

The video, ...Read more

DENVER — The best way to play a LeBron James flop? Have a Joker up your sleeve.

“Listen: To have the success that they’ve had, as great as (Nikola) Jokic has been­ — if you go back and look at that (Western) ...Read more

MIAMI — This moment was inevitable, whether it came during the play-in, playoffs or the offseason.

At some point, it felt as if the Heat would have to make a decision on Jimmy Butler.

Then, Wednesday night in ...Read more

DALLAS — When it comes to sportscasters and analysts in Dallas-Fort Worth, Brian Dameris may not be a household name but he did drop the single greatest rant in the history of the broadcasts of the Dallas Mavericks, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — It could have been the start of something big. Maybe it should have been. Crazy as it sounds, when Game 1 between the 76ers and New York Knicks tips off Saturday at Madison Square Garden, it will mark the ...Read more