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BRADENTON, Fla. — Clint Hurdle hasn't exactly been sipping lemonade by the pool lately. But the former Pirates manager also hasn't exactly slowed down since putting his uniform in the closet for the final time.

Hurdle, ...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Once again, we are on the precipice. Inches from calamity and miles from comfort.

The decision by Rays owner Stuart Sternberg to pull out of a once-rejoiced plan to build a new baseball stadium in...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The unassailable right of an elite professional athlete has long been to (mostly) do whatever the heck he or she wants.

Shoes, mansions, cars ... shoot, former NBA guard Gilbert Arenas owned a shark tank. ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Arizona guard KJ Lewis paraded down the T-Mobile Center floor, moments after one last steal and one final layup, motioning his right hand to and fro.

A goodbye wave might’ve meant something, except ...Read more

SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken pulled ahead midway through a freewheeling third period and downed the Utah Hockey Club, 4-2, on Friday night at Climate Pledge Arena.

Kraken winger Eeli Tolvanen, 25, put back a rebound 51 ...Read more

DENVER — Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick often makes reference to a lyric from an old Jay-Z song: “It was all good just a week ago.”

Entering Friday’s game against the Denver Nuggets, things were not good for ...Read more

The Kentucky Wildcats are headed home after two nights at the SEC Tournament.

Alabama defeated the Cats 99-70 on Friday night in Bridgestone Arena, completing a rare three-game season sweep of the UK men’s basketball ...Read more

INDIANAPOLIS — Round 1 was a first-half knockout. Round 2 went down to the final bell.

Round 3 between Michigan and Purdue was a decisive decision in the Wolverines’ favor.

No. 3 seed Michigan took control early ...Read more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Down its leading scorer and battling one of the nation's hottest teams, Missouri men's basketball bowed out of the Southeastern Conference Tournament with a quarterfinal loss to Florida.

The No. 7 ...Read more

This will sting for the Red Wings, who made a valiant effort in the third period Friday after a slow start.

But the Wings were chasing most of Friday's game in Raleigh and ultimately lost, 4-2, to the red-hot Carolina ...Read more

The Celtics officially secured their place in the 2025 NBA playoffs Friday night with a win over the Miami Heat.

Jrue Holiday scored 25 points — his highest regular-season total in a Celtics uniform — on efficient 10-...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Timberwolves began a stretch of five straight home games Friday night, with four of those matchups coming against teams with worse records than theirs.

The problem for the Wolves is they’re not ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Wait. The Padres and Mariners are making the “Vedder Cup” official?

Talk about a grass-roots “campaign” sprouting out of press box shenanigans in Peoria, Ariz., and climbing all the way up the ...Read more

NEW YORK — For the first time in a quarter-century, St. John’s is headed to the Big East Tournament final.

It took an all-time performance from Zuby Ejiofor to get there.

Top-seeded St. John’s rallied from an early...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Friday night’s ACC Tournament semifinal always had the possibility for an exciting sequel to the game in 2019 — the one where a Duke freshman phenom named Zion Williamson led the Blue Devils to a 1...Read more

TOKYO — For much of the last two years, the Dodgers have felt like Major League Baseball's Team of Japan.

They signed Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki. They struck advertising deal after advertising ...Read more

NEW YORK — Russell Wilson visited the Giants on Friday in East Rutherford, N.J., as the Aaron Rodgers option continued to fade into murkier view.

No one can say for sure what Rodgers, 41, will choose as he deliberates ...Read more

NEW YORK — With Gerrit Cole lost to Tommy John surgery, the Yankees have settled on a new opening day starter.

Carlos Rodón will take the ball when the Bombers host the Brewers on March 27. Aaron Boone made the ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Alex Ovechkin comes to town in pursuit of one of hockey’s most hallowed records, making a late run at Wayne Gretzky’s NHL mark of 894 goals scored when the Washington Capitals visit the Sharks ...Read more