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PHILADELPHIA — Former Eagles running back Wendell Smallwood Jr. is facing federal charges over allegedly defrauding COVID-19 relief programs and the Internal Revenue Service in a series of schemes that resulted in ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Get ready for Operation Snowball.

The Philly Specials are planning to raise enough money with the new Eagles Christmas album to give every student in the School District of Philadelphia a gift this ...Read more

CHICAGO — Teresa Weatherspoon doesn’t want to dwell on the past.

That’s easy to say. Harder to execute. But as she embraces a new role with Unrivaled — a 3-on-3 league that will debut in January — the former ...Read more

Los Angeles Times NFL writer Sam Farmer examines the matchups this week. Lines according to FanDuel Sportsbook (O/U = over/under). Record last week 9-5 (.643); season 107-59 (.645). Using point spreads with the scores ...Read more

I will never be happy with 8-6 straight-up, but the same numbers vs. the spread are in the acceptable range, at least. Nailed a pair of dogs-with-points on covers by the Bears and Steelers. Pretty much bull’s-eyed the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The past few weeks have been a whirlwind for Zachary Ruderman.

He's the 10-year-old Dodgers fan who ended up with one of the most significant baseballs in team history — the one his favorite player, ...Read more

CLEARWATER, Fla. — When trust gets obliterated and respect seems nonexistent, there is only one way to rebuild a deal as delicate and complicated as the plan for the new Rays stadium:

Let’s hear it for spite!

If this...Read more

PITTSBURGH — How long are we going to do this?

I'm talking, of course, about Penguins coach Mike Sullivan, his job status and why Fenway Sports Group seems allergic to change.

It's hard to imagine how this situation in...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Feeling Onyeka Okongwu wrapped around his ankles, Steph Curry picked up his head and flung a HORSE shot off the glass.

Once he picked himself up from off the floor, right next to Okongwu, Curry high-...Read more

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It was finally the debut of the 76ers’ All-Star trio.

And then it wasn’t.

Tyrese Maxey returned from a six-game absence with a hamstring injury Wednesday night, but Paul George left early in the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Former NFL safety and current CBS game analyst Adam Archuleta said something on Sunday’s broadcast from Tennessee that’s becoming more of a common take as the Vikings continue to shock the NFL with a ...Read more

ALLEN PARK, Mich. — It ain’t easy being perfect. Or anything close to it, for that matter.

So forgive Jared Goff for bristling at the suggestion it might be. Just because the Lions’ high-powered offense is making ...Read more

The Golden Knights were shut out for the first time this season in a 3-0 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday.

Goaltender Adin Hill made 24 saves for the Knights (11-6-2), as they dropped the ...Read more

RENTON, Wash. — I’m not sure how many people out of 100 in a random Seattle coffee shop would recognize Julian Love’s face in a picture. Also don’t know that there would be much recognition for the Seahawks safety ...Read more

DENVER — His phone rings in December 2014, and it’s too early. Sean Payton has a bad feeling. He is on his way to present a game ball to Bailey Elizabeth Leon, a 12-year-old patient at Ochsner Hospital in New Orleans. ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — De’Anthony Melton will miss the rest of the 2024-25 season with a sprained left ACL.

Melton, 26, is scheduled to get surgery on his knee in the near future, the Warriors announced. While he has missed ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — It won’t stop Padres fans from carping for another quarter-century about the ball call on Tino Martinez in the 1998 World Series. Or quipping that Matt Holliday still hasn’t touched home plate.

Pendulums...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts was a limited participant at Eagles practice Wednesday because of an ankle injury, but the quarterback said afterward that it was the final day of a program the team put in place during the ...Read more

When watching Patriots rookie quarterback Drake Maye play this season, it’s important to try to imagine what it will look like when he has a more impressive supporting cast around him.

Maye is coming off his best NFL ...Read more