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PITTSBURGH — This Steelers-Ravens showdown needs no endorsement from me. It's a playoff game. But it's also fraught with bigger-picture implications on both sides.

For starters, it feels like one of the more significant...Read more

LOS ANGELES — UCLA coach Mick Cronin sounded exasperated as he cataloged his team's crimes against his brand of basketball, pointing out his players didn't play defense and allowed their opponents to push them aside to ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — There are only two question marks for the Eagles this postseason.

The first one is more a function of the opponents the Eagles could face this postseason. The Packers, the Bucs, the Lions — all have ...Read more

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — As a rule, golf isn’t played inside, at night, off large divots of grass as “Boogie Oogie Oogie” blares over loudspeakers and fans are urged by a microphone-wielding emcee to “go crazy!...Read more

CHICAGO — It’s almost time for the Chicago Sky to be back on the clock for improving their roster.

The Sky will enter the first stage of free agency Saturday — a nine-day window of extending qualifying offers to ...Read more

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas Jayhawks guard Shakeel Moore has a knack for big plays.

That was on display Wednesday night against Arizona State. Moore stole the ball on an inbound Sun Devils pass and threw down a ferocious ...Read more

DENVER — The Nuggets have experience beating the Los Angeles Clippers without Nikola Jokic.

They pulled it off in Los Angeles last season, led by Reggie Jackson’s stirring 35-point, 13-assist performance. Jamal Murray...Read more

SAN DIEGO — A.J. Preller’s most important pursuit of this offseason became more difficult Monday, when a dispute among Padres shareholders over control of the team went public via a 97-page legal complaint filed by ...Read more

DENVER — It’s all love between Von Miller and the Broncos.

In preparation to face his former team in the wild-card round on Sunday, Buffalo’s veteran edge rusher doesn’t want to act like he has hatred toward ...Read more

Malik Beasley has never been shy about shooting. He began the year as one of the league's best 3-point shooters, connecting on 41.1% of his shots during the first 28 games. However, Beasley experienced a drop-off in his ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The product inside the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday was the effects of load management, injuries and tanking.

The contest was exciting. But the 76ers and Washington Wizards were both shells of ...Read more

NEW YORK — Streak snapped. New York is back in the win column.

And just in time, because things are about to heat up at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks are set to host six consecutive teams projected to qualify for ...Read more

CHICAGO — This was already going to be a difficult road trip for the Colorado Avalanche, with the two teams ahead of them in the Central Division standings looming.

Losing to the club at the bottom of the division ...Read more

NEW YORK — A recent onslaught of trades, injuries and illness has only made Year 1 more difficult for Jordi Fernandez and his staff. But even as the Brooklyn Nets shamelessly tank, it’s difficult to write them off on ...Read more

VILLANOVA, Pa. — The ninth-ranked UConn men’s basketball team saw its eight-game winning streak snapped in a 68-66 loss in Villanova’s on-campus Finneran Pavilion Wednesday night.

Alex Karaban stared into a wall of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Defensive tackle Kobie Turner said the Rams' long but joyful regular season primed them for what's next.

On Monday night, the No. 4-seeded Rams will play the No. 5 Minnesota Vikings in an NFC wild-card ...Read more

NEW ORLEANS — This week, when Chris Finch made a change to his starting lineup, he substituted Donte DiVincenzo in at point guard for Mike Conley. Staying in the starting lineup, perhaps to the chagrin of a portion of ...Read more

SEATTLE — There are no shortcuts to calluses.

They are, by nature, not easily earned — formed through friction and blisters and blood. They can’t be bought or borrowed. They are tangible evidence of resistance and ...Read more

NEW YORK — Dwight Howard says he received a call from NBA commissioner Adam Silver almost immediately after he tweeted “Free Palestine” more than a decade ago — a claim the league denies.

The controversy occurred ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Five days before the Rams host the Minnesota Vikings in an NFC wild-card playoff game, the NFL said it was keeping an eye on the wildfires that have ravaged parts of Los Angeles County since Tuesday.

The ...Read more