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LOS ANGELES — You win some, you lose some. At USC, that's the recipe for a terrible football season.

The 5-5 Trojans, who play UCLA at the Rose Bowl on Saturday night, have blown fourth-quarter leads in all five of ...Read more

FRISCO, Texas — An offseason in which the Washington Commanders hired former Cowboys assistant Dan Quinn to be their head coach, coupled with the arrival of an elite quarterback, means one of Jerry Jones’ favorite ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — I have some bad news for the five wide receivers standing in line, nervously shuffling their feet, hoping their name gets called for the Pro Football Hall of Fame: If they don't get called this year, Larry ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes had stood inside the tight quarters of a room inside Highmark Stadium, recapping the Chiefs’ first loss of the year in generic, big-picture terms.

After a few minutes, I inquired ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers had their chances with the shot that’s the only one easy enough to have the word “free” in front of it.

But in the final minutes of their first home loss of the season, a 119-...Read more

EDMONTON, Alberta — The belief ‘As Kirill Kaprizov goes, so do the Wild’ has taken on a whole new meaning.

After Kaprizov left for the action following a knee-on-knee collision on Thursday night that looked grim ...Read more

CLEVELAND — It took brooms and leaf blowers to try to clear some of the snow Thursday night at Huntington Bank Field, then the Steelers managed to blow their own comeback in the final minutes.

Maybe it wasn’t a trap ...Read more

BOSTON — As far as baby steps go, the Bruins took a pretty good one in Joe Sacco’s first game as head coach on Thursday at TD Garden.

The B’s received a second-period power-play goal from Elias Lindholm and then ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On Nov. 6, the Pistons were involved in a thriller that resulted in a one-point loss to the Hornets. The game went down to the wire, as second-year forward Brandon Miller recorded a game-winning basket ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Two games ago, the Colorado Avalanche welcomed back three forwards against the Washington Capitals, but the performance was not the result or process they wanted.

Flash forward six days to Thursday night ...Read more

The Timberwolves' losing streak at Toronto reached 20 years and 20 games with Thursday night’s 110-105 loss at Scotiabank Arena.

The Wolves haven’t won in Toronto since January 2004, back when Kevin Garnett was on his...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Only one thing has kept Brock Purdy out of the 49ers’ starting lineup since he seized the role two years ago: the NFC’s No. 1 playoff seed, which they secured early enough last year to spare ...Read more

President Joe Biden dropped two bits of trivia during his Thursday afternoon address in the White House’s Rose Garden.

First, that his Secret Service code name is “Celtic,” because of his Irish heritage. Second, ...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Two hours after voting to spend about $24 million to start repairing hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field by replacing the ballpark’s roof, the St. Petersburg City Council on Thursday voted a second...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says the Athletics’ move to Las Vegas is on track — without a doubt.

Speaking Thursday to reporters following owners meetings in New York, Manfred ...Read more

Bruce Cassidy won his 400th game as an NHL coach in the Golden Knights’ 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday.

Cassidy, in his third season with the Knights, became the eighth active coach...Read more

DETROIT — Returning home proved to be the tonic the Red Wings needed, at least for one game.

After a disappointing road trip, the Wings were pointing to this stretch of home games to reset their season and Thursday ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — What comes after DEFCON 2?

These are dire days in 76ers Land, with the team’s inability to stay healthy looking worse than ever.

The 76ers arrived home from their 0-3 road trip to find everyone on ...Read more