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LeBron James eased his way into the season, ceding shots to Anthony Davis and Austin Reaves, committing to JJ Redick’s style and letting his teammates establish himself in the first handful of games in his 21st season.

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PORTLAND, ORE. – The Timberwolves didn’t lose three consecutive games all regular season in 2023-24. Only 12 games into this one, they have their first three-game losing streak after a 106-98 loss Wednesday to Portland...Read more

DENVER — The frost burned off. The nerves calmed. The picture crystallized.

When Bo Nix hit Courtland Sutton on third-and-6 with 1:53 remaining against the Kansas City Chiefs, the Broncos’ annual, endless, eternal ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — By now, the depths of Jackson Merrill’s terrific 2024 season have been duly plumbed. All that remains is to find out Monday if baseball writers chose the Padres’ center fielder as the National League’s ...Read more

MILWAUKEE — When the league released the schedule for the 2024-25 season, nearly everyone expected the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks to be on opposite sides of the spectrum. The Bucks came into the season with ...Read more

MIAMI — Erik Spoelstra’s anguished look — the one you might see when people realize they locked their keys in their car — instantly revealed that the Heat coach knew what he had done.

The three-time champion, the ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Some 23 months ago, the Royals launched a “listening tour,” they called it, an attempt to sell Kansas City on the idea of downtown baseball.

OK, baseball in or around downtown, they said — ...Read more

RENTON, Wash. — The defining image of the 49ers’ 36-24 win over the Seahawks at Lumen Field on Oct. 10 may be a 76-yard run by 49ers rookie running back Isaac Guerendo that sealed the game in the fourth quarter.

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NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez expected a “statement” from the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night after their sloppy one-point loss to Atlanta 24 hours earlier.

Did he get one? Not immediately. ...Read more

NEW YORK — Most teams turn it off when they’re down 22 points in the second half of a game.

But the Knicks aren’t most teams, and the Madison Square Garden faithful isn’t just any crowd. Those are two points ...Read more

The Red Wings started this four-game road trip exactly the way they wanted.

Simon Edvinsson scored a goal 1 minute, 30 seconds into overtime, giving the Wings a 3-2 victory in Pittsburgh.

Alex DeBrincat had the puck in ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers are far from tanking.

Yet, the amount of losses they’re racking up are reminiscent of The Process era. Wednesday’s 114-106 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers dropped the Sixers to 2-9, matching...Read more

CHICAGO — A week after backing Shane Waldron as his offensive coordinator, Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus pushed him out the door in a measure to save his own job, save the season and — most significantly to the ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin wasn’t too concerned with scouting Diontae Johnson, but this could be the week he breaks out in Baltimore.

Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Monday that the newly ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Are the Chargers as good as their 6-3 record suggests?

Are the Rams better than the team that muddled through an ugly Monday night loss to Miami?

We're around the midway point of the NFL season, and both ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — The UConn men’s basketball team had five different players finish in double-figure scoring as the Huskies rolled over Le Moyne, 90-49, at the XL Center on Wednesday night.

After all 12 players ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Players switching sides in rivalries isn’t a new phenomenon. Babe Ruth famously went from the Red Sox to the Yankees more than 100 years ago. The advent of free agency has made it more prevalent in modern-...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Finding a way to win on the second night of a back-to-back is already a challenging task.

Doing so in the third meeting against the same team in the first 13 games of the season only makes it harder ...Read more

NEW YORK — In light of Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the NFL sent a memo to teams reiterating its policy on not allowing personal messages, including political statements, to be displayed during game days, ...Read more

RENTON, Wash. — I don't know if I can speak for every member of the media on this one, but I think I can speak for most: We like Mike Macdonald. That doesn't mean we won't criticize him, or ask questions he doesn't like,...Read more