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CHICAGO — As a chilly mist hovered over Wrigley Field on Friday afternoon, construction workers moved boxes across a large graphic of ivy where the third-base line normally would be.

Four days before a Tuesday afternoon...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid has been fined $75,000 for “making obscene gestures on the playing court” during the 76ers’ win at the Boston Celtics on Christmas, the NBA announced Friday night.

Embiid made the “DX ...Read more

DENVER — Nuggets coach Michael Malone, whose first head coaching job was in Sacramento, ripped the Kings for firing Mike Brown on Friday and revealed that Brown was informed of the decision via phone call after leaving a...Read more

DETROIT — That bump, or spark, that many teams get after hiring a new coach mid-season, well, the Red Wings didn't get one.

The Wings pretty much Friday looked like the team that has disappointed much this season, ...Read more

The previous time the Bruins played the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Jackets’ 5-1 win at TD Garden triggered the end of the Jim Montgomery era.

The B’s have come a long way since then. But, boy, the return game in ...Read more

SALT LAKE CITY — The Colorado Avalanche didn’t need very long to decide Mackenzie Blackwood is the guy in net for this franchise.

Blackwood signed a five-year contract Friday, the club announced. The deal is for $5.25...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — There is a three-part documentary recently posted at Netflix on Aaron Rodgers that carries the title “Aaron Rodgers: Enigma.” Clearly, Rodgers had considerable influence on the content, or this three-...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Teoscar Hernández wanted to stay with the Dodgers.

The Dodgers wanted to keep Teoscar Hernández.

As the sides grinded through a weeks-long negotiation for the free-agent outfielder this offseason, those...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Kings made a somewhat stunning move Friday, firing coach Mike Brown moments after he met with the media at the team’s Golden 1 Center practice facility in Sacramento.

A league source told The ...Read more

ATLANTA — Jimmy Butler remained away from the team Friday as the Miami Heat flew to Atlanta for Saturday’s second stop on their three-game trip. Butler has been away from the team the past three games due to what ...Read more

NEW YORK — Cam Johnson has been a powerful offensive force for the Nets in December. The 28-year-old forward has averaged 23.4 points per game in his first nine appearances this month while shooting 50% from the field, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Kenny Pickett, you’re up.

The Eagles are set to hand the reins of their offense to the backup quarterback as Jalen Hurts was officially ruled out Friday afternoon for Sunday’s game against the ...Read more

DETROIT — The Tigers upgraded their roster Friday with a two-time All-Star who at age 28 is still in the prime of his career. And they got him, surprisingly, on a one-year deal.

Not too shabby.

"We feel we got better ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning of Game 1. The New York Yankees' defensive meltdown in the fifth inning of Game 5. Walker Buehler pelting the pinstripes with precision pitches in ...Read more

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — When Alex Schumacher finished his pregame shooting workout about 75 minutes before an early-season tipoff, he had one question: “What do I do now?”

Luckily, Schumacher’s locker is next to ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers were once in full control of the AFC North and the toast of the NFL, and by extension, that meant the Mike Tomlin adoration society was out in full force. But three ugly losses in 11 days have ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — However one feels toward the tumultuous year that has been 2024, there has been one unmitigated positive for we locals: Sports figures who were reared in Lexington have produced a year of unprecedented ...Read more

The last 10 days have been the best week and a half the Detroit Pistons have had in a long time. The Pistons' overtime victory over the Miami Heat on Dec. 16 began a stretch during which they won three of their next four ...Read more

Milwaukee Bucks stars Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard were in street clothes on Thursday, which gave the short-handed Nets a major tactical advantage in their first trip to Fiserv Forum this season.

While ...Read more

CHICAGO — Now, after taking care of a little bit of necessary business Thursday night that they seemed to make unnecessarily difficult, the Seahawks sit and wait and hope.

The Seahawks got just two Jason Myers field ...Read more