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DETROIT – It’s the question that has vexed NBA executives and scholars forever, and no, it’s not, what actually constitutes traveling? It’s the one the Pistons suddenly, happily face: How soon to push the pedal?

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MIAMI — For one minute, or however long it takes to read this, let’s forget about the perception that the 2025 Miami Dolphins are a finesse team, or needed to beef up the trenches, becoming tougher, more physical.

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LOS ANGELES — During the near decade since Los Angeles was awarded the 2028 Olympics, new venues have arrived, proposed venues have fallen through and sports have shuffled, but the centerpiece of the ever-evolving plan ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers are considered the luckiest team in the history of the NBA draft lottery.

Their draft position has improved eight times — moving up at least three spots on five occasions — during 18 lottery...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — We are roughly six months from the start of the 2025-26 men’s college basketball season. Nevertheless, Mark Pope has already assured that Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball fans will experience ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Drafting receivers with troubled backgrounds is nothing new to the Steelers. They've done it for decades now and for years managed to maximize their talents before jettisoning them when there was a point of ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Leon Draisaitl scored with 4:40 remaining in overtime and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 5-4 in Game 2 of their second-round series at T-Mobile Arena on Thursday.

The Oilers lead the ...Read more

PHOENIX — It’s much too early to call it 2021 yet.

But, just like the last time the Los Angeles Dodgers tried to defend a World Series title, the National League West isn’t presenting the easiest of paths.

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MINNEAPOLIS — Too often, the Minnesota Timberwolves have been an unserious basketball team. They have had a tendency to let winnable games slip away more than they should when other teams are down key players. Thursday ...Read more

Tom Wilson threw down the gauntlet Thursday after the Washington Capitals’ morning skate.

“We’re a tough team to reckon with and we have to show that,” the Caps power forward said.

It wasn’t just talk. Wilson ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — It took longer than most expected, but the Pirates might’ve actually figured out how to screw up a one-car funeral.

Or at least the firing of one man — in this case, Derek Shelton.

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TAMPA, Fla. — For seven innings on Thursday, it seemed as if the Phillies’ red-hot offense ran out of steam.

They had just two hits and trailed the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1, with the possibility of a sweep shrinking more ...Read more

DENVER — Following the Colorado Rockies’ 10-2 Game 1 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Thursday afternoon, veteran left-handed starter Kyle Freeland was emotional.

When asked to compare what his reeling Rockies are doing ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In a brutal bit of irony, in-custody deaths in Los Angeles were brought to the forefront by a 2023 case in which neither the County Sheriff's Department or county hospitals would acknowledge that an inmate ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Rickie Fowler reached back 10 years deep in the memory bank when asked Thursday afternoon about the mixed reaction to his invitation to next week’s PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, N.C.

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OKLAHOMA CITY — Loud City is not Fraud City.

Every Thunder had a basket Wednesday night, save for the Broncos mascot.

“We got punked,” Denver Nuggets coach David Adelman admitted after the 149-106 drubbing. “We ...Read more

BOSTON — Rafael Devers was finally settling in as the Red Sox designated hitter, after a tumultuous spring training that saw him forced out of his third base job for Alex Bregman.

But when first baseman Triston Casas ...Read more

DENVER — Following the Colorado Rockies’ 10-2 Game 1 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Thursday afternoon, left-handed starter Kyle Freeland was emotional.

And when asked to compare what the reeling Rockies are doing to ...Read more

BOSTON — For the third consecutive series and sixth time this season, the Red Sox rebounded from an opening loss to win the slate.

They defeated the visiting Texas Rangers, 5-0, on Thursday afternoon to pick up their ...Read more