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DENVER — The easiest thing to do would’ve been to take the victory lap, to live in the moment and soak up the celebration that ensued following the Pi...

Defenseman Jan Rutta had a vivid way of describing the Pittsburgh Penguins’ medical woes throughout the 2022-23 season. “The injuries have been (exple...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Thibodaux arrived in the Bay Area in 1995 from Texas and instantly became a fan of the Oakland Athletics. The one-time Ast...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Now seemingly customary, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team has once again seen a mass exodus of its bench. Indeed, thr...

Considering the actions taken by the Pittsburgh Steelers in free agency, they believed one of the positions that needed upgraded from the 2022 season ...

SMETHPORT — Stepping up to the plate in the bottom of the seventh, the pressure was on for Janelle Dinch. Tied at 17, the Smethport and Oswayo Valley ...

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — One year later, everything seems different, changed for Deshaun Watson. A short, suspended season behind him, Watson doesn’t feel t...

The road to the U.S. Open began this week for thousands of players, with an 18-hole local qualifier in the Houston area on Monday and another in North...

STATE COLLEGE — It’s so clearly stupid to judge anything based on a spring scrimmage. Anything can be staged to look any way a coach might want it to,...

DENVER — Asked why he thinks there’s been such a dramatic uptick in stolen bases this season, Andrew McCutchen did not hesitate in his response. “Beca...

PORT ALLEGANY — Through five innings, no one could touch Drew Evens’ work at the mound, as the Port Allegany baseball team earned their seventh win by...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts finished runner-up to Patrick Mahomes in AP NFL MVP voting and lost again to him when Mahomes’ Kansas City Chiefs beat...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Matt Fitzpatrick’s earliest memories of Harbour Town were as a spectator wondering if Tiger Woods would play the RBC H...

The New York Rangers made the biggest splash at the trade deadline with the addition of Patrick Kane just weeks after getting Vladimir Tarasenko. The ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Trinity Thomas of Florida tied the NCAA record with her 28th career perfect 10 and Oklahoma won its second consecutive team t...

SALAMANCA — Big time players make big time plays, and for the Otto-Eldred baseball team, who’s seventh win hinged on a clutch seventh frame, Max Splai...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — In Buffalo, where futility has been the norm since the Sabres last reached the playoffs in 2011, success is being measured on a s...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tommy Edman hit an RBI single in the 10th inning, sending the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday....

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — St. Bonaventure women’s basketball head coach Jim Crowley has announced Tiara Johnson as associate head coach. Johnson returns...

NEW YORK (AP) — Gerrit Cole pitched a two-hitter with 10 strikeouts for his fourth career shutout and the second complete game in the majors this seas...