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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Christopher Bell, fresh off his first victory of the season on the Bristol dirt, learned he was on a near-historic pace in NASCA...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Jon Rahm turned the longest day into his sweetest victory, starting Sunday with a four-shot deficit in the morning chill and finis...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Oneil Cruz is the physical and emotional embodiment of what the Pittsburgh Pirates are trying to build. Young. Talented. Excitable. ...

MIAMI (AP) — Israel Adesanya wanted a quick rematch after a November loss to Alex Pereira stripped him of the 185-pound championship belt he’d held si...

ALLEGANY — It was a strike-slinging showdown for all but one frame, with Max Splain and Caleb Strade battling it out until the very end. However, in t...

Golden State is in the playoffs. LeBron James is heading to the play-in tournament. And the Minnesota Timberwolves lost Rudy Gobert to a fight with a ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Aaron Judge homered twice, Nelson Cortes pitched into the sixth inning after umpires forced him to blot out a marking on his glove an...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bryan Reynolds homered and drove in six runs and the Pittsburgh Pirates celebrated Andrew McCutchen’s homecoming with a 13-9 win ove...

Climate change is making major league sluggers into even hotter hitters, sending an extra 50 or so home runs a year over the fences, a new study found...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Three towering pine trees fell near patrons as storms rolled through Augusta National on Friday, though nobody was hurt, and the s...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tristan Jarry stopped 27 shots and the Pittsburgh Penguins kept pace in the race for one of the two wild-card spots in the Eastern C...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — The exodus began a year ago at this time. In late March, Jalen Adaway declared his intention to turn pro and, days later, a fe...

SHINGLEHOUSE — The Bradford Bird Busters trap team beat Oswayo Valley, 186-179. Brayden Dach, Jaydon Schwab and Sean Ward all shot 24s for the Bird Bu...

The Fox Township Sportsmen’s Club and the Bradford Gun Club (BGC) recently completed their 10 week Winter Sporting Clays League. Fox Township won the ...

The Bradford High baseball team’s home opener went smoothly for five innings. Then, rain came. And trouble for the Owls came with it. Bradford, powere...

JOHNSONBURG — Despite a last inning burst of offense, the Elk County Catholic baseball team’s comeback was not enough, as the Crusaders fell to Johnso...

PORT ALLEGANY — Drew Evens and Ryan Shaffer gave all they had. After trading seven scoreless frames, however, it was Evens and the Port Allegany baseb...

So what do we make of the just-completed Division I men’s and women’s college basketball seasons? And, more to the point, how were they impacted by th...

BOSTON (AP) — Ji Hwan Bae hit his first career homer, Bryan Reynolds went deep for the third time in two games, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Bo...

HOUSTON (AP) — There was a short list of believers in the potential of a rebuilt UConn roster before the season started. It was made up mostly of the ...