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BOSTON (AP) — Fighting back tears, Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell said Friday that he had a "highly curable" form of cancer and has taken a medic...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former college basketball star at St. Bonaventure University has turned himself in to Philadelphia police after a warrant was is...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina uncovered possible additional NCAA violations in women’s basketball and men’s soccer while preparing the respo...

The parents of a sprint car driver struck and killed last year by Tony Stewart believe a wrongful death lawsuit is the only way to hold the NASCAR sta...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have released receiver Caleb Holley after reaching an injury settlement with the player. Holley tore his r...

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins unveiled a new practice facility Friday that also serves as a sports medicine center for the Un...

BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — The latest impressive showing for Joe Gibbs Racing came in qualifying at Michigan International Speedway. Matt Kenseth won the ...

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Rory McIlroy faces a different set of questions from the last time he played, and he had answers for most of them. His left ank...

LATROBE (AP) — Ryan Shazier just started to put it all together during his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Steelers before a setback, causing the pr...

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Ryan Fitzpatrick’s bushy beard is already in midseason form. The New York Jets hope his command of the offense gets there, t...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gerrit Cole didn't last long, and he didn't get much help from his defense. The Pittsburgh Pirates committed two costly errors in a 4...

CLEVELAND (AP) — The New York Yankees' lead in the AL East is gone. Danny Salazar pitched neatly into the eighth inning, Abraham Almonte's RBI single ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge put the NFL on the defensive over its four-game suspension of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady on Wednesday,...

EA Sports dropped Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane from promoting and appearing on the cover of its NHL 16 video game because he is under police i...

SEATTLE (AP) — Off the bat, Hisashi Iwakuma believed the slicing flyball was going to find its way to the outfield grass and end his dream of joining ...

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Rex Ryan won’t excuse linebacker Ikemefuna Enemkpali for a sucker punch that broke quarterback Geno Smith’s jaw in the New York...

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) — It’s been nearly two decades since Jeff Gordon won his first Sprint Cup road race. He has one more chance to add to his lega...

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Tim Brown kept doing the math as the years ticked by and the phone call from the Pro Football Hall of Fame never came. So did Char...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — In an era of constantly shifting defenses, pinch-hitter Pedro Alvarez was not fazed when the Los Angeles Dodgers played a five-man i...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees have seen enough of the knuckleball. Shut down by R.A. Dickey on Friday night two games after flailing at the fickle pitch...