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ST. LOUIS — Three weeks into the season, the Phillies have tried out three leadoff hitters and five in the cleanup spot. They’ve had big innings and gotten shut out. Most days, the luckless third baseman looks on the ...Read more

DENVER — The Nuggets players have teeth.

They smile. They laugh. They talk.

With Michael Malone’s paranoia gone and Calvin Booth’s pettiness absent, the Nuggets are enjoying basketball again.

The Nuggets divorced ...Read more

BOSTON — After three seasons split between Boston and Maine, JD Davison has earned an official Celtics roster spot.

The Celtics on Saturday filled their final open 15-man roster slot — which had been left vacant for ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Timberwolves were hopeful after Friday night’s win over Brooklyn that the technical foul Anthony Edwards received would be rescinded. If it wasn’t, Edwards was set to be suspended for Sunday’s ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Yoshinobu Yamamoto can win the National League Cy Young Award.

The possibility of Yamamoto doing that has felt increasingly real every time he has stepped on the mound this season, reaching the point in ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — There’s been a photo making the rounds on social media platforms of a 3-year-old Jackson Jobe, in a caddie uniform at The Masters at Augusta National, caddying for his PGA pro dad Brandt at the annual Par...Read more

NEW YORK — Injuries continue to pile up among Yankees starting pitchers.

Marcus Stroman is headed to the 15-day injured list with left knee inflammation, the Yankees announced Saturday.

The move came a day after ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It was the humiliating snub that saved a season.

It was the most beautiful embarrassment in Lakers history.

Dan Hurley, thank you.

Thank you for turning down $70 million from the Lakers to stay at UConn....Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Mark Pope has gone international to add another piece to the 2025-26 Kentucky basketball team.

On Saturday afternoon, UK got a commitment from Andrija Jelavic, a 6-foot-11 Croatian big man.

ESPN first ...Read more

SUNRISE, Fla. — For a little more than four weeks, Aaron Ekblad had to be away from the Florida Panthers.

That’s part of the punishment that came with the defenseman’s 20-game suspension for violating the terms of ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — It wasn’t perfect, but Mark Pope’s first season as Kentucky men’s basketball coach should be judged a success.

Now, it’s time to start contemplating what will need to happen for year two of UK�...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Although a shot glass of Common Sense will tell you which direction he leans, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones does his best to duck any talk of political preferences, but he may soon have to stand up...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Major League Baseball’s penalties for a failed drug test aren’t stern enough to adequately deter players’ use of banned performance-enhancing drugs, said a former World Series champion known by many San...Read more

CHICAGO — There’s confidence at Halas Hall that a busy offseason switching out the coaching staff and adding talent via trades and free agency has produced a better roster as the Chicago Bears prepare for their second ...Read more

MIAMI — If not for the inclusion of Brock Bowers, the Las Vegas Raiders’ first-round pick who set multiple NFL records for tight end productivity, the 2024 crop of tight ends might be viewed as the worst position group...Read more

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James moved gingerly to the bench, grabbing toward the inside of his left leg midway through the third quarter.

This, for the Los Angeles Lakers, was the worst-case scenario on a night where they ...Read more