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PHILADELPHIA — Compared with the rest of the tribe of baseball writers, my criteria for Hall of Fame inclusion are undemanding. The most controversial element: I do not discriminate against the PED crowd.

I consistently...Read more

Cue the whining. Again.

The fan bases of 29 other teams are mad, their anger directed at Baseball’s Villains, and that should sound familiar. Once the news broke Thursday night of the Dodgers’ signing of free-agent ...Read more

PORTLAND, Ore. — Before the Los Angeles Lakers took the court Saturday night, they added two more starters and a key reserve to the injured list. But the Lakers still had LeBron James and they hoped he could carry them ...Read more

DENVER — Two weeks after he initially returned to action from a left ankle injury, Christian Braun’s ability to play remains in flux for the short-handed Denver Nuggets.

Braun missed his fourth consecutive game ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights scored seven unanswered goals to win their seventh straight game, 7-2 over the Nashville Predators at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night.

Alexander Holtz and Shea Theodore scored 55 ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Playing without Jimmy Butler at Chase Center on Saturday night, the Warriors looked to unexpected places for an offensive spark against the Hornets.

Butler was a late scratch and replaced by rookie Will ...Read more

DENVER — Nix man up.

If there’s a template for Broncos quarterback Jarrett Stidham next week in the AFC championship, he can follow Marvin Mims Jr.’s footsteps from Saturday. Better than the Bills’ secondary did, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Santa Anita's experiment of placing a similar version of Historical Horse Racing at the race track on Thursday came to an abrupt halt on Saturday afternoon when law enforcement officials physically removed ...Read more

DENVER — Super Bo or bust. Just went boom.

Dream, deferred. Rings on layaway.

An awkward silence fell over the media room Saturday night as Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton returned for a second press conference just ...Read more

SEATTLE — A second consecutive game against the 49ers repeated itself in result only.

Little else about how the Seahawks won this game — a stunningly easy 41-6 win over the 49ers in a divisional playoff game at Lumen ...Read more

DENVER — The Broncos punched a ticket to the AFC championship game and then took a major gut punch.

Quarterback Bo Nix fractured a bone in his right ankle on the second-to-last play of overtime and his season is over, ...Read more

DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons put together a convincing 121-78 victory over the Indiana Pacers Saturday night. The Pacers entered Little Caesars Arena missing seven of their key players because of injuries. As a result, ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Games between the Blue Jackets and Penguins this season have followed a distinct script. Columbus leads in the third period. Pittsburgh makes a comeback.

And the game goes to overtime.

All four meetings ...Read more

The Atlanta Hawks sure could have used All-Defensive guard Dyson Daniels to defend Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown Saturday night. But with Daniels sitting out the game due to an ankle injury, Brown torched every other ...Read more

If Mason Lohrei’s days as a Bruin are numbered, he’s making them count.

Lohrei has been the subject of rampant speculation the last couple of days as part of a possible package for Calgary Flames defenseman Rasmus ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Before the two programs had made four combined coaching changes, Louisville rewrote the Pitt record books with a 106-51 victory at the Petersen Events Center on Jan. 24, 2017. For nearly a decade, that game ...Read more

NEW YORK — With 9:04 remaining in the fourth quarter of a consequential matchup against the Phoenix Suns on Saturday, the Madison Square Garden crowd — peppered with Knicks alumni from years past and present — began ...Read more

DENVER — Like a quarterback reading the defensive coverage before the snap, Nikola Jokic barked orders to his teammates. He called out what he saw as the 76ers positioned themselves, signaling with his hands how he ...Read more

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — When Kentucky went into the locker room at halftime Saturday at Thompson-Boling Arena down 42-31 to No. 24 Tennessee, Denzel Aberdeen had the Volunteers right where he wanted them.

For the second-...Read more