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The NBA Slam Dunk Contest ended with more whimper than wow, as Carter Bryant fell short and Keshad Johnson claimed victory in an anticlimactic finale.

With CM Punk vs Roman Reigns set, here are five more matches WWE could book for WrestleMania 2026.

With Shai Gilgeous-Alexander battling injury and Nikola Jokic near the 65-game limit, is Cade Cunningham the best value bet for NBA MVP?

MILAN -- World record holder Femke Kok asserted her dominance in the women's 500 meters to win Winter Olympics gold and deliver the Netherlands a seco

Lindsey Vonn was discharged from a hospital in Italy on Sunday morning and headed to the airport to return to the United States, Reuters reported.,Von

Cavan Biggio is following in his father's footsteps.,The son of Astros legend Craig Biggio signed a minor league deal with Houston on Sunday.,The cont

Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper admitted that he was surprised by president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski's comments that su

Twisted Minds overcame a two-map deficit in the semifinals before coasting to a 4-1 victory over Crazy Raccoon in the grand final of the Overwatch Cha

Freshman forward Koa Peat sat out the second half of top-ranked Arizona's 78-75 loss to No. 16 Texas Tech with a lower-body injury on Saturday in Tucs

LIVIGNO, Italy -- Canada's Mikael Kingsbury, widely considered one of the best moguls skiers of all time, ended a decorated Winter Olympics career on

Illinois starting guard Kylan Boswell is set to return for Sunday's game against Indiana in Champaign, Ill., per the Big Ten availability report.,Bosw

TESERO, Italy -- Norway's Johannes Klaebo cemented his legacy on Sunday by winning a ninth Olympic cross-country gold to become the greatest Winter Ol

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Italy's Federica Brignone completed a golden double on home snow at the Winter Olympics on Sunday, adding the giant slalom

OpTic Texas won a five-map battle with GS Minnesota on Saturday, the second day of Week 1 matches in qualifying for the Call of Duty League Stage 2 Ma

Anthony Kim added a stunning-yet-true chapter to his storybook return to professional golf by winning LIV Golf Adelaide on Sunday.,The 40-year-old Ame

Sentinels opened the playoffs on Saturday by winning a 3-2 battle with Disguised in the upper-bracket semifinals at the League Championship Series 202

Graham Ike recorded 21 points and a season-high 15 rebounds and No. 12 Gonzaga moved into first place in the West Coast Conference with a 94-86 victor

JT Toppin had 31 points, eight of them in overtime, and pulled down 13 rebounds to lead No. 16 Texas Tech to a 78-75 win over No. 1 Arizona on Saturda

Aurora Gaming and FUT Esports provided the match of the day Saturday, needing three maps with an overtime round on Day 1 of the PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 e

The Mid-American Conference is going far west to add Sacramento State as a football-only member starting with the 2026 season, according to multiple r

Dailyn Swain poured in 25 points as Texas pulled away from Missouri 85-68 on Saturday night in Columbia, Mo., for its fourth straight victory.,Matas V

Tessa Johnson scored a season-high 21 points as No. 3 South Carolina beat No. 6 LSU 79-72 on Saturday night in Baton Rouge, La.,Johnson shot 4-of-5 fr

Honor Huff scored 18 of his game-high 21 points in the second half and visiting West Virginia rallied from a 14-point deficit to stop Central Florida

Tennessee's J.P. Estrella notched 16 points and nine rebounds, and the Volunteers won for the seventh time in nine games by toppling LSU 73-63 on Satu

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Keshad Johnson of the Miami Heat has not started a game this season, Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers has not played i

The Arizona Diamondbacks signed veteran right-hander Paul Sewald to a one-year, $1.5 million deal on Saturday.,Sewald, who turns 36 in May, was part o

MILAN, Italy -- Dutchman Jens van 't Wout struck gold in the men's 1500 meters short track on Saturday, his second individual title, as the Netherland

David Toms put the pedal down Saturday, carding a bogey-free 9-under 63 to take control of the Chubb Classic at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla.,Toms

Four players scored in double figures and No. 13 Purdue clamped down on Iowa during a 78-57 Big Ten Conference win Saturday in Iowa City.,C.J. Cox led

Akshay Bhatia shot 4-under-par 68 in the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Saturday to carry a two-stroke lead into the final round at Pe

Kevin Fiala underwent surgery on his left leg after being removed from the ice on a stretcher late in the third period of Switzerland's 5-1 loss to Ca

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- World Curling said on Saturday that it would have officials monitoring for rule violations during the rest of the competit

BORMIO, Italy -- Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen made South American sporting history with a stunning Olympic giant slalom gold medal in a driving bl

Outfielder Nick Castellanos has agreed to a one-year contract with the San Diego Padres, multiple media outlets reported Saturday.,The New York Post i

Breaking down NBA All-Star Game odds, including World vs. USA predictions, MVP value plays and 3-point contest best bets.

Jimmie Johnson announced that the 2027 Daytona 500 will cap his NASCAR Cup Series career.,The seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion made his intention

The NBA All-Star Game has transformed into a round-robin tournament - but does the new format actually fix what was broken?

Jon Rahm recorded a walk-off eagle on the 18th hole Saturday to pull into a tie with Bryson DeChambeau for first place after the third round of LIV Go

Steve Pikiell has been at Rutgers for 10 years. For Buzz Williams at Maryland, it's been more like 10 months.,What they have in common is a cognizance

When No. 8 Illinois lost 92-90 in overtime to Wisconsin on Tuesday, top Fighting Illini perimeter defenders Kylan Boswell (broken hand) and Andrej Sto

OpTic Texas, the runner-up at Call of Duty League Stage 1 Major, opened qualifying for the Stage 2 Major with a 3-0 win over the Boston Breach on Frid

Team Liquid pulled out a marathon 3-2 win over Team Falcons on Friday to reach the semifinals of the BLAST Slam VI event in Attard, Malta.,In the othe

The Sacramento Kings, leading a tight race to finish with the worst record in the NBA, reportedly will be without their leading scorer for the rest of

Nick Boyd had 29 points and John Blackwell added 24 to pace Wisconsin to a dominant 92-71 victory over No. 10 Michigan State in a Big Ten Conference m

Missouri and Texas sit on the NCAA Tournament bubble during the stretch run of the Southeastern Conference season.,The Tigers (17-7, 7-4 SEC) have won

Philadelphia 76ers rookie VJ Edgecombe sank two free throws to give Team Vince a 25-24 win over Team Melo and the championship of the Rising Stars eve

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Chandler Smith came from the middle of nowhere to win the Fresh from Florida 250 in overtime at Daytona International Speedway

Brant Byers scored 21 points and Peter Suder added 20 as No. 23 Miami (Ohio) remained the nation's only unbeaten team with a 90-74 win over archrival

Trey Green and Ishan Sharma each scored 14 points to lead No. 18 Saint Louis to an 86-59 road win over Loyola Chicago on Friday, the Billikens' 18th c

Tyson Fury's return to the boxing ring will take place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.,The former heavyweight champion's April 11 bout against Arslanbek