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The NBA's revamped All-Star Game format brought urgency and pride back to the event, but fatigue and confusion dampened the finale.

Collin Morikawa won at Pebble Beach, but Scottie Scheffler's historic consistency and 18th straight top-10 finish stole the spotlight.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver addressed tanking concerns, league fines, draft lottery changes and expansion rumors during All-Star Weekend.

Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout is the latest player who won't be participating in the World Baseball Classic because of an inability to get

Sacramento State is joining the MAC as a football-only FBS member in 2026, raising concerns about travel, costs and conference realignment.

Get the best college basketball picks for Monday, February 16, including Duke vs Syracuse, Marshall vs South Alabama and Houston at Iowa State.

Anthony Kim soared from 847th to 203rd in the Official World Golf Ranking released on Monday following his first tournament win since 2010.,The LIV Go

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- An ugly cheating controversy which triggered an outburst of expletives in the usually genteel surroundings of the Olympic

BORMIO, Italy, -- The razor edge between joy and despair in Olympic sport was laid bare as Loic Meillard won Switzerland's first men's slalom gold sin

The San Diego Padres announced a multiyear extension for general manager A.J. Preller on Monday.,Preller, 48, has held the position since August 2014,

The Miami Dolphins are releasing two-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Bradley Chubb, multiple outlets reported on Monday.,NFL Network said the move had been

MILAN -- Ilia Malinin on Monday said his pressure-packed Olympic debut resulted in an "inevitable crash" and suggested he would release more details a

No. 24 Louisville will stay in the Lone Star State as the Cardinals return to Atlantic Coast Conference action Tuesday to face SMU in Dallas.,As the t

No. 23 Miami (Ohio) will try to move a step closer to an unbeaten regular season when it faces Massachusetts in a Mid-American Conference matchup Tues

With its sights set on a lengthy postseason run, No. 18 Saint Louis wants to play more consistently as it takes an 18-game winning streak on the road

Two-thirds of its way through Southeastern Conference play, 14th-ranked Florida is checking off all the boxes as the best squad in the conference.,Win

Michigan looks invincible these days. Purdue's chances of catching the Wolverines in the Big Ten standings hinge on the Boilermakers' ability to disco

Former NFL offensive lineman Tre' Johnson, an All-Pro with Washington in 1999, died on Sunday during a family trip, his wife posted on social media. H

MILAN, Italy -- U.S. Figure Skating did not appeal Madison Chock and Evan Bates' score from the ice dance final, which drew the ire of some fans and f

When Boston Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown spoke with reporters after Sunday's All-Star Game in Inglewood, Calif., the topic quickly went from basketba

The Seattle Seahawks are hiring San Francisco 49ers tight ends coach Brian Fleury as their next offensive coordinator, ESPN and NFL Network reported S

Los Angeles Thieves and Paris Gentle Mates joined OpTic Texas atop the standings at the Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major on Sunday, each team winning

FURIA fought back after dropping the first map by winning an overtime battle en route to downing FUT Esports on Sunday in Round 2 of the PGL Cluj-Napo

Cloud9 barged into the upper-bracket final by sweeping FlyQuest 3-0 in semifinal action on Sunday at the League Championship Series 2026 Lock-In in Lo

The Seattle Seahawks are hiring San Francisco 49ers tight ends coach Brian Fleury as their next offensive coordinator, ESPN and NFL Network reported S

MILAN -- Germany's Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin seized the lead after the pairs short program at the Milan Cortina Olympics in a session d

The Big East Conference suspended Providence forward Duncan Powell for two games in addition to the NCAA's automatic one-game ban following a fight in

Four days after going on a postgame rant about how "very few" of his players would return next season, Kansas State coach Jerome Tang learned he will

AJ Staton-McCray scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half to rally Seton Hall to a 63-56 Big East win over Butler on Sunday in Indianapolis.,Mike

David Mirkovic poured in 25 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead No. 8 Illinois to a 71-51 Big Ten victory over Indiana on Sunday afternoon in Ch

Expect the fur to fly and defense to be front and center when No. 3 Houston and No. 5 Iowa State square off Monday in the latest of a series of titani

Adam Silver is under pressure as the NBA's tanking problem worsens, with drastic ideas like eliminating the draft reportedly on the table.

No. 4 Duke has plenty to be excited about entering the last few weeks of the regular season, and Syracuse might have some renewed hope heading into th

Tariq Francis had a game-high 21 points, Harun Zrno scored 11 of his 13 in the second half and Rutgers broke a seven-game slide with a 68-57 win over

Baba Miller slammed home a dunk with 36.9 seconds remaining and grabbed a key rebound moments later as host Cincinnati rallied for a 69-65 win over Ut

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