You can feel free to write off the 49ers after two games. Go ahead and say that the team and its Super Bowl aspirations are cooked, after two games. Read more

Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone stared at the box score he clutched in his right hand, studying the tangible confirmation of how the Laker… Read more

Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan and NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin are starting a single-car racing team that will feature Bubba Wallace as… Read more

Italian Open champion Novak Djokovic said getting back on court for a tournament so quickly after being disqualified at the U.S. Open for stri… Read more

Tampa Bay’s power-play unit finally snapped out of their slumber to help the Lightning secure a 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars on Monday and ti… Read more

They told Bryson DeChambeau he couldn’t do it. They told him he couldn’t make all his irons the same length. They told him he couldn’t be that… Read more

MIAMI — Josh Allen is the best quarterback in the AFC East. Read more

SEATTLE — Sometimes, even unity can be taken too far. Occasionally, getting your act together trumps moving together as one. Read more

A city and its lone remaining major professional sports franchise waited 14 years and then through the first six months of an ongoing pandemic… Read more

LOS ANGELES — It’s a flagrant foul for unnecessary and excessive dumbness. Read more

DALLAS — The Mavericks’ 2019-20 season ended mostly with hope they’ll soon contend for a championship — but also with one pressing question ab… Read more

CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said leading up to this week’s game against The Citadel that the FCS Bulldogs could “embarrass” Cle… Read more

DALLAS — The Mavericks’ 2019-20 season ended mostly with hope they’ll soon contend for a championship — but also with one pressing question ab… Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears’ new public address announcer has no public to address. Read more

In the wake of what feels like a crushing defeat for high school football players lies an opportunity that should be embraced with the gusto t… Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady kept his response short if not necessarily sweet Thursday when asked about his reaction the public critique he receive… Read more

CHICAGO — When Loyola Chicago senior midfielder Giann Magno learned the fall soccer season was postponed because of COVID-19, he processed a m… Read more

It was a slam dunk. Read more

CHICAGO — For a while there, it looked as if Big Ten football would produce only one score this fall: 11-3. Read more

PARIS - Lamine Diack, once one of the most powerful people in athletics, was convicted in France on Wednesday of running a clique that covered… Read more

Two players and five members of staff have tested positive for COVID-19 in the latest round of testing, the National Football League (NFL) sai… Read more

LOS ANGELES — With college football carrying on elsewhere across the nation while programs in California remain unable to practice, USC footba… Read more

Olivia and Archie Manning finally can get a good night’s sleep. Read more

PITTSBURGH — It’s not hard to imagine Ben Roethlisberger’s joy Monday night after his first game in 364 days. The 145th regular-season win of … Read more

SYDNEY - Organisers are ploughing ahead with the postponed Tokyo Olympics and will decide by the end of the year what “counter-measures” are r… Read more

Circumstances at this year’s U.S. Open were extraordinary due to the COVID-19 pandemic but rather than getting deterred, champions Naomi Osaka… Read more

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — No, it’s not time yet. Read more

Having seen two opportunities to advance to their first conference finals slip away in eerily similar fashion, the Los Angeles Clippers have m… Read more

Super Bowl or Super Bust. Read more

Dominic Thiem of Austria, three times a loser in Grand Slam singles finals, ended his drought by overcoming a terrible start and defeating Sas… Read more

It is easy to say that Heat-Celtics isn’t what it used to be, because it hasn’t been much of anything since the teams met in the 2012 Eastern … Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — If you concentrate really hard, you can hear that clock ticking. Read more

NEW YORK - Alexander Zverev said it was too soon to look for the positives in his U.S. Open campaign as the devastated German struggled to com… Read more

CINCINNATI — The Los Angeles Chargers opened life after Philip Rivers by winning mostly with defense and a running game Sunday. Read more

Nothing has ever come easily during the Clippers’ 50-year history. Read more

NEW YORK — Naomi Osaka captured the third Grand Slam title of her career with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Victoria Azarenka to lift her secon… Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — This was the season that Payman Benz expected to watch his beloved Clippers chase an NBA championship from seats so close to S… Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Kemba Walker, the Boston Celtics’ veteran star guard, walked off the court inside the NBA bubble, the fake crowd noise faded, … Read more

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Olympic Minister insists the rearranged Tokyo 2020 Games must be held “at any cost”, while the International Olympic… Read more

LAS VEGAS — In a city with more than 50 wedding chapels, Anthony Herrera helped orchestrate an unusual marriage proposal by one of his best fr… Read more

LOS ANGELES — Mina Kimes thinks. Then she counts. Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Rams on Wednesday made Jalen Ramsey the highest-paid cornerback in NFL history. Read more

At long last, the masks are coming off. Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The NBA has determined that two incidents during Game 2 of the Lakers’ series against the Rockets deserve further discipline. … Read more

Less than two hours before the Connecticut Sun’s Aug. 1 matchup against the Minnesota Lynx, Theresa Plaisance was sitting in chapel, on the ve… Read more

Inside the Patrick Mahomes-Mike Trout race to $500 million Read more

NEW YORK — Not only does Novak Djokovic have to deal with the shame of being disqualified from the US Open after accidentally hitting lineswom… Read more