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The Timberwolves weren't going to win their first playoff series since 2004 the easy way, but after sweeping Phoenix with a 122-116 victory in Game 4, the Wolves are advancing to the second round of the playoffs for just ...Read more

LAS VEGAS -- The Las Vegas Aces held their first training camp practice Sunday without one of the most recognizable faces from last year’s team.

Forward Candace Parker, one of the WNBA’s all-time greats, announced on ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- The Knicks-Sixers series has been a showcase for Philadelphia basketball — and there are few better ambassadors of the city than South Carolina coach Dawn Staley.

Staley won her second championship with ...Read more

Coach Michael Malone is a numbers guy.

Of course, he knows that his Nuggets lead the Lakers 3-1 and can close out the first-round playoff series Monday night at Ball Arena. But he’s also acutely aware of statistical ...Read more

RENTON, Wash. -- The Seahawks drafted eight players this weekend. None of them are quarterbacks.

Again.

Michael Penix Jr. never got to Seattle’s drafting place at 16 in the first round; Atlanta took the Washington ...Read more

While fielding questions after his team's victory over the Denver Nuggets, Lakers coach Darvin Ham asked a question of his own.

"Why not us?" he asked.

Why not the Lakers?

Why can't the Lakers be the first in NBA ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Chargers drafted nine players at five positions with the parallel goals of immediate help in 2024 and further depth for seasons to come.

One of the spots they didn't address — because ...Read more

DENVER -- Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray is listed as questionable for Game 5 against the Los Angeles Lakers due to a left calf strain, according to the team’s injury report Sunday.

Murray was seen nursing his calf ...Read more

BOSTON — Chicago Cubs left-hander Jordan Wicks knows he must be smart early in the season.

It doesn’t make the current situation any less frustrating for Wicks, who was put on the 15-day injured list Sunday with a ...Read more

Pedro Grifol had a good night of sleep Saturday, relatively speaking, after the Chicago White Sox’s walk-off win over the Tampa Bay Rays.

“I love winning,” the Sox manager said Sunday morning. “I don’t sleep ...Read more

DALLAS — The Clippers were missing their main cog, the absence of Kawhi Leonard because of right knee inflammation and swelling for Game 4 leaving the group shorthanded in what was deemed a potential series-altering ...Read more

DENVER -- The Winnipeg Jets have a deep group of forwards, an excellent top pairing on defense and one of the best goalies in the world.

They don’t have Cale Makar.

In between yet another onslaught of power plays for ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. – It was only a week ago when the Twins had one of the worst-performing offenses in the major leagues and their record slumped to six games below .500.

Now they are achieving feats that haven't been done...Read more

SEATTLE -- Eugenio Suarez spoiled another gem of a start from Logan Gilbert with a run-scoring double in the seventh inning, and another ex-Mariner, Ketel Marte, drove in the winning run in the eighth for the Arizona ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Taijuan Walker seemed like he was headed for a quality start on Sunday until he walked onto the mound in the seventh inning. Walker’s pitch count was low — just 73 pitches — and he didn’t have any ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Nobody throws more split-fingered fastballs than Keaton Winn, and the rookie let 31 more fly in his third straight quality start.

Winn, the rookie from Iowa, allowed three hits in six strong innings. ...Read more