NCAA sanctions and previous trips to the Final Four have overshadowed Syracuse’s surprising run this season.
Quarterback Robert Griffin III will join the Cleveland Browns next season.
The champion looks back on a 1950s childhood where neighbors cleared backyard space for the sport
The U.S. men’s national soccer team is facing the prospect of World Cup elimination—more than two years before the 2018 tournament kicks off.
As the full-court press has dropped out of regular use, breaking late game traps has become a lost art in the NCAA tournament.
Unlike recent NCAA tournament champions, Oklahoma and Villanova punched their tickets to the Final Four by sticking with what worked.
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The Comcast-Yankees standoff is the highest profile example of how pay-TV providers are digging in their heels over rising sports-TV costs, threatening a money stream that has powered industry profits and financed huge salaries for star players.
The No. 10 seed Syracuse Orange rallied to beat the No. 1 seed Virginia Cavaliers to advance to the Final Four.
Kris Jenkins made two free throws with 13.3 seconds remaining, and Jalen Brunson added two more with 3.5 seconds left, to help Villanova upset top-seeded Kansas 64-59 on Saturday night to reach the Final Four.
Senior Buddy Hield scored 37 points, leading the Sooners to an 80-68 victory over the Ducks.
The modern golf swing can work but might come with a significant disadvantage: grinding wear and tear on the body, especially the lower back.
Wisconsin led 23-19 at halftime, closer to what should be a halftime football score for these two schools, but Notre Dame pulled out a win in the last seconds of the Sweet Sixteen matchup.
A jog won’t do it; the powerful painkillers released during long-distance running let our ancestors chase prey for hours on end.
As China’s economy develops, authorities are racing ahead with their efforts to promote long-distance running – but a calamitous marathon in south China has raised questions over whether Beijing is pushing forward at too quick a pace.
North Carolina resists the game’s modern trends by avoiding three-pointers—and yet the Tar Heels are still a threat to win the NCAA tournament.
Dutch soccer legend Johan Cruyff, who rose to fame during his time at Ajax and Barcelona in the 1970s, died after suffering from lung cancer. He was 68.
As March Madness kicks into high gear, a look at the premium for sports courts in homes listed for $1 million and up.
Predicteform provides analysis of the Louisiana Derby.
Worries over mosquito-borne virus haven’t kept athletes from competing in Rio warm-up events ahead of Summer Games.
As Kansas enters the Sweet 16 as the No. 1-ranked team in the AP poll, memories of the last Jayhawk team to do so may seem faint.
Joe Garagiola, who turned a modest major-league catching career into a 57-year run as a popular broadcaster in the sports world and beyond, died Wednesday. He was 90.
Some of the ballpark changes for 2016 and what they mean.
Underdogs at the NCAA Tournament find that March Madness fame can play havoc with your smartphone.
The passion that Tuesday’s game in Havana stirred in the hours, days and weeks leading up to it was a vivid reminder why Cuba matters to MLB.
Soccer legend Franz Beckenbauer is among six current or former German federation officials being investigated by FIFA’s Ethics Committee for alleged corruption in securing 2006 World Cup hosting rights.
Raymond Moore, the CEO and director of the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, Calif., has resigned after making disparaging comments about women’s tennis.
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The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have been an epicenter of the U.S. stadium-and-arena boom, rolling out five major sports facilities since 1990 that together cost more than $2 billion. Now the neighboring cities are readying for a sixth: a soccer stadium to be built by 2018 in St. Paul.
Council pass legislation, by 44-3 vote, prohibiting the use of all tobacco products—including smokeless chewing tobacco—at any ticketed sporting event in the city. But is it enforceable?
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Assembly passes legalization bill, as promoters plan events.
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said Monday that he expects the league to boast a new system for the influx of Cuban players by year end, freeing them from the scourge of human trafficking.
The National Football League, trying to increase its presence outside of the U.S., is fiddling with the idea of playing a game in China as early as 2018.
The NFL has updated its indecipherable ‘catch rule’ to be…marginally less indecipherable. Plus, LeBron James and The Big Unfollow.
After recent controversial remarks by Raymond Moore and Novak Djokovic, Jason Gay has an idea for tennis press conferences.
Jason Gay offers creative ways to re-purpose dead tournament brackets, plus recommends an MLB front-office job for Adam LaRoche’s son.
Mets pitcher Matt Harvey told reporters Tuesday that he passed a blood clot in his urine caused by a bladder infection, which he said arose because he tends to hold it in.
With the regular season less than a week away, the Yankees’ two most expensive starting pitchers—40% of their starting rotation—remain in flux, raising real doubts about how the team will proceed.
NCAA sanctions and previous trips to the Final Four have overshadowed Syracuse’s surprising run this season.
A longtime golfer says there is more great advice than ever. If only his body would cooperate.
Leicester City’s miraculous rise in the top English league began after the reburial of Richard III’s long-lost bones.
Tiny Abkhazia, a Black Sea region that broke away from Georgia, plans a soccer tournament for mostly unrecognized countries like itself, from Somaliland to Northern Cyprus.
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When they were drafted by the Trail Blazers, Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum moved to Portland—so did their mothers.
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The NBA’s biggest names turned out for the league’s annual All-Star Game, a contest in which the Western Conference outgunned the East, 196-173, propelling Kobe Bryant to victory in his final showing in the high-profile exhibition.
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When the Golden State Warriors’ training staff eliminated PB&Js from the team’s private plane, the NBA’s defending champions fought back.
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Golden State’s Draymond Green and San Antonio’s Kawhi Leonard have the perfect combination of height and wingspan to thrive in today’s league.
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The USOC’s chief marketing officer has to weigh the sometimes conflicting needs of her group’s corporate sponsors and individual athletes.
Sara Rotman, fashion-media executive and dedicated horsewoman, began doing Pilates for strength and flexibility after taking up competitive polo with her team, Dark Horse Polo.
Mike Trout, star center fielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, doesn’t touch a baseball or a bat in the off-season and focuses instead on power and agility.
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Nascar driver Kasey Kahne’s works out to stay physically and mentally sharp under racing conditions, including heat and fatigue; he says he can lose close to 8 pounds in a race.
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The jump shot was invented by a 13-year-old seeking an edge against his older brother.
As the U.S. men’s national soccer team looks to veteran Clint Dempsey for goals, history shows international scorers have struggled to find the net after turning 30.
This year, many schools left in the NCAA tournament have strong “brotastic” reputations. The Count breaks down which of these schools is the bro-iest.
If No. 10 seed Syracuse advances to the Elite Eight, it will be the first double-digit seed to do so after beating two other double-digit seeds in two of its first three tournament games.
How would Hall of Fame closer Goose Gossage fare against Bryce Harper, Jose Bautista and Yoenis Cespedes?
A day after a top NFL official acknowledged a connection between playing football and the brain disease CTE, a lawyer in the league’s concussion litigation filed a letter with the court saying that position is consistent with past NFL views.
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The NFL agreed with CBS and NBC to share its Thursday night games along with the cable channel NFL Network. The deal will cost the broadcast networks about $225 million each.
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New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick is a master at stopping big tight-ends—like the one on his team that no one else can stop, Rob Gronkowski.
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Green Bay almost exclusively develops draft picks and eschews free agency so that players can learn the Packer way
Stu Woo tourned the borough’s 172 basketball courts. His verdict: About a third of the courts are in good shape. The rest have issues.
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