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INDIANAPOLIS — It began as an impossibility, a young coach gathering a bunch of transfers, preaching selflessness and persistence, launching an ambitious mission with a clear destination. It was an impossibility that ...Read more

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — After the UNC Board of Trustees approved his new contract, Michael Malone officially became the new Tar Heels men’s basketball coach on Tuesday.

“Michael was the first coach we engaged with as ...Read more

INDIANAPOLIS — The end had come, there was no staving it off any longer. Alex Karaban’s last, desperate shot from far back with 17 seconds left was short of the rim, and fell to the floor.

And that’s how it ended, ...Read more

TORONTO — Fans lined up before the game, waiting patiently for the chance to take a selfie with trophies that commemorated the back-to-back World Series championships.

Dodger Stadium is not the only place you can do ...Read more

INDIANAPOLIS — He calls her his “guardian angel” and the “strongest person I’ve ever known,” but when Yaxel Lendeborg limped off the court Saturday night, grimacing in pain, his mother felt helpless.

“I was ...Read more

DENVER — You can’t spell “hopeless” without P-S-L. And that’s sort of how Mary Hayes feels when she thinks about all her friends who’ve got Broncos tickets right now.

“To me, personally, it speaks about the...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — I know I’ve probably already lost a big chunk of readers by writing a column whose headline includes the words “Jalen Hurts.” To anybody who made it here to sentence No. 2, I thank you for your ...Read more

SEATTLE — As a few stars of the 2025 Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks departed last month, coach Mike Macdonald and general manager John Schneider hope a few new ones will emerge in 2026 to help take their place.

At...Read more

PHOENIX — The South Carolina women’s basketball team’s season is over.

It ended Sunday without the Gamecocks cutting down the nets. It ended with blue and yellow confetti falling in Mortgage Matchup Center, not ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — What do you remember most about the epic, riveting, thrill-a-minute Game 7?

The home run? Which one?

That crazy play at the plate? The rubber-armed starter-turned-closer? The last out?

So many moments, ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — After a four-hit night at Oracle Park last season, Bryce Harper made a declaration.

“I’m really good,” he said on July 9. “Like, I really am. I don’t want to put that out there and everybody go...Read more

The Nuggets were offered a free pass into third place a week before the playoffs. The Trail Blazers almost ripped it away from them on Monday night at Ball Arena.

Vexed by an inexplicable disparity from the 3-point line ...Read more

ANAHEIM — Once in a while, everything works out optimally.

Even with the Angels.

José Soriano pitched eight dominant innings and the hitters took advantage of a sloppy Chris Sale in the Angels’ 6-2 victory over the ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — For the second time in as many games, the Giants have been sunk by a four-run frame late in a ballgame.

After allowing four runs in the eighth inning of Sunday’s loss, San Francisco (3-8) allowed four ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — All it took for the Minnesota Twins offense to show signs of life after a couple of anemic performances was their best hitters looking like, well, their best hitters.

Luke Keaschall lined a go-ahead, two-...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas — When Cal Raleigh’s 12-pitch battle with Jacob deGrom in the top of the first inning ended with a baseball-sized comet traveling into the right-field seats, it seemed like the sort of moment that ...Read more

The Winnipeg Jets scored on each of the game’s three power plays and went on to rout the spiraling Seattle Kraken Monday night.

For the second time in a week, the Kraken’s penalty kill was dinged three times in a 6-2 ...Read more

DENVER — On Monday, it looked like the baseball gods owed the Colorado Rockies one.

Colorado entered the fifth inning of the series opener against the Houston Astros down 3-0, and got two runs the honest way when ...Read more