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Ex-Marlins GM Kim Ng hired as softball league commish
Former Major League Baseball executive and Miami Marlins general manager Kim Ng was named commissioner of the women's Athletes Unlimited Softball League on Wednesday.,Ng, 56, has been a senior adviser to the fledgling league, set to embark on a four-team, 10-city, 24-game debut.,"When I hear the wor...
Play-in Jimmy, Playoff Steph: Golden State Warriors Are Built for This
Steph Curry and Jimmy Butler combined for 75 points to push the Warriors past the Grizzlies and into a first-round showdown with the Rockets....
Why the Denver Nuggets Are About To Get Bounced From NBA Playoffs
Just a few weeks after firing head coach Mike Malone, the Denver Nuggets have a difficult first-round matchup in the NBA Playoffs against the Los Angeles Clippers....

Bulls host Heat but injuries could make Chicago a play-in underdog
By virtue of a better overall record than the Miami Heat, the Chicago Bulls earned home-court advantage for their Eastern Conference play-in game Wednesday night.,Despite winning all three meetings with Miami this season, the ninth-seeded Bulls (39-43) could be considered the underdog against the 10...
Welcome to the Atlanta Hawks Invitational (a.k.a. the NBA Play-In Tournament)
The NBA Play-In Tournament is back — and so are the Hawks, for the fourth straight year in the league’s favorite pre-playoffs ritual....

Western Conference sorts out playoff bracket on final day
The Los Angeles Clippers and the Golden State Warriors couldn't let the chaotic race for Western Conference playoff seedings be unscrambled in regulation of their regular-season finale on Sunday.,They needed five more minutes, with the Clippers (50-32) winning 124-119 in overtime in San Francisco an...

Surge, Cloud9, Ultra earn 3-2 wins at CDL Stage 3 qualifying
The Vancouver Surge moved into second place in the Call of Duty League Stage 3 qualifiers with their third win on Sunday.,Vancouver rallied from a 2-0 hole to defeat the Carolina Royal Ravens 3-2. Cloud9 New York did the same to stun the Minnesota Rokkr 3-2, while the Toronto Ultra handed the Los An...
Los Angeles Lakers Are Masquerading as NBA Title Contenders
The Lakers may have Luka now, but with no bigs and two stars clashing, they're more likely to exit early than win it all....

Los Angeles Thieves, Miami Heretics unbeaten in CDL Stage 3 qualifying
The unbeaten Los Angeles Thieves made perhaps a bit of a statement while the Miami Heretics remained atop the standings through Saturday at the Call of Duty League stage 3 Major Qualifiers.,The Thieves (2-0) had the only sweep on Saturday, while the Heretics, Vegas Falcons and Boston Breach posted 3...

Heretics handle OpTic in CDL Stage 3 qualifying
The Miami Heretics climbed into first place in the Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major qualifying standings after defeating OpTic Texas 3-1 on Friday.,The Heretics are the lone 2-0 team, while OpTic slipped to 2-1. The Carolina Royal Ravens, who edged the Minnesota Rokkr 3-2 on Friday, and the Vancouv...
Beware the Rockets: Houston’s the Playoff Matchup Nobody Wants
The Rockets are red-hot and rising — and shaping up to be the playoff matchup no one in the West wants....

Longtime MLB pitcher Octavio Dotel, 51, dies in DR nightclub tragedy
Former major league pitcher Octavio Dotel died due to injuries suffered in a mass casualty event at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic.,Dotel was reportedly alive when rescue crews located him and at least seven others from the wreckage of a roof collapse at Jet Set, a popular nighttime destinati...

Reports: Ex-MLB pitcher Octavio Dotel among dozens killed in roof collapse
Former major league pitcher Octavio Dotel reportedly has died from injuries suffered in a mass casualty event at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic. ,Dotel reportedly was declared dead at an area hospital after being removed from the wreckage of a roof collapse at Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domin...

Reports: Ex-MLB pitcher Octavio Dotel survives deadly roof collapse in DR
Former major league pitcher Octavio Dotel reportedly was pulled alive Tuesday from the wreckage of a roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic that killed at least 27 people and injured more than 130.,Multiple media outlets reported Tuesday that Dotel was one of at least eight people to...

FaZe, Thieves pick up wins in CDL Stage 3 Major qualifiers
Week 1 of the Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major qualifiers concluded on Sunday, with one team winning its first match to be one of only three unbeaten teams in the standings and two more teams getting their first win of the event.,The Minnesota ROKKR kicked off the day with a tight 3-2 win over the ...

Angel Cabrera wins Hall of Fame Invitational ahead of Masters return
Angel Cabrera of Argentina won on the PGA Tour Champions for the first time Sunday, earning a two-shot victory over South Korea's K.J. Choi at the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational in Boca Raton, Fla.,Cabrera, 55, led wire-to-wire, sharing the first-round lead with four others befo...

Angel Cabrera grabs 2-shot lead at Hall of Fame Invitational
Angel Cabrera fired two eagles en route to a 6-under 66 in a roller coaster of a second round of the inaugural James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational in Boca Raton, Fla., on Saturday.,Cabrera, of Argentina, who was playing the back nine first, eagled a pair of par-5 holes, Nos. 16 and 1...

Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard head 2025 Hall of Fame class
Former NBA stars Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard, along with former women's star Sue Bird, highlighted a decorated group named to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2025 on Saturday.,Women's stars Maya Moore and Sylvia Fowles, head coach Billy Donovan, Miami Heat owner Micky Arison, r...

Angel Cabrera holds share of lead at Hall of Fame Invitational
Angel Cabrera of Argentina, playing one week before he returns to the Masters, is part of a five-way tie for the lead at the inaugural James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational following Friday's round in Boca Raton, Fla.,Cabrera shot a 4-under-par 68 at The Old Course at Broken Sound, as ...

Duke freshman Cooper Flagg named AP Player of Year
Cooper Flagg of Duke was named The Associated Press men's college basketball Player of the Year on Friday, becoming just the fourth freshman to earn the recognition.,Flagg garnered 41 votes and Johni Broome of Auburn earned 21 in the polling of a national media panel. They were the only two players ...