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Thunder focused on title defense following short offseason
Despite a shortened offseason, the Oklahoma City Thunder's players say they are ready to defend their first title in franchise history.,The journey will be led by 2025 NBA Most Valuable Player and Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who says his goal is to win it all again.,"It would suck to lose th...
Rangers manager Bruce Bochy will not return in 2026
Less than two years after leading the Texas Rangers to a World Series championship, Bruce Bochy exited his job as manager in a mutual decision on Monday.,The club offered him a job as a front office adviser, but it was unclear if Bochy will accept.,The 70-year-old former catcher is the sixth-winning...
Reigning Dodgers hosting pitching-led Reds in wild-card series
LOS ANGELES -- The defending-champion Los Angeles Dodgers will take the long road when the playoffs begin Tuesday, while the visiting Cincinnati Reds are making just their second postseason appearance in 12 years.,The Dodgers won the National League West for the 12th time in 13 seasons and yet open ...
Celtics' Jayson Tatum feels 'no pressure' in recovery from Achilles injury
Celtics star Jayson Tatum said he's not feeling any pressure to push his recovery from a ruptured Achilles tendon.,"No pressure from (Celtics president of basketball operations) Brad (Stevens), (coach) Joe (Mazzulla), the team or the organization," Tatum said Monday at the Celtics' media day. "The m...
Alabama’s Jah-Marien Latham (neck) will make full recovery
Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer said at his Monday press conference that linebacker Jah-Marien Latham "will recover fully" after suffering a neck injury in practice last week, while linebacker Qua Russaw is out indefinitely with a broken foot.,Latham, a sixth-year graduate student, was transported to a h...
Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill out after gruesome knee injury vs. Jets
Miami Dolphins standout receiver Tyreek Hill was carted off the field early in the third quarter of Monday night's game against the New York Jets with a potentially serious left knee injury.,The Dolphins quickly ruled Hill out and announced he was being transported to a local hospital for imaging an...
Nick Sirianni: A.J. Brown ‘wants to contribute’ to Eagles, not leave
A.J. Brown has already voiced his frustration with his role in the Philadelphia Eagles' offense, and after posting a cryptic quote to social media, his head coach came out in his defense.,Nick Sirianni told reporters Monday that Brown's apparent aggravation stems from wanting to help the 4-0 Eagles,...
Hawks' Trae Young focused on team's talent, not unfulfilled extension
Trae Young enters the 2025-26 season in an interesting duality with the Atlanta Hawks.,He's entering the fourth year of a five-year, $215 million contract and has not been offered the four-year, $229 million extension he was eligible for this offseason.,But he's also surrounded by quite possibly the...
Report: Vikings RT Brian O'Neill suffers sprained MCL
The Minnesota Vikings' beleaguered offensive line was dealt another blow, as starting right tackle Brian O'Neill suffered a sprained MCL in his right knee, according to an ESPN report.,O'Neill suffered the injury while blocking on a field goal attempt in the first quarter. He did not return to the g...
Kawhi Leonard claims reports of Clippers’ no-show job not ‘accurate’
Kawhi Leonard said the allegation that he signed up for a no-show job with a now-bankrupt company to help the Los Angeles Clippers circumvent the salary cap is nothing but a conspiracy theory.,At the team's preseason media day Monday, Leonard spoke publicly for the first time since reporting by the ...
Resilient Fever, dominant Aces ready for winner-take-all Game 5
Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston have the sixth-seeded Indiana Fever on the brink of an unexpected WNBA Finals trip., ,But the Fever must win one more elimination game, and one more game on the road, in order to make that happen. They go up against MVP A'ja Wilson and the second-seeded Las Vegas Ac...
Golf Glance: PGA Tour returns to card grind; LPGA hits Hawaii
The PGA Tour returns to its regularly scheduled programming with the second event of its FedEx Fall series taking place in Mississippi this week, while the LPGA Tour is in Hawaii for the Lotte Championship.,PGA TOUR,LAST TOURNAMENT: Procore Championship (Scottie Scheffler),THIS WEEK: Sanderson Farms...
Paige Bueckers highlights WNBA All-Rookie team
No. 1 draft pick Paige Bueckers of the Dallas Wings and two members of the Washington Mystics headlined the 2025 WNBA All-Rookie team, announced Monday.,Bueckers went first overall to Dallas following a decorated career at UConn that included a national championship this past April. In her debut sea...
Postseason implications on both sides of Miami, Chicago clash
After a setback over the weekend, Lionel Messi and Inter Miami have to keep winning if they want any shot at winning the Supporters' Shield, beginning with Tuesday's home match against a Chicago Fire side looking for one more win to end its playoff drought.,Miami (16-6-8, 56 points) still has two ma...
OC Zac Robinson in spotlight as Falcons enter bye week
Without knowing for certain how much of a difference it would make in the grand scheme of things, Atlanta Falcons head coach Raheem Morris made the decision to bring offensive coordinator Zac Robinson down from the coaches' box to the sidelines.,Morris said it's a move Robinson was upset he didn't m...
Commanders DE Javontae Jean-Baptiste out for 'a while' with torn pec
Washington Commanders defensive end Javontae Jean-Baptiste will be out for "a while" after suffering a torn pectoral muscle in Sunday's 34-27 loss at Atlanta, head coach Dan Quinn told reporters Monday.,Jean-Baptiste will be placed on injured reserve, but the expectation is that he'll be sidelined l...
Carlos Mendoza to return as Mets manager
New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza will have an opportunity for redemption as he will return for the 2026 season, president of baseball operations David Stearns said Monday.,With the addition of Juan Soto and carrying the second-largest payroll in MLB, the Mets were considered a World Series candi...
'Ashamed' Tom Watson apologizes to Europe for Ryder fans
Tom Watson is United States golf royalty. And, along with Tiger Woods, he may be the most popular American golfer on both sides of the Atlantic.,Watson won eight major titles, five of them overseas at the Open Championship. He was awestruck of the play by the victorious Team Europe in the 2025 Ryder...
Guardians welcome Tigers for wild-card series after late-season surge
CLEVELAND -- For the second straight postseason, the American League Central champion Cleveland Guardians will take on the Detroit Tigers.,The Guardians (88-74) finished one game ahead of the Tigers (87-75) in the division, giving them the right to host the entire best-of-three AL wild-card series. ...
Chris Paul among Angel City FC's quartet of new investors
Veteran Chris Paul is back in Los Angeles as a member of the Clippers again and is planting roots in the area.,Paul, 40, joined the ownership group of the NWSL's Angel City FC as one of four new investors in the franchise valued at $250 million by Sportico last year. They were the only NWSL franchis...