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NEW YORK — This will probably not sit particularly well with Rob Manfred’s new age analytics aficionados, let alone the army of management proponents for a salary cap, but a small market World Series — minus the ...Read more

MIAMI — There is no doubt the Miami Heat have gotten better as they prepare for the start of the franchise’s 39th season. There also is no doubt that the Eastern Conference has gotten better.

So where do those two ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — If you’re a Dave Dombrowski hater, no matter where you were or what you were doing, your blood ran cold Thursday morning. That was when the Phillies president of baseball operations, in his postseason ...Read more

NEW YORK — The defending-champion Knicks and playoff-hopeful Nets are competing for different things.

But they do have this in common: Their respective goals will be more difficult to accomplish due to a transformed ...Read more

SEATTLE — After throwing two more interceptions in the Seattle Seahawks’ second straight loss, Sam Darnold was asked Thursday to identify the biggest difference between this season and last. Understandably, the 29-year...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Pittsburgh Penguins fans who didn’t stay up for Saturday’s late-night matchup with the Vegas Golden Knights did themselves a favor.

The pitiful performance was hardly worth losing sleep over — though ...Read more

The Bruins were slow out of the gate for the second night in a row, but they were also able to duplicate their strong finish to beat the Kings in Los Angeles, 4-1, and complete the three-game sweep of California.

They ...Read more

The St. Louis Blues finished their three-game road trip with a 5-2 loss on Saturday night against the Predators in Nashville, Tenn.

Philip Broberg and Jimmy Snuggerud (power play) scored for the Blues, who dropped to 3-4-...Read more

CLEVELAND — The Rays are returning home to play at least Game 6 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night.

That’s the most important takeaway from their 7-3 victory over the Guardians in Game 4 ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — That’s one.

After two-plus dreadful weeks, the Flyers played an urgent game and beat the visiting Ottawa Senators, 3-1, at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Saturday. The win snapped a nine-game winless streak (0...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Chase Center was a beautiful field of lilac on Saturday.

What a scene the first game of the WNBA Finals was in San Francisco.

Euphoric? That might be underplaying it — this was nirvana at Ballhalla.

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DENVER — Forgive Jonathon Cooper, if you like. Just don’t forget. The way that you wonder if the Broncos, from owners Carrie Walton Penner and husband Greg to Sean Payton, might be about to forget.

“Strangulation ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — By a slim margin, the Golden State Valkyries are on the board in the WNBA Finals.

After trailing for nearly all of Game 1, the Valkyries mounted a late comeback to beat the Atlanta Dream, 68-64, and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After five preseason games, the Lakers open their regular season Wednesday at home against the Golden State Warriors. The preseason offered some promising moments, other confounding connections between new ...Read more

CHICAGO — The training wheels are about to come off.

The Chicago Bulls won three of their five preseason games, including a 133-116 victory over a stripped-down Minnesota Timberwolves side Friday night at the United ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears had hoped all week that Caleb Williams would be available to play Sunday, and that’s going to happen.

The quarterback will return to start against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles are placing Jalen Hurts on injured reserve because of a superficial blood clot in his calf, the team announced on Saturday afternoon.

Hurts, the 28-year-old quarterback, must miss at least the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Though not part of an NFL punter’s official job description, Ethan Evans was on the phone seeking information again this week.

Evans called players who were holders for new Los Angeles Rams kicker Blake ...Read more