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PHOENIX — By the time Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Roki Sasaki reached the blue backdrop set up in the Surprise Stadium interview room, he’d diagnosed the issue.

“I think it’s because of the two-seamer,” ...Read more

MIAMI — Jai Lucas kept his emotions in check all season as he rebuilt a University of Miami men’s basketball program that had fallen to the ACC basement a few years after its historic Final Four run.

But Sunday ...Read more

MIAMI – Whole, and still not wholly good enough.

With a fully healthy roster for only the sixth time this season, the Miami Heat still were made soberingly aware Monday night of the deficit against the league’s elite....Read more

DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons were leading the Los Angeles Lakers 105-100 with 3:40 remaining in the fourth quarter. For the Lakers, being only five points behind was reassuring, especially considering they came into ...Read more

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — It’s the time of the year when baseball is dominated by feel-good stories. The New York Mets are feeling especially good about their player development department as they break camp to begin the ...Read more

SEATTLE — Draft picks. Trades. Free-agent signings. And, yes, contract extensions — they’re all a guess.

A move that seems like a slam-dunk one day often gets slammed by critics a year or two later.

So evaluating ...Read more

The San Jose Sharks — at least this iteration of them — have not been in the playoff hunt before.

They weren’t supposed to be here this year.

And, boy, is that inexperience showing.

They’ve dropped 12 of their ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Robert Vargas is in a bit of a time crunch.

The Los Angeles-based artist has embarked on one of his most ambitious murals. Titled "Samurai of the Diamond," it features the Dodgers' trio of Japanese stars �...Read more

NEW YORK — April 6 can’t get here soon enough for the New York Giants.

That’s the day that John Harbaugh’s spring program begins as a first-year head coach with his new team.

That’s the day he can begin ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Comic and television host Stephen Colbert knows the feeling William Person recounts in his new lawsuit alleging that USA Bobsled/Skeleton was negligent by concealing knowledge that the repeated sub-...Read more

SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks and Jaxon Smith-Njigba have reached an agreement on a new four-year contract that will make him the highest-paid receiver in NFL history, a source confirmed to The Seattle Times on Monday ...Read more

BOSTON — The New England Patriots are planning to release backup quarterback Joshua Dobbs, according to the NFL Network.

Dobbs, 31, appeared in four games last season, but only one as an injury replacement. He went 7 of...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — It ended Sunday night, not with a net being cut down, but with a locker room that was way too somber, a season that was over way too soon, and a group of Florida Gators who walked off the floor in tears.

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SEATTLE — It might no longer feel like our official pastime, but we are in the midst of some of the sports' best times.

The NFL still reigns supreme in this country — and that rule isn't limited to the season of play....Read more

There have been so many great moments for Jai Lucas this season, so many surprise comebacks to create a surprise season that his Miami team figured Sunday would become just another one in the final minutes against Purdue. ...Read more

CHICAGO — The 2026 baseball season begins this week, and for that we’re eternally grateful.

Sure, it starts too early and ends too late, leading to cold-weather games every spring and World Series games into November....Read more

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — From a red and gold espresso machine to Up with Purple.

Michael Lorenzen has lived the spectrum this spring.

He experienced the raucous World Baseball Classic — Team Italy provided caffeine shots ...Read more

SEATTLE — October 25, 2006. April 18, 2008. May 15, 2013.

March 25, 2026?

Those dates on the calendar — three in the past, one still yet to come — represent four seminal moments in the history of NBA franchise ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The truth of this Los Angeles Dodgers season was recently found in a place where all sports truths are clipped and tapered and styled into reality.

The barbershop.

Of course, the barbershop, where ball ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA – Alex Karaban played like a man trying to keep his career alive on Sunday night.

UConn’s all-time winningest player scored a career-high 27 points to lead the Huskies back to the Sweet 16 for the third ...Read more