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PHILADELPHIA — Fifteen years ago, on the advice of Jack Nicklaus, a 22-year-old Rory McIlroy took an early trip to Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., to get a feel for the golf course ahead of the 2011 U.S. ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — For years, the late, great Pat Williams wandered through Orlando like a baseball preacher without a congregation.

The co-founder of the Magic and the godfather of big league sports in Central Florida ...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas — Of the many stadium/arena projects that have existed in North Texas in the last 40 years, none compares to the eight-part miniseries “suspense thriller” that is the creation of the new home of the ...Read more

Hunched in pain and lying on the ice for several seconds, it looked like Pavel Dorofeyev’s night was over.

The puck came off the stick of defenseman Jackson LaCombe and hit Dorofeyev inside his right knee.

Dorofeyev ...Read more

SACRAMENTO — It didn’t take long for the Cardinals, ever so cozy and comfortable in these close games they keep creating, to go right back to their four-step recipe for holding leads in the late innings.

Two days ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — With Daniel Susac nearing his return from injury, a significant decision looms for the Giants: Do they carry veteran backstop Eric Haase along with Susac and Jesús Rodríguez? On Tuesday night at Dodger ...Read more

HOUSTON — For the Seattle Mariners, a lot to like here on a night when they once again held down their longtime nemesis in a rousing 10-2 victory over the Houston Astros.

Dominic Canzone belted the first grand slam of ...Read more

SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks don’t need a new stadium.

If you’ve attended a game at Lumen Field, where the 12 flag reliably rises over nearly 70,000 fans; where sound bounces between its iconic, steel-tied arches;...Read more

CHICAGO — Royals manager Matt Quatraro had the bullpen set up the way he wanted Tuesday night in Chicago, but sometimes things don’t go as planned in baseball.

Left-handed reliever Matt Strahm was on the mound in a ...Read more

MILWAUKEE — In what might have been Matt Waldron’s final game pitching for the San Diego Padres, he threw far fewer knuckleballs than he ever had.

As strange as that was, his outing was all too familiar.

It began ...Read more

NEW YORK — A few months ago, few could have predicted the Detroit Tigers and the Mets would both have losing records 40 games into the season. The matchup lost much of its shine with Tigers ace Tarik Skubal on the ...Read more

In the 10 playoff series of Anthony Edwards era, the Timberwolves have only twice entered Game 5 of a series tied 2-2.

They have lost all three of those games. They added the latest one to the ledger with a 126-97 loss in...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — In Bizarro Flyers World, in a parallel dimension where up is down and down is up and the team’s most promising player is a plodding defenseman named Morter Partone, Matvei Michkov hasn’t appeared in an...Read more

LOS ANGELES — On the morning after the Lakers got swept out of the playoffs and the Dodgers lost their fourth consecutive game, Magic Johnson flashed his trademark smile and stepped to the podium to talk soccer.

"The ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Another day, another Paul Skenes gem.

Less than a week after he held the Arizona Diamondbacks scoreless through eight innings, he did the same Tuesday night in a 3-1 win against the Colorado Rockies at PNC ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Orioles won Monday on an Earl Weaver special. They lost Tuesday because of his wise words.

“Momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher.”

The myth of momentum was on full display Tuesday in ...Read more

BOSTON — On the first swing of his first at-bat Tuesday night in this ancient ballpark, Kyle Schwarber tied a record for a franchise that has existed for 144 seasons.

Yet somehow he was upstaged.

Because as Schwarber ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — There was Bailey Ober running to first base, receiving a flip from first baseman Kody Clemens, and fittingly recording the final out on a gem of an outing.

Ober, who hugged Clemens, looked skyward as he ...Read more