2019

Nets general manager Sean Marks was suspended one game without pay and fined $25,000 by the NBA on Sunday for entering the referees’ locker room after Brooklyn’s loss to Philadelphia in Game 4 of their playoff series. The Nets lost 112-108 on Saturday in a game in which Brooklyn’s Jared Dudley and Philadelphia’s Jimmy Butler […]

“The Matrix” just got another sequel, baseball style. Houston Astros pitcher Collin McHugh artfully dodged a bullet ― well, a line drive ― against the Oakland A’s on Tuesday in a move reminiscent of Neo, Keanu Reeves’ character in the sci-fi classic “The Matrix.” The Astros later shared a McHugh/Neo mashup on Twitter for full effect.

The Oakland Athletics caught Justin Smoak early, ending a wild sequence by center fielder Ramon Laureano. But the As couldnt totally stop Smoak and the Toronto Blue Jays, who finished off a three-game sweep with a 5-4 victory Sunday. Over this road trip we finally started swinging the bats, Smoak said after getting four hits,

Boston Red Sox pitcher David Price said Thursday that he would not be participating in the World Series-winning team’s visit to the White House next month, joining several of his teammates eschewing the tradition, which has become highly politicized under President Donald Trump. World Series hero David Price told me he doesn’t plan to go

Road, sweet road. There were eight NBA playoff games this weekend, and all eight were won by the road team. It’s the first time in NBA history there were eight road playoff wins in a two-day span. “Road wins are the best, especially in the playoffs,” Toronto’s Kawhi Leonard said. The Raptors were one of

A rabid bobcat pounced on a golfer at a Connecticut golf course on Thursday, sending him to the hospital with cuts, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said in a statement. The animal eventually was killed. Other members of the golfer’s foursome clubbed the bobcat during the attack at the Mohegan Sun casino course and

Josh Donaldson found his power stroke at Progressive Field. A few months too late for the Cleveland Indians, though. Donaldson had two homers and four RBIs, Freddie Freeman added three hits and the Atlanta Braves pounded Cleveland’s pitching for the second straight night, beating the Indians 11-5 Sunday. Donaldson belted a solo homer in the

Sylvia Hatchell, one of the winningest head coaches in women’s college basketball, resigned Thursday after 33 years at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, for allegedly threatening her players with racist remarks and forcing some to play while seriously injured. A group of six parents and one other person with knowledge of the university’s

After winning Game 5 at home to avoid elimination, Tomas Hertl vowed the San Jose Sharks would return to SAP Center for a seventh and decisive game in their opening round series with the Vegas Golden Knights. One day later, he clarified it wasn’t necessarily a guarantee, but rather a vote of confidence his team

The New York Yankees and Philadelphia Flyers have decided to stop playing Kate Smith’s 1939 recording of “God Bless America” at sports games after learning that the American singer’s repertoire included racist lyrics and caricatures.  Since the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, Yankee Stadium has regularly played Smith’s famous rendition of the patriotic song in