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The Brooklyn Nets paid homage to NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna on Wednesday, leaving empty the two courtside seats the pair were seen in during a game late last year. The two were among those killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on Sunday. Before the game against the Detroit Pistons at […]

MELBOURNE, Australia — The temperature topped 100 degrees F (38 degrees Celsius) in the first of the Australian Open women’s semifinals and got slightly warmer in the second, when Garbiñe Muguruza and Simona Halep were going shot-for-shot in the hot-hot sun. The sudden burst of heat got very, very close to triggering the top level

MELBOURNE, Australia — Sofia Kenin never flinched. Not when she was twice a point from dropping the opening set of her first Grand Slam semifinal at the Australian Open. Not when she was twice a point from dropping the second set, either. And the American is into her first major final at age 21 —

MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic was wondering, right along with everyone else, what sort of shape Roger Federer would be in for their Australian Open semifinal. So Djokovic was watching closely. At age 38, despite dealing with a painful groin muscle and coming off a draining five-setter, Federer came out just fine, it seemed, and

Sean Monahan scored the shootout winner and the Calgary Flames snapped a two-game skid with a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers January 30, 2020, 8:01 AM 4 min read EDMONTON, Alberta — Sean Monahan scored the shootout winner and the Calgary Flames beat the rival Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Wednesday night in a heated

MIAMI — Katie Sowers answered questions on topics ranging from whether it hurt getting her ears pierced (no) to if she wants to be an NFL head coach one day (yes). For the full 60 minutes of the San Francisco 49ers’ portion of media night on Monday, Sowers talked with reporters from around the world

DENVER — Mike Shanahan has never been this nervous about a Super Bowl. It’s one thing to coach in the big game, quite another to watch your kid do it. Shanahan, who coached in four Super Bowls as an assistant before leading the Denver Broncos to back-to-back titles in the late 1990s with John Elway

It’s common for coordinators in the Super Bowl to have a head coaching position with a new team waiting for them after the game By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer January 30, 2020, 7:42 AM 4 min read MIAMI — It’s common for coordinators in the Super Bowl to have a head coaching position

Garbiñe Muguruza was taken the first set in a tiebreaker in her Australian Open semifinal against Simona Halep January 30, 2020, 6:43 AM 4 min read MELBOURNE, Australia — The Latest on the Australian Open (all times local): 5:45 p.m. Garbiñe Muguruza was taken the first set in a tiebreaker in her Australian Open semifinal

Roger Goodell thinks the NFL is doing some great work in making the game safer for players By TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Columnist January 30, 2020, 5:45 AM 5 min read Roger Goodell thinks the NFL is doing some great work in making the game safer for players. Believe that if you will, though the