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NEW YORK — Scott Boras showed up at the winter meetings with his own press conference backdrop. How appropriate, given his banner offseason. Beloved by his high-profile clients, courted by powerful owners and a polarizing figure for fans, baseball‘s most famous agent negotiated $814 million of contracts in little over three days last week. All […]

Paul George scored 24 points, Kawhi Leonard added 20 and the Los Angeles Clippers returned home after two weeks away to beat the Phoenix Suns 120-99 By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer December 18, 2019, 7:37 AM 4 min read LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Clippers are one player short of finally fielding their

Tomas Nosek scored his first goal in nearly a month, Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press December 18, 2019, 7:54 AM 4 min read LAS VEGAS — Tomas Nosek’s parents come to the United States once a year to watch their

Tomas Tatar and Shea Weber scored power-play goals 1:34 apart in the third period, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 December 18, 2019, 8:10 AM 5 min read VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Max Domi credited the Montreal Canadiens’ special teams play for helping them get their latest win. Tomas Tatar and Shea

NEW YORK — Scott Boras showed up at the winter meetings with his own press conference backdrop. How appropriate, given his banner offseason. Beloved by his high-profile clients, courted by powerful owners and a polarizing figure for fans, baseball‘s most famous agent negotiated $814 million of contracts in little over three days last week. All

Tokyo’s Olympics are the hardest ticket to find — particularly in Japan By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer December 18, 2019, 8:24 AM 4 min read TOKYO — Tokyo’s Olympic tickets continue to be very hard to find — particularly in Japan. Organizers on Wednesday said there were 23 million tickets requested in the latest

With eight of the 12 postseason berths already occupied, it’s time to look at who the other four might be. And what all of them need to go deep into January — and into February. NFC SEATTLE (11-3) WHERE THEY ARE: Sitting atop the NFC West and in potential shape to get the overall top

SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell’s dunk changed everything. With the Jazz trailing by seven in the fourth quarter, Mitchell drove down the lane and rose up to jam the ball in traffic over Nikola Vucevic. The highlight-reel play awoke a moribund offense and energized the crowd, sparking a late spurt that sent Utah past

Balsa Koprivica scored 15 points and fellow big man Dominik Olejniczak added 11 as No. 19 Florida State defeated North Florida 98-81 By BOB FERRANTE Associated Press December 18, 2019, 3:49 AM 2 min read TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Balsa Koprivica scored 15 points and fellow big man Dominik Olejniczak added 11 as No. 19 Florida

Malcolm Brogdon scored on a reverse layup with 36.4 seconds left to break a tie and give the Indiana Pacers a 105-102 win over the Los Angeles Lakers By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer December 18, 2019, 4:21 AM 5 min read INDIANAPOLIS — Malcolm Brogdon saw an opening and took it Tuesday night. And