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The University of Virginia men’s basketball team has said it won’t celebrate its national championship win at the White House with President Donald Trump. In a statement shared to Twitter on Friday, the Cavaliers’ head coach Tony Bennett said his side “would have to respectfully decline an invitation.” “We have received inquiries about a visit […]

Edwin Encarnacion and Mitch Haniger supplied all the offense the Seattle Mariners needed against the Texas Rangers. Haniger’s infield grounder with the bases loaded brought home the winning run in the 11th inning to give the Mariners a 5-4 victory over the Rangers on Friday night. Encarnacion hit a three-run homer and drove in all

Cody Bellinger hit a two-run homer in the first inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers set a major league record with homers in 33 consecutive home games in a 6-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday. Bellinger’s blast was noteworthy for other reasons, too. He moved into a tie for the major league lead

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. capped his major league debut with a double leading off the ninth inning for his first hit, and Brandon Drury followed with a winning two-run homer with two outs to lift the Toronto Blue Jays over the Oakland Athletics 4-2 on Friday night. The 20-year-old son of Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero,

The Latest on the NFL draft (all times EDT): 9:30 p.m. Arizona and the Miami Dolphins finally have agreed to the trade expected for weeks with the Cardinals taking quarterback Kyler Murray with the No. 1 pick overall in the draft. The Cardinals sent quarterback Josh Rosen, the 10th overall pick just last year, to

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grounded out to first base in his first major league plate appearance for the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night, then narrowly missed a home run in his second. Fans rose for a standing ovation as Toronto’s top prospect led off the second inning against Oakland’s Mike Fiers, Guerrero worked the count

Drivers are even less certain than usual about what to expect at Talladega Superspeedway given a new package that NASCAR is still adjusting on the fly. To Clint Bowyer, that unpredictability at least makes it anything but boring. “If you woke up every day of your life and knew what the future held, that would

Tennessee Titans controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk has vouched for the character of first-round draft pick Jeffery Simmons, who was arrested three years ago on a simple assault charge against a woman. A tearful Simmons responded to Strunk’s words by vowing that he won’t let her down. “Our locker room is so important, and we

The question of how many girls would play for an all-female high school team if given the chance took center stage Friday in a Utah lawsuit filed by a teenage female star. More than 400 girls have joined a league that 16-year-old Sam Gordon helped create, more than enough to get started in schools, lawyer

Police were called to the home of Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill shortly after a television station aired an audio recording in which he and his fiancee discuss injuries to their 3-year-old son — a case that has gotten the star player suspended and focused attention on a prosecutor’s decision not to file