National Sports

TAMPA, Fla. — Henrik Lundqvist and a couple of other old standbys picked a nice time to reassert themselves for the New York Rangers. New York's star ...

ATLANTA — Forget the Big Three. One is enough for the Cleveland Cavaliers, as long as it's the King. LeBron James scored 30 points and the Cavaliers t...

TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning were relentless, answering every challenge from the New York Rangers before taking control of the Eastern Confer...

ATLANTA — J.R. Smith knocked down a tough 3-pointer, then another. Turning toward the fans, their heckling transformed to groans, he blew off his righ...

WASHINGTON — As he watched the last, 95 mph pitch land in the catcher's mitt, and heard the plate umpire's game-ending strike call, Alex Rodriguez thr...

PITTSBURGH — One-quarter of the way into what the Pittsburgh Pirates still believe can be a special season, the results are becoming ordinary. Familia...

OAKLAND, Calif. — Down big at home, the Golden State Warriors went small. It turned out to make a huge difference. Stephen Curry hit two free throws i...

WASHINGTON — For a combined 38 2-3 innings spread over six weeks, New York Yankees pitchers Andrew Miller and Dellin Betances were as good as it comes...

PITTSBURGH — Pedro Alvarez hit a majestic home run that wound up landing in a boat docked along the Allegheny River beyond the right-field stands at P...

ORCHARD PARK (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have signed their top draft pick, cornerback Ronald Darby, to a four-year contract worth close to $4.6 million. ...

ALBANY — Syracuse is bringing back the football team's famed No. 44. The school made the announcement on Tuesday at a groundbreaking ceremony for Plaz...

CHICAGO — LeBron James struggled to score 15 points, Kyrie Irving limped off the court and the Cleveland Cavaliers still beat the Chicago Bulls 94-73 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The injury replacement is now injured himself. New York Yankees pitcher Chase Whitley left Thursday night's 6-1 loss to the Tam...

PHILADELPHIA — Vance Worley insisted he felt no extra adrenaline rush in his return to Philadelphia for his second career start against the team that ...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady has appealed his four-game suspension for his role in using deflated footballs during the AFC championship game. Th...

NEW YORK — Make the resilient Rangers play a Game 7 and they don't even flinch. Dump them into a 3-1 hole in a playoff series and they simply work har...

ATLANTA — Al Horford snatched away an offensive rebound and dropped in the winning basket with 1.9 seconds left after Dennis Schroder's drive to the b...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Mark Teixeira had to slide around Tampa Bay catcher Bobby Wilson, not through him, to try to score the tying run in the fifth i...