National Sports

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Zach Parise scored twice, including a short-handed, highlight-reel goal to get Minnesota going in the first period, and the Wild adv...

BOSTON — LeBron James scored 27 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers overcame a shoulder injury to Kevin Love to complete a first-round sweep of the Bos...

NEW YORK — Matt Harvey finished one out shy of a complete game, earning his first win against the team he rooted for growing up and leading the New Yo...

NEW YORK — The New York Rangers used Carl Hagelin's overtime goal and spectacular goaltending by Henrik Lundqvist to beat Pittsburgh 2-1 on Friday nig...

DALLAS — James Harden scored a playoff career-high 42 points, Dwight Howard had his postseason best with 26 rebounds and Houston beat Dallas 130-128 o...

TORONTO — John Wall had 26 points and 17 assists, Bradley Beal scored 28 points and Washington beat Toronto 117-106 on Tuesday night to take a 2-0 lea...

UNIONDALE — Nicklas Backstrom scored 11:09 into overtime to lift the Washington Capitals to a 2-1 victory on Tuesday night, and even their first-round...

NEW YORK — Among the Patriots' rewards for winning the Super Bowl is hosting the season opener. The opposition this year is another team with champion...

DETROIT (AP) — Chris Young and Stephen Drew homered in a three-run seventh, helping Nathan Eovaldi earn his first win with the New York Yankees, 5-2 o...

PITTSBURGH — Starlin Castro went 3 for 5 with 4 RBIs, including a game-tying two-run single in the ninth, and the Chicago Cubs rallied for a 9-8 win o...

DETROIT (AP) — CC Sabathia pitched his first complete game in over 21 months, and although this one was the eight-inning kind, it was still a step for...

BOSTON — It's been decades since you could run in the BostonMarathon without qualifying, before limits on the field size made entering — almost as muc...

UNIONDALE — New York captain John Tavares scored 15 seconds into overtime to give the Islanders a 2-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday i...

CLEVELAND — Kyrie Irving scored 30 points in his playoff debut, LeBron James added 20 in his first postseason game with Cleveland in five years and th...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The New York Yankees completed their best trip to Tampa Bay in a decade with their first sweep this season. Chase Headley and M...

PITTSBURGH — Gerrit Cole pitched six effective innings, Pedro Alvarez homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates swept Milwaukee 5-2 Sunday, leaving the Brewe...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jakob Silfverberg scored the tiebreaking goal with 21 seconds to play, and the Anaheim Ducks rallied from another third-period defic...

The Edmonton Oilers won the Connor McDavid sweepstakes. The Oilers bucked the odds Saturday night in Toronto by winning the NHL draft lottery for the ...