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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...

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 ...

CHICAGO — Derrick Rose had 23 points and seven assists in his first postseason game in three years, Jimmy Butler scored 25 points, and the Chicago Bul...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Faced with questions about his elbow and his velocity this season, Masahiro Tanaka put together his best performance against th...

PITTSBURGH — Pirates manager Clint Hurdle decided to give Starling Marte a day off earlier this week, trying to stop the left fielder's struggles at t...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and two assists, and Alex Ovechkin scored once, leading the Washington Capitals and fill-in goalie Phil...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The New York Yankees used Alex Rodriguez's big game to get a win on the road, and that was the most important part for the slug...

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates flailed helplessly at Jimmy Nelson's curveball last weekend, striking out nine times in a lopsided loss in Milwauk...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jordan Spieth tapped in his final putt to cap off a record performance and bent over in relief. He just as easily could have been takin...