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MONTREAL — Devante Smith-Pelly and Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau found the openings they needed to help keep the Montreal Canadiens' playoff hopes alive....

WASHINGTON (AP) — Paul Pierce's banked-in 21-foot jumper at the buzzer gave Washington a 103-101 victory over Atlanta on Saturday night, even with an ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Attorneys for No. 1 NFL pick Jameis Winston said in a federal court filing that the former Florida State University quarterback did not...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan McDonagh scored 9:37 into overtime and the New York Rangers kept their Stanley Cup hopes alive with a 2-1 victory over the Washin...

CHICAGO — Derrick Rose banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer and scored 30 points Friday night to give the Chicago Bulls a 99-96 victory over the Clevel...

NEW YORK — Andrew Miller smiled and laughed. He had just thrown the final pitch for his major league-leading 13th save, and nearly five weeks into the...

PITTSBURGH — For a night, Francisco Liriano's typical approach of erratic effectiveness was replaced by something more resembling pinpoint control. Th...

PITTSBURGH — Andrew McCutchen tried to channel his inner Marshawn Lynch. It lasted all of 30 seconds. Sorry, mumbling one-word answers just isn't the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN says that it is parting ways with Bill Simmons, one of its top personalities who created the Grantland website and was instrument...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Corey Crawford made 34 saves, Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist, and the Chicago Blackhawks advanced to the Western Confere...

NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez passed Willie Mays for fourth on the career home run list, connecting for No. 661 Thursday night and helping the New York Ya...

PITTSBURGH — A.J. Burnett limited the Cincinnati Reds for seven effective innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates ended a five-game losing streak with a 7-...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The NFL was determined to blame Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for deflated footballs in the AFC title game, and the investig...

TORONTO — CC Sabathia is stuck in the longest losing streak of his career, and his offense isn't doing a whole lot to help him snap out of it. Russell...

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates knew Mike Leake's game plan but it still didn't matter. Leake worked eight innings for his sixth straight victory ...

CLEVELAND — LeBron James attacked from the start and scored 33 points, Kyrie Irving added 21 and the Cleveland Cavaliers evened their semifinal series...

WASHINGTON — Rookie Andre Burakovsky scored his first two playoff goals and Braden Holtby saved a penalty shot, giving the Washington Capitals a 2-1 v...

An NFL investigation released Wednesday concluded New England Patriots employees likely deflated footballs used in the AFC Championship and that quart...