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AC Milan needed a hero on Wednesday, and Christian Pulisic did his part. The U.S. men’s national team attacker scored his first Champions League goal (and sixth in all competitions) since a summer transfer to…

In the race for Super Bowls, score another one for California. The NFL owners unanimously voted Tuesday to award Super Bowl 61, to be played February 2027, to Los Angeles and SoFi Stadium. SoFi Stadium…

The St. Louis Blues fired Stanley Cup-winning head coach Craig Berube just hours after Tuesday’s 6-4 loss to the Detroit Red Wings, which dropped St. Louis to 13-14-1 on the season. Drew Bannister, the head…

It didn’t take Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green very long to cross the line on the court again. Green was ejected from Tuesday night’s game against the Phoenix Suns after he struck Suns center…

They call him a “chess detective.” For more than a decade now, University at Buffalo computer science professor Kenneth Regan has been one of the world’s foremost experts in a niche subject: The detection of…

Juan Soto, the New York Yankees’ newest prized possession, didn’t mind the questions. Certainly, he welcomed everyone’s interest. He respects the curiosity. But no, he did not drop a single hint on Tuesday, share any…

Survive and advance. The late Jim Valvano popularized the phrase while speaking about the NCAA basketball tournament, but it’s just as applicable to fantasy football. You only need to beat your opponent this week. Then…

And now the manner he’ll be compensated has shattered another norm. Ohtani is deferring $680 million of his $700 million salary from the Los Angeles Dodgers, earning the relatively pauper’s sum of $2 million per…

Apply the lens of cheating to golf, and it becomes a paradoxical sport. The game roots itself in integrity and class. Yet even with a rule book more than 200 pages thick, few activities lend…

In a 2015 interview with ESPN one of the greatest athletes in the history of American sports did something that’s since been mostly forgotten, but was remarkable then and even now: He publicly admitted to…