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4 weeks ago
Rousey’s return draws US-record MMA viewership for Netflix
The first live MMA event broadcast on Netflix — featuring a double-comeback bout between Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano — attracted the most U.S. viewers in the sport's history.
4 weeks ago
Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong apologizes for the words he used during a heated exchange with a fan
Cubs manager Craig Counsell said he spoke with Crow-Armstrong about what happened.
4 weeks ago
Big Ten on a roll at spring meetings, trying to solve playoff stalemate and other college problems
Leaders in the conference currently holding the football, men’s and women’s basketball titles opened their annual spring meeting Monday with nothing more than the future of their business on the agenda.
4 weeks ago
Chicago Sky forward Rickea Jackson tears ACL in her left knee
Jackson injured her knee in the second quarter on Sunday and an MRI revealed the tear.
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Billie Jean King, 82, earns a college degree 65 years after starting at Cal State LA
Billie Jean King raised her right arm in triumph. Not for another victory on the tennis court. This time, she was celebrating earning a college degree 65 years after she first took classes.
4 weeks ago
The future has arrived for the Canadiens, who won two Game 7s and advanced to East finals
Canadiens defenseman Mike Matheson was no different than any Montreal hockey fan, increasingly impatient over talk of the team's promising potential. Turns out, the future has arrived perhaps a little ahead of schedule, and propelled by forward Alex Newhook's knack for scoring Game 7 playoff series-clinching goals.
4 weeks ago
Aaron Rodgers hits the practice field after signing 1-year deal to stay with the Steelers
The 42-year-old four-time NFL MVP made a surprise appearance on the Pittsburgh Steelers practice field Monday for the start of voluntary organized team activities, jogging out in a white No. 8 jersey shortly after finalizing a 1-year deal to return to the club he guided to an AFC North championship last winter.
4 weeks ago
White Sox catcher Kyle Teel tweaks his right knee while on a minor league rehab assignment
White Sox manager Will Venable said the issue occurred during Teel's last at-bat Saturday in his fourth game with the Knights.
4 weeks ago
Cubs send right-hander Javier Assad to minors to stretch out as a starting pitcher
Chicago also brought up left-hander Ty Blach from Triple-A and transferred right-hander Hunter Harvey to the 60-day injured list.
4 weeks ago
Munetaka Murakami looks right at home with young Chicago White Sox
Murakami is the fourth Japanese-born player to play for the White Sox.
4 weeks ago
Governor: Chicago mayor is ineffective
Pritzker: Johnson has no plan for Bears and comes to Springfield too late to pitch for Chicago.
1 month ago
Aaron Rai runs away with the PGA Championship, first English-born winner in more than a century
Aaron Rai was just another name among a dozen others who had reason to believe the PGA Championship was theirs for the taking Sunday at tough Aronimink.
1 month ago
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Thunder becomes the 14th player to win back-to-back NBA MVPs
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder won the NBA's Most Valuable Player on Sunday for the second consecutive year. He became the 18th player to win at least two MVP awards and the 14th to win them in back-to-back fashion.
1 month ago
Mitchell scores 26 and the Cavaliers rout the Pistons 125-94 in Game 7 to reach the East finals
Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points, Jarrett Allen and Sam Merrill each added 23 and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Detroit Pistons 125-94 on Sunday night in Game 7 to advance to the Eastern Conference finals.