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PITTSBURGH — For the four innings that followed after giving up two solo home runs in the second, Paul Skenes looked like, well, Paul Skenes.

He was in total command, pitching with the overwhelming, singular presence ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Zoom in on this one last game at the end of a painfully unforgiving trip, and you won’t like what you see if you’re a Seattle Mariners fan.

On a day when both first baseman Josh Naylor and closer André...Read more

NEW YORK — The New York Knicks’ 53-year championship drought is over, which means their title defense has officially begun.

They enter the offseason with eight players — including all five starters — under ...Read more

NEW YORK — At age 23, Shaquille O’Neal was swept in his first trip to the NBA Finals. So was LeBron James at 22.

Those reality checks are regularly referenced as formative stepping stones for all-time greats who went ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — OK, here’s a hypothetical scenario.

It’s Week 5 of the Philadelphia Eagles’ season. They’re 2-2, but their record is not the concerning thing, not really. They have lost their most recent game, at...Read more

PITTSBURGH — When it comes to negotiations for the MLB’s next collective bargaining agreement, there are some misconceptions that Paul Skenes would like to clear up.

First and foremost, where do his fellow players ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — When it comes to building a $2.3 billion ballpark surrounded by a massive mixed-use development, there’s one question that applies to everyone but is rarely spoken aloud by anyone:

What’s in it for me?...Read more

RENTON, Wash. — The national narrative sounds silly now.

When Sam Darnold descended on Seattle last offseason, he did so with a cloud of caveats hanging over his head.

He can’t win the big one. He can’t be “the ...Read more

The Tampa Bay Rays have lost a lot over the last three weeks, most noticeably 12 of their last 18 games, as well as their standing as the majors’ best team and status as one of the most surprisingly successful.

Saturday...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Eric Haase picked the slider out of the dirt, leaped out of his crouch and fired an absolute strike to second base.

To absolutely no one.

Willy Adames didn’t cover second, and neither did Luis Arraez....Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals found themselves locked in another slugfest against the Houston Astros on Saturday night at Kauffman Stadium.

A day after combining for 18 runs, the teams put together an ...Read more

Who said a small guard can’t lead a team to a championship in this NBA?

Jalen Brunson answered Saturday night with 45 points, a road closeout masterpiece and the trophy every Knicks star before him spent decades chasing...Read more

NEW YORK — The Knicks’ first championship in 53 years was about so much more than the players, coaches, staffers and front office who made it happen.

It was just as much about the generations of New Yorkers who ...Read more

From start to finish, the San Antonio Spurs threw everything at Jalen Brunson. It didn’t matter.

The New York Knicks finished the first quarter of Saturday’s Game 5 4 of 22 from the field with six turnovers, a sloppy ...Read more

For 53 years, the Knicks had history.

On Saturday night, Jalen Brunson gave them the present.

The wait ended at Frost Bank Center, where the Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs, 94-90, in Game 5 of the NBA Finals and won ...Read more

MILWAUKEE — No offense to Shane Drohan, but after what they faced here Friday night, the Phillies were sure offense would be easier to come by Saturday.

Call it the Jacob Misiorowski effect.

Because although Drohan has...Read more

SAN ANTONIO — This is for Cole Aldrich and Lou Amundson. For Captain Lance Thomas and hitman Quincy Acy. It’s for Marcus Camby, Steve Novak, Quentin Richardson and the three draft picks sent to the Toronto Raptors for ...Read more