By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft, two of the key pillars in the New England Patriots' dynasty, were picked as finalists for the 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame class. Belichick was picked as the coaching candidate and Kraft was picked as the contributor ...
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer First place is on the line in three division matchups in Week 14. The Steelers (6-6) visit the Ravens (6-6) to determine the AFC North leader. The slumping Colts (8-4) hit the road to play the Jaguars (8-4) for the top spot in the AFC South. The ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are the top two teams in the hunt for an NFC wild card and are still holding on to hopes of competing for division championships. Detroit (7-5) hosts Dallas (6-5-1) on Thursday night and the winner will ...
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer Elden Campbell, a center who played 15 seasons in the NBA — including nine with the Los Angeles Lakers — and later won a championship with the Detroit Pistons, has died. He was 57. Campbell's family informed the Pistons of the death, telling the team ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA fined the Philadelphia 76ers $100,000 for violating league injury reporting rules regarding Joel Embiid. The 76ers failed to accurately disclose the game availability status of Embiid prior to Sunday's contest against the Atlanta Hawks. Embiid was listed as out in ...
By ANDREW DESTIN AP Sports Writer Before Boise State leaves the Mountain West Conference for good, UNLV will have one final crack at its long-time tormentor. The Broncos (8-4, 6-2) will host the Rebels (10-2, 6-2) on Friday in a rematch of the past two Mountain West championship games, ...
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer National sacks leader David Bailey understands why people want to talk about the millions and millions of dollars Texas Tech spent in the transfer portal to put together a playoff-bound team that now has a chance to win its first Big 12 championship. "I ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Tyler Toffoli had two goals and two assists as the San Jose Sharks defeated the Utah Mammoth 6-3 on Monday night. Will Smith also scored twice for San Jose, giving him 12 goals this season. He added an assist. Pavol Regenda scored in his Sharks debut, and Adam ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sidney Crosby says, no, of course he has not heard from Mario Lemieux recently as the current Penguins captain moves closer to taking another franchise record from his mentor. Crosby is seven shy of Lemieux for the most regular-season points with the Penguins. He already ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin isn't immune to the chorus of boos that chased the Pittsburgh Steelers to the locker room after a blowout loss to Buffalo on Sunday. If anything, the longest-tenured coach in the NFL felt the same way after watching his team get pushed around while losing for ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 43 points to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 135-119 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night. Mitchell, who made 16 of 27 shots from the field, also had nine rebounds and six assists. Jaylon Tyson added 27 points on 10-of-13 shooting and ...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Sean Monahan scored twice and the Columbus Blue Jackets overcame an early two-goal deficit to beat the New Jersey Devils 5-3 on Monday night, snapping a four-game skid. Charlie Coyle scored the go-ahead goal 6:40 into the third period and added two assists for the Blue ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers' locker room has been a somber place after the past few home games, all of which were losses. There has been no music blaring as players go through their postgame cycling workouts, no celebratory shouting, no ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Six of the nine Bowl Subdivision conference championship games will be rematches of regular-season meetings, and while coaches often talk about the difficulty of having to beat a team twice in the same year, there have been more sweeps than splits ...
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Deshaun Watson will practice for the first time this year with the Cleveland Browns on Wednesday, opening the 21-day window for the quarterback to return to the lineup. His practice time will not count against the 53-player active roster. Watson is eligible to be activated ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer The conference championship games are upon us, providing the College Football Playoff committee one last look at contenders for the 12-team field and requiring anxious coaches and players on bubble teams to keep the antacids handy. The Big Ten will ...
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin and Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza each have one prize in mind for their showdown this weekend in Indianapolis: a Big Ten championship. It's another one — Heisman Trophy winner — that ...
By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Some fans brought signs supporting Golden Knights goalie Carter Hart, and the Vegas crowd generally welcomed him from the moment he skated onto the ice. Hart, one of five 2018 Canada world junior hockey players acquitted of sexual ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 34 of his season-high 44 points in the second half, including a driving layup to force overtime, and Julius Randle scored eight points in the extra period to lift the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 149-142 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday ...
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored a season-high 42 points, sealing the game with a breakaway dunk in the final seconds Tuesday night as the Boston Celtics beat the New York Knicks 123-117 in a rematch of last season's Eastern Conference semifinal. Derrick ...