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TAMPA, Fla.— The offense is meh. The defense is even worse.

In a world of playoff contenders, how is it that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are in the driver’s seat when they average fewer yards per play than the Arizona ...Read more

SEATTLE — In 2024, cameras were allowed in the Los Angeles Rams’ draft room for a documentary called, “The Pick is In.” After losing to the Lions in the NFC wild-card game a few months before, coach Sean McVay and ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Mike Golic still remembers standing on the sideline when quarterback Randall Cunningham fell to the grass at Lambeau Field. It was Game 1 of the 1991 Eagles season. In the second quarter, Packers ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers’ win over the Dolphins on Monday night was impressive, but mostly because they did what good teams do to bad teams.

It was not close. The Steelers dominated the Dolphins and may have even ...Read more

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr says he isn’t doing a good job.

I’m inclined to believe him.

Because right now, the Dubs aren’t a basketball team. They are a desperation experiment. It’s no longer “...Read more

SAN JOSE – It doesn’t seem to matter who his linemates are or who is in the San Jose Sharks lineup. Macklin Celebrini still has a way of bringing everyone out of their seats.

It happened again on Tuesday as Celebrini ...Read more

Notable: The Kraken turned in one of their most complete efforts in more than two weeks against the only team they’ve ever beaten in a playoff series. But the best team in the Western Conference could phone it in for the...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Wild are at their most depleted, but they sure aren’t playing like it.

Still riding the momentum from Quinn Hughes’ arrival, they dismissed Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals, 5-0, on ...Read more

This is what it could all feel like one day.

On one side, complete euphoria, adulation, celebration and relief. The feeling of a job, at long last, well done. On the other, disappointment, anguish, embarrassment and ...Read more

LAWRENCE, Kan. — No Darryn Peterson, no problem for the Kansas men’s basketball team.

At least in Tuesday’s game, a dominant wire-to-wire victory over Towson.

No. 17 KU defeated Towson, 73-49, in Allen Fieldhouse. ...Read more

BOSTON — The Boston Bruins were slow to boil Tuesday but, as often happens at TD Garden these days, they found a way to get the job done.

After a shaky first period, the B’s shook off a one-goal deficit to get back ...Read more

MONTREAL ― It feels like it’s been a long December already for the Flyers, having entered Tuesday with just two wins in seven games.

But the 2-2-3 record wasn’t indicative of how they’ve been playing of late, and ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — When the Penguins returned home after taking five of six points on a road trip through Philadelphia, Tampa and Dallas, they were brimming with optimism, their season seemingly steadied after a frustrating ...Read more

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — It took the Tar Heels a little while to get there, but North Carolina looked like a team that took last week’s lessons to heart.

Behind a renewed defensive effort late in the first half and a hot ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — The UConn men’s basketball team beat Butler, 79-60, in a slugfest to open Big East play at PeoplesBank Arena Tuesday night.

Solo Ball led the way with a career-high 26 points on an efficient 8-for-14...Read more

LAS VEGAS — NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday that the league should have clarity on the potential to expand to new markets, including Las Vegas, sometime in 2026.

During a news conference at T-Mobile Arena ...Read more

DURHAM, N.C. — The most noteworthy thing about Duke’s win Tuesday over Lipscomb was that it gave Blue Devils coach Jon Scheyer his 100th career win.

But few could have expected No. 100 to be quite as hard to get.

The...Read more

EAST LANSING, Mich. — It took one half of the game to figure out that Michigan State would beat Toledo handily Tuesday night at Breslin Center. In some respects, the warning signs showed as early as warmups.

An ...Read more

DETROIT — The Red Wings have talked much in recent days about finding ways to win and different ways to win.

Tuesday, upon returning home from a six-game road trip, they had a big third period, rallying from a 1-0 ...Read more