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PHOENIX — Former Oakland Athletics great Dave Stewart was exhausted, his voice raspy and eyes watery, as his mind drifted over all of the memories. This didn’t seem real. Sure, Rickey Henderson, one of his…

The new-look College Football Playoff debuted with four opening-round games decided by a combined 77 points. This wasn’t an instant-classic weekend, to be sure. Notre Dame opened the 12-team format with Friday night’s 27-17 win against…

Ohio State inspires new catchphrase for Ryan Day in rout of Tennessee Buckeyes suffer no hangover from loss to Michigan. Instead, they come back defiant and strong. Ryan Day and his staff cooked up a…

Christmas Day brings a doubleheader of NFL action. This will be the fifth consecutive season that games are played on the holiday and the second in a row that features both the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs.…

The Philadelphia Phillies acquired left-handed starter Jesus Luzardo from the Miami Marlins on Sunday. The team also will receiver minor league catcher Paul McIntosh from the Marlins in exchange for shortstop Starlyn Caba and outfielder…

A couple days after Rickey Henderson made his major league debut on June 24, 1979, a silver station wagon pulled up to a yellow house, awaiting moving vans that wouldn’t fully arrive for a week…

Exhale, Chiefs Kingdom. Six days after Patrick Mahomes hobbled off the field at Cleveland with a very tender right ankle, the Kansas City Chiefs superstar darted, rolled, scrambled, stopped and started, and of course, threw…

A victory would have clinched the AFC North and a home playoff game for Pittsburgh. Instead, on the wrong side of a 34-17 defeat Saturday at M&T Bank Stadium, they left wearing frowns instead of…

The NFL playoff picture is starting to become clearer entering Week 16, and by the time action wraps up on ‘Monday Night Football,’ as many as 11 playoff spots could be clinched. Despite that, there…

Ohio State supplied fresh evidence in this College Football Playoff romp of Tennessee that they’re national championship material. Ryan Day silences critics in one of the finest showings of his career. Buckeyes look strong as…