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Josh Donaldson has apologized to the wife and family of Jackie Robinson for referencing the pioneering Black baseball player in remarks that led to a confrontation with Chicago White Sox star Tim Anderson.

Roman Abramovich's ownership of Chelsea is ending in a way unimaginable when he was on the field in February celebrating the team's FIFA Club World Cup triumph.

Marcell Jacobs already won another gold medal at the world indoors.

Karim Benzema was in a supporting role to Cristiano Ronaldo the last time he was in a Champions League final.

Australian Open runner-up Danielle Collins is the latest top-10 women’s seed to exit the French Open.

It'll be a clash of styles when Jurgen Klopp and Carlo Ancelotti lead Liverpool and Real Madrid into the Champions League final on Saturday.

Minus injured slugger Giancarlo Stanton, the ailing New York Yankees open a four-game series at Tampa Bay — the first meeting this year between the heated AL East rivals.

Tyler Bozak scored 3:38 into overtime and the St. Louis Blues fended off elimination in Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals.

Jaylen Brown scored 25 points, Jayson Tatum added 22 and the Boston Celtics moved to the brink of a berth in the NBA Finals, running away after halftime to beat the Miami Heat 93-80 and take a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference title series.

Dansby Swanson scored the tiebreaking run in the fifth inning on an excruciating defensive sequence by the Phillies, and the Atlanta Braves beat Philadelphia 8-4.

Last year’s French Open champion in singles and doubles says she has tested positive for COVID-19 and will withdraw from the tournament.

The mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, was especially disturbing for Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Brooks Raley.

Tyler Herro’s strained left groin forced the Miami Heat to rule him out of Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night.

Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton is on the injured list for the fourth straight season.

Justin Thomas wasn't alone making the 300-mile south trip to Colonial after he won the PGA Championship and became a two-time major champion.

Colin Kaepernick is getting his first chance to work out for an NFL team since last playing in the league in 2016 when he started kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequality.

Deshaun Watson was impossible to miss in his orange jersey, pants and helmet.

The NFL lost a bid to scuttle former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden's lawsuit accusing the league of maliciously forcing him to resign last October through leaks of offensive emails to the media.

Joe Thornton’s career may be over.

Rising star Carlos Alcaraz has saved a match point in the fourth set and erased an early deficit in the fifth to overcome Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-1, 6-7 (7), 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-4 at the French Open.

The Olympic Refugee Foundation and the refugee Olympics team are the winners of this year’s Princess of Asturias Award for sports.

Brittney Griner’s wife, Cherelle, wants President Joe Biden to secure her partner’s release, doing whate,ver is necessary to get the WNBA star home from Russia where she has been detained for more than three months.

Albanian police say dozens of soccer fans have been deported back to Italy following violent clashes in Tirana ahead of Wednesday’s Europa Conference League final.

Rafael Nadal reached 300 career Grand Slam match victories by beating Corentin Moutet 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 in the second round of the French Open at Roland Garros.

Revenge is on Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah's mind heading into the Champions League final against Real Madrid on Saturday.

Healthy for much of this season, the AL-leading Yankees are suddenly dealing with injuries to several key players.

Roman Abramovich’s 19-year ownership of Chelsea is ending after the British government approved the sale of the Premier League club by the sanctioned Russian oligarch to a consortium fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly.

Joc Pederson homered three times and drove in a career-high eight runs, including a tying single with two outs in the ninth inning, and the San Francisco Giants outslugged the New York Mets 13-12 in one of the wildest games imaginable.

A person with direct knowledge of the agreement tells The Associated Press that North America's top women's hockey players are teaming up with former tennis star Billie Jean King and Los Angeles Dodgers chairman Mark Walter to explore launching a pro league within the next year.

Luka Doncic had 30 points and 14 rebounds as the Dallas Mavericks avoided being swept with a 119-109 victory over Golden State in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.

Jose Trevino hit a game-ending single in the 11th inning, fulfilling a dream of his father who died nine years ago, and the ailing New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-6.

The start of the second half of Game 4 of the Western Conference finals was delayed 16 minutes because of rain leaking through the roof at the American Airlines Center.

Andrew Copp had a goal and two assists, and Frank Vatrano and Adam Fox each had a goal and an assist as the New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 in Game 4 to even their second-round series.

In Dallas, Steve Kerr and Jason Kidd did not want to talk about basketball.

When the NBA playoffs take the TV court even the most popular shows find the competition tough.

Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson says Josh Donaldson was clearly trying to rattle him when the New York Yankees third baseman referred to him as “Jackie.”.

The University of California system has agreed to pay $375 million to more than 300 women who said they were sexually abused by a longtime UCLA gynecologist.

One of the women accusing Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual misconduct while she gave him a massage says she felt “scared” and threatened by a comment he made following a therapy session.

Canelo Álvarez and Gennady Golovkin will complete their memorable fight trilogy in September.

Becky Hammon vowed before the season tipped off that the Las Vegas Aces would be shooting more 3-poitners this year.

There will be a Presidents’ Trophy banner hanging over the Florida Panthers’ home ice next season.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has ended his career as a singles tennis player with a 6-7 (6), 7-6 (4), 6-2, 7-6 (0) loss to Casper Ruud in the first round of the French Open.

Shaun Norris is headed home to South Africa to see his young children and decide on his future.

The NFL has expanded the Rooney Rule again, this time to include quarterbacks coaches in a further effort to diversify the coaching ranks.

Miles Teller feels the need, the need for speed.

Real Madrid wants to quickly forget about Kylian Mbappé and turn its focus back on the Champions League final against Liverpool.

Hugo Gaston has pulled off a five-set victory over 19th-seeded Alex de Minaur of Australia.

A pair of Cy Young Award winners are on the mound when Corbin Burnes and the Milwaukee Brewers visit Blake Snell and the San Diego Padres in a matchup between two of the National League's top teams Tuesday night.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are headed to the Eastern Conference finals for the sixth time in eight years after sweeping the Florida Panthers in four games.

The Eastern Conference finals between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics are as close as can be, heading back to Miami all tied up at two wins apiece.

Jennifer Senior earns feature-writing honor for September 2021 cover story, “Twenty Years Gone”

It's been a tradition since 1934 but it’s started to feel a bit forced. The Sports Seriously crew debates if the NFL should remove the Detroit Lions from it’s Thanksgiving slate.

The program operates in cities including Chicago, Denver and Baltimore.

“Per Governor Pritzker, we have hope that low-risk sports may be permitted in certain regions of the state as early as this Friday. With that in mind, February seems like a realistic timeline to have sports resume statewide. We expect that the events of the next two weeks will go a long way toward informing our opinion on which scheduling option we decide to proceed with. We recognize that if no sports have resumed by February, season lengths could be impacted in certain sports and that we may need to take a longer look at the likelihood of true seasons being conducted in high-risk sports this year.”