NFL mock draft 2018: Projecting first-round trades The NFL draft is only three weeks away … which is to say we’ve officially entered the pre-draft rumor mill phase, which is billowing smokescreens and wild speculation fueling the league’s version of silly season. Delightful. So following the Rams’ lead — GM […]

Warriors show ‘pathetic effort’ as Pacers pass ‘big test’ The defending NBA champions were in town Thursday night. The Indiana Pacers were ready. The sellout crowd frequently shook Bankers Life Fieldhouse during the fourth quarter. Like when Thaddeus Young threw down a thunderous dunk. Or when Bojan Bogdanovic hit nothing […]

Keith scores late goal, Blackhawks beat Blues 4-3 Duncan Keith scored a power-play goal with 8.5 seconds left and the Chicago Blackhawks beat St. Louis 4-3 on Wednesday night to hurt the Blues’ playoff hopes. Andreas Martinsen, Blake Hillman and Alex DeBrincat also scored, and Jean-Francois Berube made 30 saves. […]

Gray, Rockies shut down Villanueva and Padres in 5-2 win Jon Gray bounced back nicely from an opening day loss. He did it crisply, too. Gray pitched seven scoreless innings, Trevor Story and Ian Desmond each had a big two-run hit and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres […]

Kuzma scores 30, Lakers beat Spurs 122-112 in overtime Kyle Kuzma and the Los Angeles Lakers easily could have surrendered to fatigue on the second night of a back-to-back late in the season against a team fighting for playoff positioning. Instead, the Lakers found the resolve to end a three-game […]

Tiger-mania is back and his competition is eating it up Tiger-mania, Tiger-palooza, the perfect Tiger storm. Call it what you will, but the force of nature that is Tiger Woods descended on Augusta National at the beginning of the week and hasn’t lost any of its powerful punch. After not […]