Professional Sports

Bob Lanier, the left-handed big man who muscled up beside the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as one of the NBA’s top players of the 1970s, died Tuesday.

HOUSTON (AP) — Just call him Mr. 2,000.

Casey DeSmith keeps insisting the NHL playoffs are no different than any other game he's ever played in his life.

Fraser Bullock, who leads Salt Lake City's bid to return the Winter Olympics to Utah, sounds very confident about success.

The path to the Stanley Cup is rarely a straight line. Sometimes it’s the direction a puck takes when it banks off the post and in — or out.

Two punters and a placekicker went before any more quarterbacks in the final day of selections. Get the latest here. Plus photos from the hoopla in Vegas.

When Buffalo rookie Owen Power scored his first NHL goal, the replay from five different angles was available in a matter of seconds in a private suite at Prudential Center as the team celebrated below.

Miguel Cabrera reached the 3,000-hit mark on a weekend afternoon in front of an adoring crowd at his home ballpark.

The road back to the NBA Finals has become bumpy for the Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks.

Even in this era of triple-digit fastballs and high strikeout totals, Hunter Greene has a chance to stand out.

Kyle Busch backed into the record book by stealing a win at dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway.

Players across the majors will don Jackie Robinson's No. 42 — and all of them in Dodger blue this year — for the 75th anniversary of Robinson's big league debut.

Bryson DeChambeau says he had surgery on his left wrist Thursday for a fracture hamate

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three days after winning the national title with a fully caged helmet, Bobby Brink stepped onto the ice in the U.S. capital for his rookie lap with nothing on his head but a big smile.

The votes are in.

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred gifted major league players Bose headphones on opening day as a peace offering after a bitter 99-day lockout that delayed the start of the season.

For the briefest of moments, there was the smallest bit of hope.

Scottie Scheffler just wanted dinner.

The masses spread out across Augusta National believed, roaring gleefully from the time Tiger Woods stepped on the first tee.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — His picture is still on the wall of champions in the press building at Augusta National, sandwiched between Trevor Immelman and Phil Mickelson. His chair at the champion’s dinner Tuesday night was empty, though, and if there was an invite to play the Masters this year, no one saw it.

Augusta, Ga. (AP) — Jordan Spieth is a little frustrated he has just one green jacket. Justin Thomas is just as frustrated he has only won one major championship — and it didn’t come with a green jacket.