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Three weeks before the start of this year’s women’s college basketball season, UConn coach Geno Auriemma sat in his office contemplating the prospect of finishing this year without a loss. He considered the suggestion laughable, preposterous, pick your own adjective to describe such crazy. “To think we will go undefeated this year, we would be setting ourselves up for failure,” Auriemma said. “Stewie [Breanna Stewart], Moriah Jefferson and [Morgan]…

BOSTON — With the score knotted at two and under a minute remaining in regulation, Dylan Sikura took a pass from Zach Aston-Reese in the slot and ripped a shot low glove to give Northeastern (13-12-5) the lead with 42.6 seconds left and an eventual 4-2 victory over No. 11 Boston College (18-12-2) on Monday night in the Beanpot consolation game at TD Garden. Sikura’s game-winner came less than 30 seconds after…

Deshaun Watson shredded the vaunted Alabama defense when it mattered most — in the fourth quarter of the national title game — to give Clemson its first championship in three decades. Of all the eye-popping stats that the Tigers’ superstar QB produced, the most jaw-dropping is this: in the fourth quarter when faced with the blitz, Watson went 6-of-7 with two touchdown passes. People talk about being in “the zone,”…

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The NBA has seen enough of the mess that’s become of the relationship between the New York Knicks and beloved former player Charles Oakley. Some sort of resolution appears to be on the horizon, and none other than Michael Jordan was called on by commissioner Adam Silver to broker the peace. [Follow Ball Don’t Lie on social media: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Tumblr] “It is beyond disheartening to see situations…

When Kira Toussaint’s family travels to watch her swim, it’s a big deal. The Rio Olympics last August was such an occasion. The crew flew in from Amsterdam to support Toussaint swimming the backstroke for the Netherlands. This week qualifies. The SEC swimming and diving championships open Tuesday at Tennessee’s Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center. For Toussaint, it will be a belated Senior Day observation. …

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Sixty players have been named to the initial watch list for the 13th annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award, given to the top relief pitcher In NCAA Division I baseball, members of the association announced Monday. Virginia Commonwealth’s Sam Donko is the only returner among last year’s five finalists for an award that was captured in 2016 by Miami…

Spring Training is only one week away. Pitchers and catchers begin reporting to camp in just a few days, and in less than three weeks, Grapefruit League and Cactus League games will begin. We’re almost home. Top C Rankings Top 1B Rankings Top 2B Rankings Top SS Rankings Top 3B Rankings Top CF Rankings Top LF Rankings Fantasy: OF Tiers So, with the offseason coming to an end, it’s time…

To answer the question “is Trea Turner for real?” we must agree on what exactly that means. Turner really was the No. 1 hitter in Head-to-Head points per game last year, and he really did ride an absurd .388 BABIP to an even more absurd .342 batting average. Latest mocks, tiers, rankings and more But I really doubt either of those happens again. Too many other great hitters out there….

“Hey guys. How much longer you think this game is gonna last?” (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images) Baseball games are long sometimes. For those of us who really love baseball this is part of the charm, but for the average mid-week ballgame attendee who has to go to work in the morning, it might be nice if things could move along a bit quicker. And heaven forbid the game goes into…

It’s been a long journey for Eric Thames. He bounced around three different organizations, and it seemed like a career as a journeyman might have been his best-case scenario. In parts of two seasons, he hit just .250/.296/.431 in the majors, before deciding to pack his bags and head to South Korea in 2013. That was, without question, the best decision Thames has ever made. He joined the KBO right…

8:42 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment The last time we saw major league players on the field, the Chicago Cubs put an end to 108 years of misery while the Cleveland Indians came up just short of ending their own history of heartache. But a lot has happened since that thrilling World Series Game 7. Now, as pitchers and catchers report to baseball diamonds across…

By: Luke Kerr-Dineen | February 13, 2017 8:47 am Follow @LukeKerrDineen

Fans have seen the new series logo. Teams have replaced their windshield banners with the Monster emblem. Everyone in NASCAR seems ready for the flood of florescent green that will go along with the change from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. ? What a mouthful of a name and a lot to chew on, and not just because of the additional word. It…

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Slowly but surely, professional sports leagues are warming to the idea of fans gambling on their games, largely as a way to connect with them in a digital world that makes it increasingly hard to get their attention.  Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said last week he was re-examining baseball’s ban on wagering, which dates back nearly a century to the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. That’s when mistreated Chicago White…

With spectacular wins and even more spectacular falls, the Grand National is one of sport’s most dramatic events. This is reflected in Tom Jenkins’ photograph of Jockey Nina Carberry’s theatrical tumble at this year’s race, which won First Prize in the Sports Singles category at the World Press Photo awards. An Iconic Photograph of an Assassination Is the World Press Photo of the Year Kai Oliver Pfaffenbach’s photograph of a…

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facebook Share twitter Share Shooting Touch, a recipient of a 2016 IOC Sport and Active Society Commission grant has put its award to good use by organising a 3v3 basketball tournament intended to raise awareness of gender-based violence. The Sport and Active Society development grants were created by the IOC’s Sport and Active Society Commission to further its mission…

Caption Close FILE – In this Feb. 18, 2014, file photo, NHL Players’ Association Executive Director Don Fehr, left, International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel, center, and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, right, answer questions during a news conference at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. A year away, the NHL, NHLPA, International Ice Hockey Federation and International Olympic Committee still don’t have an agreement to send NHL players…