Six defensemen who are in demand
Defensemen are always in demand at this time of year, just like pitchers are before baseball's trade deadline.I'm reminded of the Vancouver Canucks going...
Auston Matthews or Patrik Laine?
Craig Custance: I've had this argument enough already that I'm prepared for a quick answer. It's Auston Matthews. I'm not even sure it's a...
Big Question: Is the ice getting worse?
This week's Big Question: What's the ice like around the league compared with two years ago?James van Riemsdyk, RW, Toronto Maple Leafs: "It's been...
Panthers’ play complicating deadline decisions
For most of this season, when you looked up "dysfunction" in the dictionary, the Florida Panthers logo popped up.An offseason of internal upheaval that...
Cerebral Werenski leads the charge in Columbus
The first 40 games as an NHL rookie are kind of a breeze. At least that's the way Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Seth Jones...
Surging Lightning are leaning in
Say you're Tampa Bay Lightning GM Steve Yzerman. Your team is playing its best hockey of the season and trying to stay in the...
Bryce Harper says he’s over 2016; maybe it’s time to start listening
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Bryce Harper is over it.He’s over his monstrously disappointing 2016 season. He’s over the Wrigley Field walk-a-thon that may...
Time is running out for Red Sox’s Rusney Castillo
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- It was Aug. 31, 2014, a typically stifling summer Saturday in Florida. Clay Buchholz had just finished off a 98-pitch,...
In a world without stats, who’d be baseball’s best player?
This started with a crush on Starling Marte.Marte is an outfielder with the Pittsburgh Pirates and my favorite baseball player to watch. He's fast...
Miller time? Why there won’t be a bullpen revolution in the Bronx
TAMPA, Fla. -- They are both giants, built more like pass-rushing defensive ends than traditional baseball players. They are also the most dominant players...
Advice from Pujols, Cano pushing Yasiel Puig in right direction
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig closes his eyes and scrunches his face, guzzling shamrock-green juice from a clear plastic tumbler...
Baseball Hall of Fame to honor ‘The Simpsons’
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Baseball's Hall of Fame will honor "The Simpsons" on May 27 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the show's "Homer at...
Fernando Valenzuela adds team owner to list of accomplishments
MEXICO CITY -- After a dramatic turn of events that led the previous owners of the Quintana Roo Tigres to pull the team from...
The secret to Andrew Benintendi’s swing? Crushing tennis balls with dad
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Andrew Benintendi stepped out of the batting cage, knocked the dirt from his cleats and began to head to the...
For Jake Peavy, baseball must take a back seat
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- After 17 professional spring trainings, Jake Peavy's instincts point him toward the comfort of a baseball diamond. He should be arriving...
Fantasy hoops from A-Z: 26 stats for the stretch run
So here we are ... the All-Star break. The football season is long gone, and we are still more than a month away from...
OKC’s Kanter back at practice after surgery
Oklahoma City Thunder big man Enes Kanter was back at practice Wednesday, getting closer to returning to play after undergoing arm surgery in January.Kanter,...
Yao voted Chinese Basketball Association prez
BEIJING -- Yao Ming has moved into management in a bid to hasten China's basketball development.The Chinese Basketball Association voted unanimously Thursday to appoint...
Big questions, lots of answers before NBA trade deadline
Only a week or so ago, most league executives anticipated a quiet deadline. So many teams were in desperate win-now mode, few would sell...
Clippers, Celtics keeping hope of Carmelo Anthony trade alive?
Jeff Hornacek said what you’d expect an NBA coach to say less than 48 hours before the league’s trade deadline: He doesn’t think the...
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Cai Guo-Qiang’s Drone Firework Display Ends in Spectacular Crash – What...
Celebrated Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang orchestrated a drone firework extravaganza in Quanzhou, a display that culminated in a breathtaking aerial spectacle turned unexpected turmoil....
