Ted Berg, USA TODAY (USA Today)—American officials said Wednesday that the U.S. and Cuba will re-establish diplomatic relations after a 45-minute phone conversation between Barack Obama...
Nate Loop, BLEACHER REPORT (BleacherReport.com)—The month of December is often ripe with trade discussions in the NBA, and although plenty of potential swaps crop up,...
Aaron Wilson, THE BALTIMORE SUN BALTIMORE (The Baltimore Sun)—A third video has surfaced of former Ravens running back Ray Rice’s domestic violence incident and subsequent arrest...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Phillies have finalized their trade of Jimmy Rollins, sending the All-Star shortstop and $1 million to the Los Angeles Dodgers for...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps pleaded guilty to drunken driving on Friday, almost three months after he was...
JIMMY GOLEN, AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics traded point guard Rajon Rondo to Dallas on Thursday night, cutting ties with the last...
BERNIE WILSON, AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Slugger Matt Kemp has joined the Padres after San Diego and the Los Angeles Dodgers finalized a...
STEVE REED, AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Panthers coach Ron Rivera says Cam Newton will “probably” start Sunday against the Cleveland Browns barring any...
MICHAEL TARM, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge in Chicago rejected a proposed $75 million class-action head injury settlement with the NCAA on Wednesday,...
JANIE McCAULEY, Associated Press PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Citing a pattern of behavior and off-field issues, San Francisco 49ers general manager...
(Business Week) – When Malcolm Gladwell wrote a story for the New Yorker five years ago about how underdogs can triumph through unorthodox tactics, he focused on a basketball team...
TAMMY WEBBER, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Little League International said it is confident that Chicago’s national championship Little League team did not violate “residency regulations”...
STEPHEN WILSON, AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach welcomed the U.S. decision to bid for the 2024 Olympics, saying Wednesday that whichever...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A brain-injury treatment program originally designed for military veterans injured on the battlefield has been updated to include professional athletes. Representatives...
CLEVELAND, Ohio (Cleveland.com) — Cleveland Browns wide receiver Andrew Hawkins defended his wearing a “Justice for Tamir Rice” shirt during warm-ups before Sunday’s game against the...
JAY REEVES, Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — An east Alabama man was already on probation for separate crimes when he was charged with killing an...
RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Marcus Mariota wrote it all down, every word of his Heisman Trophy acceptance speech. It...
JON KRAWCZYNSKI, AP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — All these years, Kobe Bryant has been chasing Michael Jordan. The bar doesn’t get any higher than that....
Dan Rafael, ESPN SAN ANTONIO, Tx. (ESPN.com)—Pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. has had precious little to say about the fight the public has demanded for...
(Business Week) – This summer, Sal Corallo, a high school student in suburban Long Island, got some bad news via Facebook (FB). His favorite place to play paintball,...
ERIKA NIEDOWSKI, Associated Press FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Prosecutors in a murder case against Aaron Hernandez won’t be allowed to tell a jury about two...
STEVE REED, AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cam Newton is thankful to be alive after escaping a horrific-looking automobile accident without any life-threatening injuries....
(Texas Public Radio) – The tragic deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown at the hands of police, and the subsequent grand jury decisions, have...
JOSEPH WHITE, AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The first major “I Can’t Breathe” protest from college sports would naturally come from Georgetown, where societal statements...
SCHUYLER DIXON, AP Sports Writer IRVING, Texas (AP) — NFL owners approved changes to the personal conduct policy Wednesday, but Commissioner Roger Goodell will retain authority...
