MIAMI (AP) — Cleveland moved into Round 2 with the most lopsided series win in NBA playoff history. Donovan Mitchell scored 22 points, De'Andre Hunter added 19 and the Cavaliers led by as many as 60 points before beating the Miami Heat 138-83 on Monday night to sweep their Eastern Conference ...
MIAMI (AP) — Kenny Atkinson didn't need a few months, or a few weeks, or even a few games before figuring out the potential of the Cleveland Cavaliers. He needed two practices. Go back to training camp in Bradenton, Florida. The Cavaliers were in Day 2 there, and one of Atkinson's assistant ...
Eleven Big Ten teams have settled on their starting quarterbacks. The other seven, including defending national champion Ohio State, will carry competitions into preseason practice. Illinois' Luke Altmyer, Michigan State's Aidan Chiles, Nebraska's Dylan Raiola, Penn State's Drew Allar, ...
A look at football players in the Big Ten this spring who are poised to have breakout seasons this fall: Illinois TE Cole Rusk was expected to be a starter last year, but a major knee injury ended his season before it began. He could make an immediate impact at a position that needs to be ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Guardians reliever Paul Sewald was placed on the 15-day injured list before Tuesday's game against the Minnesota Twins with a right shoulder stain. The right-hander was removed during the fifth inning of Monday night's game against the Twins with right shoulder inflammation. ...
Rich Rodriguez and Scott Frost are new to the Big 12 Conference, but not to the schools that have welcomed them back. Rodriguez at West Virginia and Frost at UCF are the only new coaches in the 16-team Big 12, and now have been through their first spring since getting back to their old ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Steven Kwan hit a tiebreaking single in the sixth inning, lifting the Cleveland Guardians over the Boston Red Sox 5-4 on Saturday in a doubleheader opener for their sixth win in seven games. With the score 4-4, Brennan Bernardino (1-1) hit Will Wilson with a pitch starting ...
MIAMI (AP) — Donovan Mitchell didn't have a great shooting day. Darius Garland was in street clothes, out with an injury. And Cleveland rolled anyway, moving to the brink of Round 2. Jarrett Allen scored 22 points, De'Andre Hunter added 21 and the Cavaliers — bullying Miami around all day ...
DENVER (AP) — Noel Marte hit a two-run homer, Austin Hays added a pair of solo drives and the Cincinnati Reds beat Colorado 6-4 on Saturday to send the Rockies to their 13th loss in 14 games. Colorado lost its fifth game in a row and is 4-22, the worst 26-game start in franchise history. The ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Jarren Duran had Boston's first straight steal of home since Jacoby Ellsbury exactly 16 years earlier, and the Red Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-3 Saturday for a doubleheader split after losing the opener 5-4. Duran tripled in the third inning and took off against Doug ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Ian Happ had two doubles and an RBI, Seiya Suzuki doubled twice and the Chicago Cubs beat the slumping Philadelphia Phillies 4-0 on Friday. Jon Berti added two hits and drove in a run as NL Central-leading Chicago won its third straight and for the fifth time in six games. ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Skenes and his parents got a suite at Dodger Stadium on Friday night and handed out tickets for about 35 aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. "I was playing for free tonight," he joked. Seemed like everybody Skenes knows from back home wanted to watch the Pittsburgh ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Jesús Luzardo pitched six effective innings, and the Philadelphia Phillies stopped a five-game slide with a 10-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. Luzardo (3-0) allowed two unearned runs and three hits in his first win since April 4. The left-hander has yielded two ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Teoscar Hernández lined a tiebreaking homer to left field to lead off the eighth inning, Shohei Ohtani had a triple and two doubles, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-4 on Saturday night to snap a three-game skid. After Hernández took Colin ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals added playmaking defensive end Shemar Stewart of Texas A&M with the 17th overall pick Thursday night at the NFL draft. The Bengals had the 25th-ranked scoring defense in the NFL last season and hope Stewart's size and speed will help. "He's ...
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Browns general manager Andrew Berry opted for more draft picks and a defensive lineman instead of a "unicorn." After trading the second overall pick to Jacksonville and the chance to get two-way star Travis Hunter, Cleveland selected Michigan defensive tackle Mason Graham ...
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Cam Ward went from zero-star recruit to No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. Travis Hunter cost Jacksonville a premium. Jaxson Dart was selected before Shedeur Sanders. While Ward, Hunter and Abdul Carter went 1-2-3 as expected, Sanders wasn't picked at all in the first ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Zach Neto hit a tiebreaking homer leading off the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Thursday night to avoid a three-game series sweep. Neto, who missed the first three weeks of the season recovering from right-shoulder surgery, ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell delivered when the Cleveland Cavaliers needed him most. After the Miami Heat seized momentum and appeared on the verge of possibly tying the series, Mitchell took over. He scored Cleveland's next eight points and the Cavaliers held on for a 121-112 victory ...
Evan Mobley said his goal coming into the season with the Cleveland Cavaliers was to win the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award. He got it done. The Cavs consider Mobley to be their best defensive player, and the league thought even more highly of him. Mobley held off fellow finalists ...