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By KYLE HIGHTOWER

BOSTON — Armed with a raucous crowd and seemingly all the momentum after digging their way out of a 3-0 Eastern Conference finals hole, the Celtics entered their Game 7 matchup with the Heat eyeing a chance to make NBA history.It may have evaporated...

By TOM WITHERS

Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, the unstoppable running back who retired at the peak of his brilliant career to become an actor as well as a prominent civil rights advocate during the 1960s, has died. He was 87.A spokeswoman for Brown’s family...

By JIMMY GOLEN

BOSTON — Jayson Tatum scored 51 points — the most in a Game 7 in NBA history — and the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 112-88 on Sunday to advance to the Eastern Conference finals for the second straight year.One game after missing 14 of...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

BOSTON — The Boston Celtics successfully responded to the challenge an inspired Atlanta Hawks team posed over six games during the opening round of the playoffs.The Philadelphia 76ers mostly breezed past the Brooklyn Nets in a first-round sweep but...

By PAUL NEWBERRY

ATLANTA — Bring on Philly.The Boston Celtics finally finished off the Atlanta Hawks, winning the opening-round series in six games with a 128-120 victory Thursday night. Now, the second-seeded Celtics can turn their attention to the well-rested...

By JIMMY GOLEN

BOSTON— Defending Boston Marathon champion Evans Chebet wasn’t focused on beating Eliud Kipchoge, the world record holder considered the greatest marathoner of all time.Conquering the course was the goal.Chebet won the world’s oldest and most...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

BOSTON (AP) — Adley Rutschman became the first catcher in major league history with five hits on opening day, and the Baltimore Orioles survived a wild ninth inning to beat the Boston Red Sox 10-9 on Thursday.Playing in his first season opener after...

By DAVID BRANDT

GLENDALE, Ariz. — A questionable late penalty on Philadelphia Eagles cornerback James Bradberry with less than two minutes remaining meant that a scintillating Super Bowl 57 had a bit of an underwhelming finish.Kansas City won its second Super Bowl in...

By FRED GOODALL

TAMPA, Fla. — This time, Tom Brady says he’s done for good.The seven-time Super Bowl winner with New England and Tampa Bay announced his retirement from the NFL on Wednesday, exactly one year after first saying his playing days were over, by posting a...

By DAVID BRANDT

Patrick Mahomes finally got the best of Joe Burrow.All he needed was a little shove.Harrison Butker made a 45-yard field goal with 3 seconds left – after Cincinnati’s Joseph Ossai was flagged for a 15-yard penalty for shoving Mahomes after he was out...

By JOHN WAWROW

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Bills safety Damar Hamlin was released from a Buffalo hospital on Wednesday, more than a week after he went into cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated during a game at Cincinnati.A news release from the Bills quoted Dr. Jamie...

By JOHN WAWROW

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Nyheim Hines ignited an emotionally charged atmosphere celebrating injured Bills safety Damar Hamlin by returning two kickoffs for touchdowns, and Buffalo clinched the AFC’s second playoff seed with a 35-23 win over the New...

By JOHN WAWROW

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has shown what physicians treating him are calling “remarkable improvement over the past 24 hours,” the team announced Thursday, three days after the player went into cardiac arrest and had to be...

By JOHN WAWROW

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Damar Hamlin’s recovery is moving in “a positive direction” two days after the Buffalo Bills safety collapsed and went into cardiac arrest during a game against Cincinnati, the player’s marketing representative said Wednesday.“We...

By JOHN WAWROW

The family of Damar Hamlin expressed gratitude for the outpouring of support shown toward the Buffalo Bills safety who suffered cardiac arrest after making a tackle while asking everyone to keep the hospitalized player in their prayers on Tuesday.“We...

By MITCH STACY

CINCINNATI — Buffalo defensive back Damar Hamlin was in critical condition early Tuesday after the Bills say his heart stopped following a tackle during the Monday Night Football game, which was indefinitely postponed.Hamlin collapsed on the field...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Kyle Dugger intercepted Teddy Bridgewater and returned it 39 yards for a go-ahead touchdown late in the third quarter, and the New England Patriots kept their playoff hopes alive by rallying to beat the Miami Dolphins 23-21 on...