EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Former Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jim Marshall, one of the four members of the famed Purple People Eaters front that formed the backbone of four Super Bowl teams, died Tuesday after a long hospitalization for an undisclosed illness. He was 87. The Vikings ...
The manner in which the Oklahoma City Thunder clinched their spot in the NBA Finals seemed fitting. It was a blowout. Those have been the story of the Thunder season. There hasn’t been a team in NBA history with at least 12 wins by 30 points or more in a season — or with four such ...
BERLIN (AP) — Berlin has formally presented its bid to rehost the Olympics in the same stadium where Jesse Owens starred during the 1936 Games under the Nazis. Berlin sports minister Iris Spranger on Tuesday said the city wants to put on a sustainable Olympic and Paralympic Games in ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mason Rudolph has been in the NFL for more than half a decade now. And like any quarterback that has figured out a way to stick around, he’s gotten pretty good at guessing where the pressure might be coming during a given play. During the Pittsburgh Steelers’ first ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — There aren’t many times when you can say Shohei Ohtani is improving. However, the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar is having a great May after not finding his power stroke until June 1 most seasons. Ohtani has hit a leadoff homer in consecutive games for the second time ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton had 32 points, 15 assists and 12 rebounds without a turnover in a sensational postseason performance to lead the Indiana Pacers past the New York Knicks 130-121 on Tuesday night for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. With his father, John, back ...