Pete Alonso, the most productive rookie home run hitter in baseball history, and Yordan Alvarez were landslide winners of baseball’s Rookie of the Year awards on Monday. Read More ⇒

Longtime NHL commentator Don Cherry will leave Canadian broadcaster Sportsnet after making divisive comments about immigrants on the air Saturday night. Read More ⇒

Twenty points below the cut line, Denny Hamlin wasn’t exactly boiling over with confidence when he arrived in Arizona to race in Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs cutdown race at ISM Raceway. Read More ⇒

Baker Mayfield found Rashard Higgins for a 7-yard touchdown pass with 1:44 remaining to help the Cleveland Browns snap a four-game losing streak by defeating the visiting Buffalo Bills, 19-16, on Sunday. Read More ⇒

Kelvin Leerdam, Victor Rodriguez and Raul Ruidiaz scored in the second half as the Seattle Sounders defeated visiting Toronto FC, 3-1, in the MLS Cup on Sunday afternoon before 69,274 fans at CenturyLink Field. Read More ⇒

MIAMI — The Miami Heat have suspended guard Dion Waiters 10 games without pay for “conduct detrimental to the team.” Read More ⇒

Le’Veon Bell’s 1-yard touchdown run eight seconds into the fourth quarter Sunday afternoon gave the New York Jets the lead for good as the “host” Jets edged the New York Giants, 34-27, in a battle of skidding MetLife Stadium tenants. Read More ⇒

Kevin Harvick arrived at Texas Motor Speedway for Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup race in a bit of trouble as he was 14 points below the cutline in the Series’ Playoffs Round of 8. Read More ⇒

Rookie Devin Singletary ran for a career-high 95 yards and the game-clinching touchdown Sunday to lead the Buffalo Bills to a 24-9 win over the Washington Redskins at New Era Field in Orchard Park. Read More ⇒

MIAMI — They did it. The Miami Dolphins won a game. Read More ⇒

When the new world golf rankings are released Monday, Phil Mickelson will be outside the top 50 for the first time since November 1993. Read More ⇒

World Series Most Valuable Player Stephen Strasburg has opted out of the final four years and $100 million of his contract with the Washington Nationals, multiple outlets reported. Read More ⇒

All season long, the Washington Nationals refused to quit. They climbed back after a 19-31 start to make the postseason, then staved off elimination in both the National League wild card game and in Game 5 of their division series against the Los Angeles Dodgers before pushing the Houston As… Read More ⇒

HOUSTON — Stephen Strasburg overcame a bumpy opening frame to pitch 8 1/3 sterling innings, and Anthony Rendon drove in five runs as the Washington Nationals forced a decisive Game 7 of the World Series with a 7-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday. Read More ⇒

WASHINGTON — From the time they gathered for spring training in early February in West Palm Beach, Florida, the Astros were all-in on the most direct and easy-to-grasp of slogans. Read More ⇒

Tiger Woods tied Sam Snead’s PGA Tour record of 82 career titles by winning the inaugural ZOZO Championship by three strokes on Monday morning in Chiba, Japan. Read More ⇒

After being crashed out of the lead by Joey Logano and robbed of a potential victory on the final turn of last year’s October race at Martinsville Speedway, Martin Truex Jr. got out of his car spitting fire and issuing threats. Read More ⇒

Miles Sanders, Jordan Howard and Boston Scott each rushed for one touchdown, quarterback Carson Wentz tossed another and the visiting Philadelphia Eagles snapped a two-game losing streak with a 31-13 victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. Read More ⇒

WASHINGTON — In a startling blow to the Washington Nationals’ World Series hopes, ace Max Scherzer will not start Game 5 of the World Series after he arrived at Nationals Park and reported muscle spasms in his right trapezius muscles, the area behind his shoulder. Manager Dave Martinez made … Read More ⇒

Rookie Jose Urquidy eased the burden of a bullpen game, dominating over five scoreless innings on Saturday night as the visiting Houston Astros evened the 2019 World Series at 2-2 with an 8-1 victory over the Washington Nationals. Read More ⇒

HOUSTON — So, about that narrative that the “real” World Series took place in the American League Championship Series between the Astros and Yankees? Read More ⇒

HOUSTON – Juan Soto recorded a three-hit, three-RBI game in his World Series debut as the Washington Nationals rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Houston Astros in Game 1 of the Fall Classic on Tuesday. Read More ⇒

Denny Hamlin has been driving full time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series since 2006. He has finished third in the season standings twice and runner-up on one occasion. He has made 501 starts, but the series’ biggest trophy has remained beyond his grasp. Read More ⇒

HOUSTON — The visitor’s clubhouse at Minute Maid Park just before midnight here Saturday was so quiet that sniffles and hugs made up the only sounds. Read More ⇒

The Miami Heat’s Dion Waiters has been suspended for one game — Wednesday’s season opener against the Memphis Grizzlies — for conduct detrimental to the team and will be allowed to return on Thursday, the team announced Saturday night. Read More ⇒

Josh Allen fired a 20-yard, fourth-quarter dart to John Brown for the go-ahead touchdown, leading the host Buffalo Bills to a 31-21 win over the winless Miami Dolphins on Sunday afternoon. Read More ⇒

The Washington Nationals can be excused for their haste, rushing into the franchise’s first World Series with a seven-run first inning to earn a 7-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday and finish off a four-game sweep of the National League Championship Series. Read More ⇒

HOUSTON – Carlos Correa slugged a walk-off home run on the first pitch of the bottom of the 11th inning and the Houston Astros evened this American League Championship Series with a 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday at Minute Maid Park. Read More ⇒

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Before Sunday, no one would have called him a superhero, but to a depleted New York Jets team in search of any semblance of offense, Sam Darnold might as well have worn a cape in a 24-22 win over the Dallas Cowboys (3-3). Read More ⇒

Sunday’s 1000Bulbs.com 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway has been postponed until Monday because of rain and impending darkness in eastern Alabama. Read More ⇒

The Atlanta Braves entered Game 5 of the National League Division Series looking to shed a burdensome history of postseason heartbreak. Read More ⇒

Gleyber Torres homered and doubled twice and Cameron Maybin also hit a home run as the New York Yankees completed a three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins in the American League Division Series with a 5-1 victory on Monday night in Minneapolis. Read More ⇒

The Washington Redskins fired head coach Jay Gruden early Monday following the team’s 0-5 start. Read More ⇒

The Los Angeles Dodgers erupted for seven runs in the sixth inning and never looked back, beating the host Washington Nationals, 10-4, in Washington, D.C., on Sunday night to take a 2-1 National League Division Series lead. Read More ⇒

ST. LOUIS — The Braves acquired slugger Adam Duvall last trade deadline as an additional weapon in the pennant race. It took over a year, but the trade sure looks brilliant now. Read More ⇒

Mired in a two-plus-year winless streak, Kyle Larson has had to dig and claw his way through the last three Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. But on Sunday, the Chip Ganassi Racing driver earned himself a chance to breathe easy for a week or two as he collected a huge victory at Dov… Read More ⇒

Nathan Gerry and Orlando Scandrick each scored touchdowns on defense Sunday afternoon for the host Philadelphia Eagles, who cruised to a 31-6 win over the reeling New York Jets. Read More ⇒

NEW YORK — After the New York Mets won the final game of their season with a walk-off home run in extra innings Sunday, manager Mickey Callaway quickly transitioned to lamenting the fact that his team would again have to watch the playoffs instead of competing in them. Read More ⇒

ARLINGTON, Texas — On Saturday, the day before the final game of the regular season, the New York Yankees’ brass, including general manager Brian Cashman’s front office and manager Aaron Boone’s coaching staff, held the first of many meetings to determine the team’s roster for its American L… Read More ⇒

Cameron Champ used a clutch birdie at the par-5 18th on Sunday in Napa, Calif., to hold off Adam Hadwin of Canada by one stroke and win his second career PGA Tour title. Read More ⇒

As he pondered his situation at the Charlotte Motor Speedway infield road circuit after practice on Friday, Chase Elliott called himself a driver in search of his groove. On Sunday, he quite obviously and very impressively had found that groove. Read More ⇒

Jack Flaherty pitched seven strong innings as the host St. Louis Cardinals captured the National League Central title with a 9-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. Read More ⇒

ST. LOUIS — Four consecutive playoff appearances and managing the Cubs to their first World Series championship in more than a century wasn’t enough for Joe Maddon to retain his job. Read More ⇒

J.C. Jackson recorded two interceptions and blocked a punt that led to a touchdown as the New England Patriots posted a 16-10 victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday in Orchard Park. Read More ⇒

The Judge has been overruled. Read More ⇒

Diane Dillon needed her dad to start a team to get an opportunity to play hockey as a kid in the 1970s, so to see one of her former players recently break barriers and become one of the first women to officiate at the NHL pre-training camp level has been a rewarding development for the Osweg… Read More ⇒

New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley left Sunday’s game in Tampa Bay with a right ankle injury in the second quarter and was ruled out by the team. Read More ⇒

New England quarterback Tom Brady threw for 306 yards and two touchdowns while passing Drew Brees for second place in career touchdown passes and the Patriots continued their early-season roll with a 30-14 victory over the visiting New York Jets on Sunday afternoon. Read More ⇒

BUFFALO — Frank Gore scored on a 1-yard run with 1:50 remaining to give Buffalo a 21-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday in the Bills’ home opener. Read More ⇒

The New England Patriots released Antonio Brown on Friday, ending his brief but turbulent tenure with the team as the NFL was investigating an accusation of an unwanted sexual advance. Read More ⇒