Claire Stackel is continuing her soccer journey, which has taken her beyond the college ranks and to Europe to play professionally. Read More ⇒

In the franchise’s 53rd season, the San Diego Padres finally have a no-hitter. Read More ⇒

The start of the Washington Nationals’ 2021 season will have to wait at least one more day, as their game Monday against the Atlanta Braves was postponed due to Washington’s ongoing COVID-19 issues, The Athletic reported Sunday. Read More ⇒

Jordan Spieth’s long journey between trophy presentations ended Sunday not all that far from home with a two-shot victory in the Valero Texas Open at San Antonio. Read More ⇒

NFL owners will approve the expansion of the regular season to 17 games this week, ESPN reported Sunday. Read More ⇒

Both NASCAR dirt races scheduled for Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway were postponed until Monday because of heavy rainfall in Tennessee. Read More ⇒

Australia’s Matt Jones stayed out of trouble Sunday and finished off his weekend of dominance with a five-shot victory in the Honda Classic at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Read More ⇒

Ryan Blaney became the sixth driver in six races to win a NASCAR Cup Series race in 2021 as he took the lead with eight laps to go and went on to win the Folds Of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday. Read More ⇒

Martin Truex Jr. had won 27 Cup races in his career and was the 2017 Series champion, but in 30 starts at Phoenix Raceway, he had never won a race – until Sunday. Read More ⇒

Justin Thomas used a mid-round charge to push into the lead Sunday and earn a one-shot victory in The Players Championship at Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Read More ⇒

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees announced his retirement on Sunday. Read More ⇒

Six-time All-Star forward Blake Griffin has agreed to a deal with the Brooklyn Nets for the remainder of this season, ESPN reported Sunday night. Read More ⇒

Kyle Larson, who lost his job with Chip Ganassi Racing four races into the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season, won for new team Hendrick Motorsports four races into the 2021 season. Read More ⇒

Bryson DeChambeau gathered the crowds with his long drives, while using his putter to seal a one-shot victory Sunday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational near Orlando, Fla. Read More ⇒

William Byron continued the 2021 trend of races being won by unlikely drivers with a victory in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida. Read More ⇒

Collin Morikawa continued to solidify his place among the next generation of golf, winning for the third time in eight months with a victory Sunday at the World Golf Championships â?? Workday Championship at The Concession in Bradenton, Fla. Read More ⇒

PULASKI — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were propelled to victory in Super Bowl LV by newcomers at all levels, from Hall of Fame icons such as quarterback, Tom Brady, to crucial behind-the-scenes contributors like Pulaski High School graduate, Jessica Pastuf. Read More ⇒

Golfer Tiger Woods is in surgery at a Southern California hospital after suffering multiple leg injuries in a single-car rollover crash Tuesday. Read More ⇒

Top-seed and World No. 1 Novak Djokovic won his ninth Australian Open men’s singles title in as many finals with a 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday. Read More ⇒

Michael McDowell emerged from an ugly final-lap wreck to take the lead and went on to win Sunday’s weather- and crash-delayed running of the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. Read More ⇒

Daniel Berger stole the show — and sealed his fourth career PGA Tour win — by draining a 31-footer for eagle at 18 on Sunday to win the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, Calif. Read More ⇒

Tom Brady claimed his seventh Super Bowl ring Sunday, passing for 201 yards and three touchdowns as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers throttled the Kansas City Chiefs, 31-9, at Tampa, Fla. Read More ⇒

Brooks Koepka used a chip-in eagle at No. 17 on Sunday to rally from five shots back at the start of the final round and win his second career Waste Management Phoenix Open title at Scottsdale, Ariz. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Bars in the north country are hardly scrambling to prepare for the Super Bowl — mainly because they never have. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — The Super Bowl brings fans of all kinds out of the woodwork, but north country Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs fans have displayed loyalty to their teams for years ahead of Super Bowl LV. Read More ⇒

LAKE PLACID — The National Women’s Hockey League suspended the rest of its 2021 season Wednesday just one day before its playoffs were slated to start at Lake Placid’s Olympic Center. Read More ⇒

Tuesday night’s game between the Buffalo Sabres and New York Islanders in Uniondale has been postponed due to the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol, the league announced. Read More ⇒

Longtime Detroit Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard, who grew up in Ogdensburg, retired Thursday after 14 NHL seasons. Read More ⇒

The expectations for Patrick Mahomes have been driven to an unrealistic level or, at least, the expectations would be unrealistic if they had not been surpassed by the standards. Read More ⇒

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Tom Brady is headed back to the Super Bowl in his first season with the Bucs. He’s taking another page from the NFL history book with him. Read More ⇒

My 91-year-old mom is a member of Bills Mafia. No, she doesn’t head to the backyard to jump on a folding table to break it. Read More ⇒

As the Bills get set to take on the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs in this year’s AFC Championship game, Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen seeks revenge against a defense that limited him to his worst performance of the year. Read More ⇒

Major League Baseball icon Hank Aaron died Friday morning. Read More ⇒

The New York Mets fired general manager Jared Porter on Tuesday for explicit text messages he sent to a female reporter in 2016, owner Steve Cohen announced. Read More ⇒

Backup quarterback Chad Henne gained 13 yards on a scramble, then threw a stunning fourth-and-inches completion to Tyreek Hill with less than two minutes remaining on Sunday as the host Kansas City Chiefs finished off the Cleveland Browns, 22-17, to reach the AFC Championship Game. Read More ⇒

Josh Allen isn’t all that interested in how a victory looks or whether pundits squawk about his team. Read More ⇒

Free agent right-hander Corey Kluber, a two-time Cy Young Award winner coming off two injury-plagued seasons, reportedly is joining the New York Yankees. Read More ⇒

DJ LeMahieu and the New York Yankees are finalizing a long-term deal that will return the second baseman to The Bronx, multiple outlets reported Friday. Read More ⇒

Robert Saleh, the San Francisco 49ers’ defensive coordinator since 2017, agreed in principle to become the head coach of the New York Jets, the team announced Thursday night. Read More ⇒

The New York Jets fired head coach Adam Gase hours after a loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday that concluded his two seasons in which the team went 9-23, including 2-14 this year. Read More ⇒

Miami native Isaiah McKenzie scored three second-quarter touchdowns to lead the Buffalo Bills to a 56-26 win over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday afternoon at Orchard Park. Read More ⇒

Daniel Jones passed for 229 yards and two touchdowns as the New York Giants kept their NFC East title hopes alive with a 23-19 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday afternoon in East Rutherford, N.J. Read More ⇒

Cam Newton threw three touchdown passes Sunday and caught a fourth as the New England Patriots rallied in the second half for a season-ending 28-14 win over the visiting New York Jets. Read More ⇒

OSWEGO — Moments after Steve Levy learned of his promotion to the play-by-play voice of ESPN’s Monday Night Football, he reacted the same as 36 years prior, when he landed the coveted sports anchor role for WTOP-TV as a freshman at Oswego State University. Read More ⇒

Tiz the Law, winner of the Belmont Stakes and Travers Stakes, has been retired based on the advice of veterinarians. No injury or condition was announced. Read More ⇒

Josh Allen threw three of his four touchdown passes to Stefon Diggs as the playoff-bound Buffalo Bills routed the New England Patriots 38-9 on Monday in Foxborough, Mass. Read More ⇒

Lamar Jackson tossed two touchdown passes and the Baltimore Ravens notched their fourth consecutive victory with an impressive 27-13 win over the visiting New York Giants on Sunday. Read More ⇒

Jamison Crowder caught a touchdown pass and threw a touchdown pass as the New York Jets pulled another stunning upset, this time 23-16 over the visiting, short-handed Cleveland Browns on Sunday at East Rutherford, N.J. Read More ⇒