Roger Federer recovered after dropping the first set to beat Marton Fucsovics of Hungary, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday to reach the quarterfinals at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Read More ⇒

China's Wang Qiang beat Serena Williams in the third round of the U.S. Open on Friday, upsetting the No. 8 seed 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-5. Read More ⇒

Derek Jeter and Larry Walker were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday in balloting submitted by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Read More ⇒

Raheem Mostert rushed for a franchise-record 220 yards and scored four touchdowns, and the San Francisco 49ers pummeled the Green Bay Packers on both sides of the ball to notch a 37-20 victory on Sunday in the NFC Championship Game at Santa Clara, Calif. Read More ⇒

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hey, Kansas City Chiefs, you are looking LIV. Read More ⇒

Houston Astros owner Jim Crane fired manager A.J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow on Monday after both received one-year suspensions from Major League Baseball in the sign-stealing scandal. Read More ⇒

Davante Adams made eight receptions for a franchise postseason-record 160 yards and two touchdowns as the Green Bay Packers held on to defeat the visiting Seattle Seahawks 28-23 Sunday in an NFC divisional-round playoff game. Read More ⇒

Former two-time Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson has finally been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a member of the Centennial Slate for the Class of 2020. Read More ⇒

Patrick Mahomes rallied Kansas City from an early 24-point deficit Sunday, passing for 321 yards and five touchdowns as the Chiefs outraced the Houston Texans 51-31 in the divisional round of the AFC playoffs at Kansas City, Mo. Read More ⇒

Kevin Stefanski is going to matter. Read More ⇒

Mike McCarthy is the new head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Read More ⇒

Russell Wilson completed 18 of 30 passes for 325 yards and a touchdown, and Marshawn Lynch scored on a 5-yard run as the Seattle Seahawks advanced in the NFC playoffs with a 17-9 victory against the host Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday in a wild-card game. Read More ⇒

NEW ORLEANS – Kirk Cousins hit Kyle Rudolph with a 4-yard touchdown pass in overtime as the Vikings beat the New Orleans Saints, 26-20, in an NFC wild-card playoff game Sunday at the Superdome. Read More ⇒

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — With nine seconds left in what might have been his last game as a New England Patriot, Tom Brady was still trying to figure out what went wrong. A moment earlier, in his final act on the Gillette Stadium field late Saturday night, Brady threw a pass from his end zone that… Read More ⇒

WEST MONROE — Tom Murphy smashed a towering home run in the midst of a career-best stretch last August and performed a cartwheel upon his return to dugout to the surprise of his Seattle Mariners teammates, momentarily allowing the unbridled joy that he experienced during his Major League Bas… Read More ⇒

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Pat Shurmur was fired Monday after two seasons as head coach of the New York Giants. Read More ⇒

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The rain-slicked hill almost grew too high for the Eagles to climb Sunday, as the fourth quarter began in what became a 34-17 victory over the New York Giants. Read More ⇒

The Cleveland Browns fired head coach Freddie Kitchens on Sunday evening, hours after his team lost at Cincinnati to finish the season 6-10. Read More ⇒

ORCHARD PARK — The Jets completed their final game of the decade with a thoroughly uninspiring 13-6 win Sunday against a team that treated the regular-season finale like a preseason game. Gang Green beat the playoff-bound Bills — who either deactivated or rested every relevant player after a… Read More ⇒

LeBron James was named Male Athlete of the Decade by The Associated Press on Sunday, an honor voted on by AP member sports editors and writers. Read More ⇒

The NFL looks remarkably spry at 100 years old. Read More ⇒

NEW YORK — When you have nothing to shoot for that actually matters, you can take solace in ruining somebody else’s day by playing spoiler. Read More ⇒

Daniel Jones threw five touchdown passes — including the game-winner in overtime — to lead the New York Giants to a 41-35 victory over the Washington Redskins on Sunday in Landover, Md. Read More ⇒

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees passed Peyton Manning to become the NFL’s career leader in touchdown passes on Monday night, and he also set a league mark for the highest single-game completion percentage. Read More ⇒

The visiting Buffalo Bills clinched a playoff spot Sunday night when Josh Allen’s 14-yard tiebreaking touchdown pass to Tyler Kroft was the difference in a 17-10 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Read More ⇒

NEW YORK — George Schmidt teaches fourth grade Monday through Friday at Forrest Elementary School in Fair Lawn, N.J. Read More ⇒

The Cleveland Indians traded two-time Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber to the Texas Rangers on Sunday. Read More ⇒

Captain Tiger Woods and his two most beleaguered players set the tone for an historic comeback to win the 13th Presidents Cup on Sunday. Read More ⇒

Marvin Miller, who guided major league players into the free agency era as executive director of the MLB Players Association from 1966 to 1982, and eight-time All-Star catcher Ted Simmons were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday night. Read More ⇒

Lamar Jackson threw three touchdown passes and Baltimore sacked Josh Allen six times Sunday as the Ravens extended their winning streak to nine games with a 24-17 victory against the Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park. Read More ⇒

The Cincinnati Bengals earned their first win of the season Sunday afternoon, when Andy Dalton returned to the starting lineup and threw for 243 yards and one touchdown in a 22-6 victory over the visiting New York Jets. Read More ⇒

The Green Bay Packers rebounded from an awful loss to the San Francisco 49ers and handed the New York Giants their eighth consecutive loss, 31-13, on Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J. Read More ⇒

Josh Allen passed for 185 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 56 yards, Cole Beasley and John Brown had a touchdown catch each, and the host Buffalo Bills beat the Denver Broncos 20-3 on Sunday. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Bobby Valentine works in the college game these days as the athletic director for Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn., but he’s never far from the major league baseball scene where he played and managed for seven different teams over 26 years. Read More ⇒

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kyle Busch pulled away in the final third of the race, took the victory and clinched his second Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship Sunday in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Read More ⇒

LANDOVER, Md. — A few moments after New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold completed one of the best performances of his young career, he walked to midfield and searched for Washington Redskins rookie Dwayne Haskins. Darnold had watched Haskins struggle all afternoon during the Jets’ 34-17 ro… Read More ⇒

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Regardless of what the result was, the Wild were at their best in the third period on its recent four-game, 10-day road trip out west. Read More ⇒

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 ⇒