Pep Guardiola bought himself a Boston Celtics hoodie, flipped his baseball cap backwards and took his courtside seat in the TD Garden arena for the opening game in the best-of-seven NBA Finals.“He...

Tick, tick, tick …Hockey, like any sport, is synonymous with numbers. Goals, assists, points, power-play percentage, advanced statistics, salary-cap figures, player ages. They’re all numbers.With that in mind, here are some numbers...

The number of rookies who don’t bother waiting for their true breakout season seems to increase annually. The latest example, perhaps, is Houston Texans QB C.J. Stroud. Or, maybe Texans edge Will...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — He wore the khaki pants on the practice field, apparently for the first time as Los Angeles Chargers coach, so you know Jim Harbaugh was deadly serious on...

SOMEWHERE OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN — Now for the question you know you’ve been dying to ask for three weeks about the Team USA men’s basketball “Avengers”: With their gold-medal mission accomplished,...

The AP Top 25 is out and it looked almost identical to last week’s Coaches Poll. At least one unranked team is guaranteed to make the College Football Playoff (no Group of...

In the 1980s, Bobby Bowden kept his Florida State football team in a hotel in Thomasville, Ga., the night before games to escape the distractions of Tallahassee. On game day, the Seminoles...

PARIS — The USWNT was on message all Olympics. Joy and belief. Trust and confidence. A fresh start under Emma Hayes.After winning gold on Saturday at Parc des Princes in Paris, while...