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CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James recorded his first triple-double since coming home, and the Cleveland Cavaliers made 16 3-pointers while winning their 18th straight home game, 99-94 over the Chi…

No team lost more games in spring training than the champion San Francisco Giants, hardly any pitcher struggled more than World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Paul George is getting a warm welcome back Sunday.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Duke languished in the shadows of Kentucky all season, the big blue juggernaut that nobody seemed to be talking about. It was a rarity for a program with such a championshi…

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Hot but happy, Novak Djokovic had just begun celebrating his latest championship when he tossed his towel and sweatbands into the crowd. They were soggy souvenirs for sure.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Big, blue lockers provided fitting shelter for Kentucky players stunned after leaving the court.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — James Harden scored 41 points, and the Houston Rockets overcame Russell Westbrook's triple-double to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 115-112 on Sunday.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — James Harden scored 41 points, and the Houston Rockets overcame Russell Westbrook's triple-double to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 115-112 on Sunday.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Adam Scott says the Masters is too important to keep experimenting with the short putter.

NEW YORK (AP) — Commissioner Rob Manfred intends to announce Monday that Washington's Nationals Park will host the 2018 All-Star Game, a person familiar with Major League Baseball's plans told…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — When Charlie Morton hit a pair of Phillies batters in the first inning, Philadelphia closer Jonathan Papelbon hollered from the dugout and the umpires talked to both managers.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo scored five goals in a game for the first time, powering Real Madrid to a 9-1 romp over Granada on Sunday and keeping the pressure on Spanish league l…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Wisconsin's win over previously undefeated Kentucky drew the highest preliminary television rating for an NCAA semifinal in 22 years.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kentucky guard Andrew Harrison has apologized for directing an obscenity and a racial slur at Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky during a postgame news conference.

INDIANAPOLIS — Way back in October, they started telling anyone who would listen what they were going to do.

They could have had a better view and more comfortable seats, a bathroom to themselves and cheaper beer.

Vitto Brown and Riley Dearring both see the jump the Badgers center made after his sophomore year and think they can follow his example.

Player of the Game

What for thousands of festive Badgers fans was a gigantic “Final Four Tailgate and Pep Rally,” doubled as an ultimate family reunion for dozens of former University of Wisconsin basketball pla…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kike Hernandez led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a home run to center field against Ryan Mattheus, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a 6-6 tie with the Los Angeles An…