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The New England Patriots will begin defense of their Super Bowl title when they host the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sept. 10 in a Thursday night game that will open the 2015 NFL season.

Goalie Scott Darling stopped 50 of 52 shots, while defenseman Brent Seabrook's goal exactly one minute into a third overtime led the Chicago Blackhawks to a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators in a four-plus hour game on Tuesday at the United Center.

There were three grand slams in Tuesday night's game between Milwaukee and Cincinnati, but unfortunately, the Reds hit two of them.

The Green Bay Packers will open the 2015 season in Chicago against the arch-riva Bears.

Kansas City Royals right-handed reliever Kelvin Herrera was suspended five games by Major League Baseball on Tuesday for intentionally throwing a fastball behind Oakland Athletics infielder Brett Lawrie during a testy weekend series between the 2014 playoff opponents.

LeBron James has made it a habit since the Miami Heat lost to the Dallas Mavericks in the 2011 NBA Finals to lock out the outside world and avoid most forms of communication during the postseason.

Pro Football Hall of Famer and longtime San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Bob St. Clair died Monday at age 84 after a brief illness.

Duke filled a hole on its roster for next season, landing a commitment from elite point guard Derryck Thornton on Tuesday.

Brett Favre is coming back to torment the Chicago Bears one final time.

Several websites are reporting that the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre will come together in November to give thanks.

Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price apologized Tuesday for his profanity-laced tirade the day before in which he used the F-word a whopping 77 times in a venemous five-minute, 34-second showdown in which he called out reporters for revealing roster information.

The Chicago Cubs called up their second top prospect in the span of five days Tuesday when infielder Addison Russell was promoted from Triple-A Iowa.

Alex Rodriguez's hot start earned him a promotion on Monday. Rodriguez was moved to the No. 3 spot in the order while slumping Carlos Beltran was dropped to fifth.

Carlos Rodon has a future ticketed for the front end of the Chicago White Sox's starting rotation, but before he gets there, he'll spend some quality time in the bullpen.

San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman Alex Boone seemed to be a staunch supporter of Jim Harbaugh when Harbaugh was the 49ers head coach. But now that Harbaugh is gone, Boone has radically changed his opinion.

There was a 23-minute delay in the top of the second inning of Monday night's game between the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates as medics attended to a female fan sitting behind home plate who was struck in the back of the head by a foul ball.

One of the many perks for winning a national championship is getting to meet the president of the United States, and on Monday, it was The Ohio State University Buckeyes' turn share the spotlight with the most powerful man in the world.

Atlanta Hawks head coach Mike Budenholzer will be named NBA Coach of the Year at a press conference Tuesday afternoon.

The trial season-ticket drive for a possible NHL franchise in Las Vegas is expected to top the 11,000 mark.

One of Europe's greatest golfers will make what could be his final major appearance at the game's spiritual home in July. Nick Faldo will bow out at historic St. Andrews -- the scene of the second of his three British Open successes back in 1990. The 5...