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New Orleans Pelicans player Bryce Dejean-Jones was fatally shot in Dallas early Saturday, Dallas police spokesman DeMarquis Black said. A Dallas resident told police he heard someone enter his apartment by kicking open the front door, Black said in a...

After a decade of battling Parkinson's disease, beloved college football coach Don Horton died Saturday morning, according to his wife.

Former Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds has been cleared to defer his military service commitment and will be eligible to play for the Baltimore Ravens in 2016, secretary of defense Ashton Carter announced Friday.

As a Mexican-born teenager making his major league debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers, there is no way for Julio Urias to avoid being mentioned in the same breath as Fernando Valenzuela.

LeBron James scored 33 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Toronto Raptors 113-87 in Friday night's Game 6 to win the Eastern Conference.

Aaron Hill hit two solo homers, Jonathan Lucroy added a solo shot and drove in three runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers outslugged Cincinnati for a 9-5 victory Friday night, handing the Reds their 11th straight loss.

The summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro should be postponed or moved "in the name of public health" due to the widening Zika outbreak in Brazil, more than 100 prominent doctors and professors said Friday.

Baylor defensive coordinator Phil Bennett was named interim coach of the Bears on Friday, the beginning of the program's attempt to restore some semblance of order amidst a dark controversy that prompted Art Briles' dismissal.

Golden State guard Stephen Curry was a unanimous selection to the All-NBA first team and Cleveland forward LeBron James was chosen first-team for the 10th time, the NBA announced Thursday.

The Houston Rockets and Mike D'Antoni agreed to a deal that will make D'Antoni the team's new head coach, according to multiple reports.

Atlanta Braves outfielder Hector Olivera was suspended for 82 games on Thursday by Major League Baseball after violating its domestic violence policy.

Texas Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor will have to sit out one fewer game after Major League Baseball reduced his eight-game suspension to seven on Thursday.

Martin Truex Jr. crashed a Ford party on Thursday night, winning the pole for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Mike Moustakas likely won't play again this season for the Kansas City Royals after an MRI detected a torn right anterior cruciate ligament.

Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice spoke to the team's rookies Wednesday at the OTAs to discuss some of his difficult life lessons that sidetracked his career.

Manchester United has hired Jose Mourinho as its new manager, with his old La Liga rival Pep Guardiola having already been appointed by neighbor Manchester City.

Rafael Nadal's backers must be feeling the Spaniard can't catch a break. Nadal withdrew from the French Open on Friday with a left wrist injury, one day after he registered a 200th grand slam victory by crushing Argentina's Facundo Bagnis. Indeed the...

The participation of 23 athletes in the Rio Olympics could be under threat, after doping samples gathered from London 2012 tested positive for banned substances.

Andre Iguodala and Harrison Barnes bombed in 3-pointers on consecutive possessions during an eight-point flurry that opened a 12-point lead early in the fourth quarter, and the Golden State Warriors held on from there to stay alive in the Western Conference finals with a 120-111 victory over the Oklahoma Thunder on Thursday night.

PITTSBURGH -- Bryan Rust scored both Pittsburgh goals and the Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 Thursday night in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals, sending a team driven equally by stars and rookies to its first Stanley Cup f...