SEATTLE — With his team holding a 2-0 lead over Toronto in the American League Championship Series after winning twice on the road, Seattle Mariners manager Dan Wilson wasn't about to belabor the obvious. "It's a very advantageous position," Wilson said Tuesday. "We're excited about that. ...
Indiana Hoosiers coach Curt Cignetti stuck to the game plan Monday. He quickly turned the page on the program's first road victory over a top-five team and didn't even bother to mention their new No. 3 ranking — the highest in school history — or the increasing commotion about whether ...
Purdue is No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll for the first time. The Boilermakers earned 35 of 61 first-place votes to top Monday's poll to begin the 2025-26 season. That put Matt Painter's squad ahead of the two teams that played in last year's NCAA title ...
ROSEMONT, Ill. — Southern California star JuJu Watkins propelled the Trojans to a Big Ten regular-season title and a second consecutive Elite Eight appearance last season. If the Trojans want to match that success this year, they'll need to do it without her. The absence of Watkins, who's ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Vladimir Tarasenko and his family welcomed a summer visitor to their home in Florida with a feast befitting a New Year's Eve celebration in their native Russia, sending him off after a five-hour stay with an armful of leftovers. Minnesota Wild coach John Hynes was so ...
MILWAUKEE — Blake Snell was injured and unavailable to pitch in July when the Los Angeles Dodgers lost all six of their regular-season meetings with the Milwaukee Brewers. Facing the Brewers for the first time this year in the National League Championship Series, the two-time Cy Young Award ...