Alex Rodriguez enjoyed a productive 2015 season largely free of controversy, at least once he settled his dispute with the Yankees over home-run bonuses. The slugger returned from the suspension that cost him his entire 2014 season to be one of his team’s best hitters, smashing 33 home runs with an .842 OPS and collecting his 3,000th hit in the process. … [Read more...]

Chip Kelly is coaching a team on the other side of the country, but he’s still a huge topic of discussion here in Philadelphia. … [Read more...]

Fourth-seeded Wawrinka fell to Raonic while No. 2 seed Andy Murray cruised to another straight set victory. We've reached the quarterfinals of the 2016 Australian Open and both brackets have seen some upsets. In the top half of the bracket, No. 1 seeds Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are still going strong, but both singles brackets took some hits on Monday as the Round of … [Read more...]

Andy Murray raced through his second-round match like he was in a hurry to get somewhere, winning 6-0, 6-4, 6-1 against an Aussie who was playing on Rod Laver Arena for the first time. … [Read more...]

Pete Rose is headed into the team hall of fame in his hometown, the Cincinnati Reds said Tuesday. … [Read more...]

FIFA has fired Jerome Valcke for the second time, cutting ties with the secretary general four months after he was suspended while under investigation for wrongdoing at the scandal-scarred governing body. … [Read more...]

After completing the second game of a back-to-back set Tuesday night, the Warriors could have flown back to the Bay Area and slept in their own beds for two nights before playing another back-to-back in Portland on Friday and Sacramento on Saturday. … [Read more...]

Here's everything you need to know about the playoffs and where to keep track of coaches getting fired. … [Read more...]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Alex Smith has finally made it to his team’s last regular-season game. He’ll start at quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday against the Oakland Raiders at Arrowhead Stadium, the first time he’s started a season finale since 2011. … [Read more...]

NFL superstar JJ Watt simply will not quit with his unrelenting assault upon the vapid Internet culture that permeates the post-modern hellscape in which we all now reside. Having already mocked Internet slang and selfies, Watt more recently trained his gaze upon a new target: A collective attitude that pooh-poohs effort and earnestness in favor of snark and irony. … [Read more...]