LAS VEGAS -- In an effort to try and reduce the number of games decided by a shootout, the NHL's general managers opted Tuesday to move next season to a five-minute overtime session with three skaters a side from four. … [Read more...]

LeBron James vowed improvement but said he has been buoyed by the Cleveland Cavaliers' fans after a disappointing NBA Finals loss to the Golden State Warriors. … [Read more...]

NEW YORK -- Tigers right fielder  J.D. Martinez homered three times and drove in six runs in Detroit's 12-4 win over the New York Yankees on Sunday. Martinez connected off Masahiro Tanaka with two outs in the first inning. He struck out looking in the third inning and led off the fifth with another homer against Tanaka. … [Read more...]

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — On the first morning of the United States Open, Henrik Stenson and Dustin Johnson charted the course for the great unknown that was Chambers Bay with matching five-under-par 65s. … [Read more...]

The 2015 NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers is the most watched series since 1998, Michael Jordan's last season with the Chicago Bulls. … [Read more...]

BEREA, Ohio --  Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel said Wednesday he will no longer do his trademark money sign -- part of a larger effort to quiet the distraction his persona had become to his teammates. … [Read more...]

CHICAGO -€” The Chicago Blackhawks can rub shoulders with some of the greatest dynasties in hockey history after they won their third Stanley Cup in six years by beating the Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-0, on Monday to end a tightly fought six-game series. … [Read more...]

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. - Cole Hammer was being interviewed Monday evening at Chambers Bay when Cody Gribble, a fellow Texan with whom Hammer had just finished a nine-hole practice round, sneaked up from behind, lifted the 125-pound Hammer off his feet in a bearhug, set him down, and started to walk away. … [Read more...]