SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s Olympic baseball team has given up trying to qualify for the Tokyo Games because of coronavirus-related travel complications. Baseball Australia’s chief executive Glenn Williams on Wednesday said the “gut-wrenching” decision to withdraw makes Olympic qualification impossible. The final…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brayden Point and Ross Colton scored and Andrei Vasilevskiy controlled the crease, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 on Tuesday night to win the second-round playoff series in five games. Vasilevskiy finished with 29…

Damian Lillard finishes outside of top-5 in MVP voting originally appeared on NBC Sports Northwest Tuesday, the NBA announced the winner of the 2020-21 MVP award. With 91 first-place votes out of 101 votes, Denver Nuggets starting center Nikola Jokic earns his…

Melvin 'surprised' to learn ex-A's slugger Davis was DFA'd originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea Athletics manager Bob Melvin is never ashamed to admit how close he gets to his players. That’s especially true when it comes to former designated hitter Khris…

SNY How Mets might negotiate Jacob deGrom contract to avoid opt-out | Shea Anything With Jacob deGrom performing at historic levels, the upcoming opt-out in his contract with the Mets after the 2022 season is a looming issue. What are the…

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns chief of staff Callie Brownson could face discipline from the team and the NFL for drunken driving charges. One of just a handful of female coaches in the league, Brownson was arrested last month with a blood-alcohol…

Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast After months of speculation, Atlanta Falcons star wideout Julio Jones was finally traded to the Tennessee Titans over the weekend, joining A.J. Brown, Ryan Tannehill and Derrick Henry with the AFC South contender. Scott Pianowski…

Report: College Football Playoff could be set for expansion originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea Discussions about expanding the College Football Playoff are rapidly increasing as the 2021 season approaches. Potentially expanding the number of CFP teams from four to eight is…

Coach Jim Fassel led the Giants to the 2001 Super Bowl. After 9/11, he was involved in establishing a foundation to help families affected by the attack. (Jeff Zelevansky / Associated Press) The New York Jets had their famously outlandish guarantee.…

HENGELO, Netherlands (AP) — Letesenbet Gidey lowered the women’s 10,000-meter world record on Tuesday, just two days after Sifan Hassan set the mark on the same track. Gidey clocked 29 minutes, 1.03 seconds at the Ethiopian Olympic trials, which are being held…