Sports News

3:29 PM on Thursday, October 23

Displeased as Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers might be about the way New Orleans plays defense, that hasn’t affected Tampa Bay’s success rate against against their division rival

2:50 PM on Thursday, October 23

Assistant coach and former NBA player Tiago Splitter was named interim coach of the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday after Chauncey Billups was placed on leave following the announcement that Billups had been charged with participating in a conspiracy to fix high-stakes card games

2:45 PM on Thursday, October 23

2:12 PM on Thursday, October 23

Mark Wegner will lead the World Series umpire crew for the first time

1:50 PM on Thursday, October 23

The Badgers have lost their last two by a combined score of 71-0 heading into Saturday’s daunting game against No. 6 Oregon at Autzen Stadium

1:31 PM on Thursday, October 23

Former University of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron is running for lieutenant governor of Alabama

1:29 PM on Thursday, October 23

Alabama has climbed to No. 4 in the nation after four straight wins against ranked SEC opponents

1:18 PM on Thursday, October 23

Patriots coach Mike Vrabel faces a former team for the second straight week when New England hosts Cleveland

1:18 PM on Thursday, October 23

1:18 PM on Thursday, October 23

12:20 PM on Thursday, October 23

Unbeaten and third-ranked Texas A&M has a chance this week to break a long cycle of losing at LSU

11:54 AM on Thursday, October 23

Ohio Valley Conference commissioner Beth DeBauche has resigned, effective immediately

11:49 AM on Thursday, October 23

The image of Mike Evans down on the turf, knocked out and motionless was jarring for teammates, coaches and fans of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

11:10 AM on Thursday, October 23

As sports betting expands, polling suggests Americans have become increasingly critical of its role in U.S. society and sports — although they’re more tolerant of legal betting for professional sports

10:47 AM on Thursday, October 23

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Damon Jones were arrested Thursday in connection with a federal investigation into illegal sports betting and rigged poker games back by Mafia

9:47 AM on Thursday, October 23

The Bangladesh spinners were responsible for all 10 wickets as their team thrashed West Indies by 179 runs in the third and final ODI to take the series 2-1

4:51 AM on Thursday, October 23

Openers Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal scored centuries as India beat New Zealand by 53 runs (DLS) to reach the semifinals of the Women’s Cricket World Cup

11:23 PM on Wednesday, October 22

VJ Edgecombe scored 34 points for the Philadelphia 76ers in their 117-116 win over the Boston Celtics

8:11 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Chess’s international governing body is considering disciplinary action against a Russian former world champion who persistently leveled unproven cheating allegations at Daniel Naroditsky in the year leading up to the American grandmaster’s death

3:45 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Freddie Freeman is returning to his family roots as the Los Angeles Dodgers open their World Series defense against the Blue Jays in Toronto on Friday