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On Wednesday, New York Mets’ Jacob deGrom received 29 of 30 first-place votes to take home his first National League Cy Young Award. Despite a season marred by narrow defeats, the Mets ace wasn’t penalized for his lack of wins, and he blew away Max Scherzer in the voting. DeGrom had the fewest victories, only [...]

LeBron James hit another career milestone as he passed Wilt Chamberlain for fifth on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. “When I’m able to do what I love to do and do it at this level, and even be mentioned with the greats that have ever played this game, it just always brings me back to [...]

The Arizona Coyotes have announced that they have signed defenseman Jakob Chychrun to a six-year extension worth $27.6 million. According to TSN, the deal is worth around $4.6 million per season. “We are extremely pleased to sign Jakob to a six-year contract extension,” Arizona Coyotes president of hockey operations and general manager John Chayka said [...]

We may have just witnessed one of the most vicious and blatantly dirty acts ever committed in college basketball. The player, Kewan Platt of Fitchburg State, was caught on video elbowing sophomore guard Nate Tenaglia, who’d just attempted a 3-point shot from the corner. Prior to his cheap shot, Platt air-balled a three at the [...]

Tom Wilson of the Washington Capitals was suspended 20 games for an illegal check to the head of St. Louis Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist, but according to the NHL his suspension has been reduced to 14 games by a third-party arbitrator. “The National Hockey League Players’ Association and National Hockey League announced today that Washington [...]

LeBron James knows what he signed up for by joining the Los Angeles Lakers—a more gradual process than he enjoyed with the Miami Heat or during his second go-round on the Cleveland Cavaliers. He just forgot about that for a second. As he told Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes following the Lakers’ Saturday night victory over [...]

Carmelo Anthony has, it seems, played his last game as a member of the Houston Rockets. Over the weekend, in advance of him missing Saturday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs due to ‘illness,’ ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski dropped the following bomb: Marc Stein of The New York Times then added this: General manager Daryl Morey [...]

The Cincinnati Bengals have fired defensive coordinator Teryl Austin, just one day after the team’s 51-14 loss to the New Orleans Saints. According to ESPN head coach Marvin Lewis will take over defensive coordinator responsibilities. The Saints recorded 509 total yards and scored 44 straight points after Cincinnati tied the game at 7-7 in the [...]

The New York Rangers forward Pavel Buchnevich will be sidelined for the next four-to-six weeks after suffering a broken thumb against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. Buchnevich was injured on a hit by Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Jake Gardiner during the second period of a 4-0 loss at Madison Square Garden on Thursday. Buchnevich [...]

Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask has been granted a leave of absence by the team. He will most likely miss the Bruins games this weekend. After Fridays practice, which Tuukka did not attend, the team released a one sentence statement stating that Rask was being granted a leave of absence. The statement stated that Rask was [...]