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WASHINGTON (AP) — CJ McCollum scored 28 points, including a 3-pointer with 14.4 seconds remaining that helped the Washington Wizards outlast the Milwaukee Bucks 129-126 on Monday night. The Wizards (3-16) have won two of three following a 14-game losing streak, and Milwaukee only managed a split in two games against Washington and Brooklyn —

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert will have surgery Monday to repair a broken bone in his non-throwing hand. Herbert is optimistic about his chances to play next week for the Chargers (8-4), who beat the Raiders 31-14 on Sunday for their fourth victory in five games. Herbert played the final

Story by The Jaguars have become a viable playoff contender, with a 7-4 record. Those wins have come despite more than a few mistakes from quarterback Trevor Lawrence. Lawrence leads the league with 14 turnovers. Last week against the Cardinals, Lawrence had four. The Jaguars nevertheless pulled out an overtime win, 27-24. Advertisement Jacksonville, which

DENTON, Texas (AP) — North Texas coach Eric Morris wasn’t prepared for his players to get the news about him leaving for Oklahoma State before he could give it to them. “So disappointing in a lot of different ways,” he said of the team meeting that came after word had circulated on social media Tuesday

The Kansas City Chiefs may have to win all five remaining games just to stand a chance of making the NFL play-offs [Getty Images] The Kansas City Chiefs’ play-off hopes are hanging by a thread after losing 31-28 at the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving. The Cowboys have traditionally hosted games on the American holiday since

For all the angst about large, nine-figure MLB contracts when they’re first signed (welcome to the club, Dylan Cease), they actually tend to be pretty good investments. Sometimes, you get a paradigm-changing superstar who uplifts your franchise to the promised land (e.g. Shohei Ohtani, Corey Seager, Max Scherzer). Other times, you get a guy who

Lee Corso spent nearly four decades on the air on ESPN’s “College GameDay.” Retirement has been an adjustment. (Photo by Chris Leduc/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) (Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Some people enjoy retirement and some people can’t stand sitting still after a lifetime of work. Lee Corso appears to fall squarely in the

The NFL season will sometimes show us what we want to see from players; other times, we may see something bad when it isn’t there. For fans and media, it’s essential to have a way to verify and balance information to prevent favoritism or bias from being portrayed in a negative light. Thanks to PFF

The Super Bowl champion Eagles’ upset loss to the Cowboys on Sunday afternoon shook up the state of the NFC playoff race, among several results that affected both the AFC and NFC playoff scenarios. Here’s how the rest of the playoff picture looks after the Sunday afternoon games of Week 12: DIVISION LEADERS1. 1. Patriots

Kansas State football had a chance to put Utah away in the final minutes, but a strange call on a two-point conversion wiped away a two-touchdown lead and instead brought the Utes within 10 points with seven minutes left. The play proved critical in K-State’s 51-47 loss to No. 12 Utah on Saturday, Nov. 22