Maybe as a kid you didn’t see the point in history class, reading up on all those men (and yeah, they were probably mostly men) of yesteryear, with their outdated ideas and senseless battles won and lost. Maybe you failed to see how events from centuries ago have any relevance to the here and now.
4:21 AM ET DENVER — Paul Millsap scored inside while being fouled, then did something he doesn’t do very often. The calm and often emotionless veteran flexed both of his muscles. After four games of both teams playing virtually even basketball across the board, the Denver Nuggets followed Millsap’s lead and muscled their way past
3:51 AM ET Associated Press GOLD COAST, Australia — The head of the international boxing federation has criticized IOC president Thomas Bach’s comments that Olympic officials could organize the Tokyo 2020 boxing tournament if the sport’s federation can’t get its affairs in order. Bach said last weekend that the IOC wants the sport at next
3:45 AM ET After pitching the second no-hitter of his career and the 300th no-hitter in major league history, Mike Fiers delivered the understatement of the night: “I’m just glad they got those lights working.” The start of the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Oakland Athletics in Oakland was delayed 98 minutes due
England women’s national team head coach Phil Neville shares his expectations for the Lionesses ahead of this summer’s World Cup in France. LONDON — At 8 a.m. on Wednesday, England women’s manager Phil Neville was nervous. He had already spoken the day previous to those players he had picked to go to the World Cup,
3:00 AM ET Glamorgan 348 for 8 (Root 78, Labuschagne 54, Douthwaite 52*) beat Sussex 347 for 7 (Evans 110, Wright 97, Wiese 57*) by two wickets Glamorgan pulled off their record county chase, as well as a record run chase at Hove, as Sussex’s interest in the Royal London Cup ended. Bit-part players at
3:29 AM ET LOS ANGELES — A couple of weeks back, perhaps as a way to ease whatever concerns were beginning to creep in, Los Angeles Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman informed his third baseman, Justin Turner, that he had only three career home runs through the first month of a baseball season,
10:57 PM ET Maximiliano Urruti scored on a penalty kick in the 79th minute, and the Montreal Impact ended their woes at Red Bull Arena by posting a 2-1 victory over New York on Wednesday night at Harrison, N.J. Urruti also had an assist, as the Impact improved to 1-9-0 all-time on the Red Bulls’
2:58 AM ET DENVER — Backed up against elimination following a disappointing Game 5 where the Denver Nuggets led by as many as 31 points, Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard said he’s still waiting on his team to play its best game. “We don’t feel like we’ve played our best basketball yet, and with
2:56 AM ET The Chicago Cubs said in a statement early Wednesday morning that they’re investigating an apparent racist gesture used by a fan that was caught by cameras during Tuesday night’s broadcast of a home game against the Miami Marlins at Wrigley Field. “We are currently investigating an incident that occurred during the Cubs’