MIAMI (AP) — On a night when All-Stars and future Hall of Famers thrilled fans and each other until the final out, Aaron Judge proclaimed the World Baseball Classic had grown into the sport's biggest event. “It’s bigger and better than the World Series,” the U.S. captain said after a 2-1 semifinal win over the Dominican Republic that came down to Sunday night's final pitch.

MIAMI (AP) — Team USA's celebration after beating the Dominican Republic on Sunday night in the World Baseball Classic semifinals was electric and brief. NL Cy Young award winner Paul Skenes roared “Let's go!” after the final out. Closer Mason Miller let out a yell and pointed toward the sky. Players and coaches embraced on the field.

MILAN (AP) — Three weeks after the United States beat Canada in the Olympic hockey finals, the Americans overcame their neighbors again to win Paralympic gold and complete the sweep at Milan Cortina.

ATLANTA (AP) — Jalen Johnson had 21 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, Zaccharie Risacher scored 19 points and the Atlanta Hawks extended the NBA's longest current winning streak to eight games, beating the Brooklyn Nets 108-97 on Thursday night.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Spurgeon College is celebrating a historic achievement for its men’s basketball program as senior guard/forward Joseph Allen has been named both National Player of the Year and Regional Player of the Year by the National Christian College Athletic Association.

One of the so-called fixers in a sprawling betting scheme that allegedly raked in millions of dollars off of big bets on rigged NCAA basketball games pleaded guilty Monday.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) — Atlanta Braves left-hander Joey Wentz left Sunday’s outing against the Tampa Bay Rays with a right leg injury from an awkward step while covering first base.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Tech fired coach Damon Stoudamire on Sunday, one day after the Yellow Jackets' season ended with a 12-game losing streak. Georgia Tech athletic director Ryan Alpert announced the move after the Yellow Jackets finished 11-20 overall and 2-16 in the Atlantic Coast Conference following Saturday's 79-76 loss at Clemson.

MILAN, Italy (BP) – A U.S. Olympic triple crown in hockey is very much in play over the coming weeks. The U.S. National Sled Hockey Team has dominated its sport this century, winning a record five gold medals at the Paralympic Winter Games, including the last four.

Lou Holtz never met an opponent that couldn't beat him. Somehow, he squeaked out nearly 250 wins and a national title while cementing himself both as one of the most lovable and unlikable characters in college football — a one-of-a-kind iconoclast in a profession brimming with originals.

NEW YORK (AP) — Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar was suspended for the 2026 season by Major League Baseball on Tuesday following his second positive test for a performance-enhancing drug. Profar tested positive for exogenous testosterone and its metabolites, the commissioner's office said, which means testosterone that was not produced by his body. Because it was a second offense, the length of Profar's suspension was 162 games.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Celebrating a win that surely locked up their second straight trip to the NCAA Tournament, the Georgia Bulldogs could afford to chuckle at Kanon Catchings delivering a Globetrotters-type pass to go along with a career-best scoring night.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Kanon Catchings scored a career-high 32 points and Georgia ended No. 16 Alabama's eight-game winning streak with a 98-88 victory Tuesday night.

ATLANTA (AP) — Onyeka Okongwu scored 25 points, CJ McCollum added 19, and the Atlanta Hawks rode a huge first quarter to an easy 135-101 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Fresh off helping Team USA capture its first Olympic men’s hockey gold in 46 years, Jaccob Slavin stepped up to the podium in the Carolina Hurricanes’ media room inside the Lenovo Center with his medal draped around his neck.

ATLANTA (AP) — Jonathan Kuminga scored a season-high 27 points in his debut for the Hawks, who blew out the hapless Washington Wizards 119-98 Tuesday night in Trae Young's return to Atlanta.

VERONA, Italy (AP) — The Milan Cortina Olympics ended Sunday as the twin flames in co-host cities Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo were extinguished during a closing ceremony inside the ancient Verona Arena, roughly mid-distance between the far-flung mountain, valley, and city venues that made these the most spread-out Winter Games ever.

Two-time WNBA champion Kara Braxton died after being in a car crash in Atlanta on Saturday. She was 43.

VAIL, Colo. (AP) — American skier Lindsey Vonn says she nearly lost her left leg following a frightening crash in the women’s downhill at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — They chanted “U-S-A! U-S-A!” and a few openly wept at Lake Placid's Olympic Center, the same building where the “Miracle on Ice” happened exactly 46 years earlier. In Ohio, some waved flags inside a packed bar. And in Florida, a man played baseball wearing a USA Hockey jersey.

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Whether on or off the racetrack, all Michael Jordan does is win in NASCAR. For the second consecutive Sunday to open the season, the basketball great and co-owner of 23XI Racing celebrated in victory lane with driver Tyler Reddick. This time, after a thriller at Echo Park Speedway.

ATLANTA (AP) — Jalen Johnson had 26 points and 12 rebounds, and the Hawks rallied from an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat Brooklyn 115-104 on Sunday for the Nets' fourth straight loss.

MILAN (AP) — The United States is on top of the hockey world for the first time in nearly a half-century.  Jack Hughes scored less than 2 minutes into overtime and the U.S. beat Canada 2-1 in the gold medal final at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday, earning the nation’s third men’s title at the Games and its first since the “Miracle on Ice” in 1980 — 46 years to the day of the upset over the mighty Soviet Union, too.

MILAN (AP) — U.S. hockey defender Haley Winn's three older brothers are her biggest, loudest, and most colorful fans. To say the Winn brothers have shown pride for their baby sister at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics would be a vast understatement.

MILAN (AP) — Jack Hughes had just one secondary assist at the 4 Nations Face-Off a year ago, playing wing for the U.S. instead of his usual spot at center. He's aware of the criticism and doesn't particularly agree with it.