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The Dallas Cowboys came into Sunday with plans of securing a division title and extending a lengthy winning streak. They leave Indianapolis trying to figure out what went wrong in an ugly 23-0 loss to the Colts. From the start, the game belonged to Indianapolis. On Dallas’s opening drive, Denico …

Left-arm pacer Sheldon Cottrell delivered a career best 4-28 before Shai Hope struck a half-century as West Indies crushed Bangladesh by eight wickets in their Twenty20 series opener Monday. West Indies raced to 130-2 in just 10.5 overs after Cottrell and his fellow pacers bowled out Bangladesh for 129 runs …

For Mike Shanahan and Kirk Cousins, this season could have been 2012 all over again. (John McDonnell/Washington Post) (John McDonnell/Washington D.C.) Cindy Boren Reporter covering sports, with an emphasis on politics and national stories December 17 at 1:05 PM History nearly repeated itself in the offseason, when reuniting Mike Shanahan …

Nancy Armour and Rachel Axon, USA TODAY Sports Published 1:52 p.m. ET Dec. 17, 2018 CLOSE A USA TODAY Sports investigation found that banned coaches have been taking advantage of gaping holes in a child-protection system the U.S. Olympic Committee has vowed for years to fix.USA TODAY Gerald Murphy leads …

Nick Foles will make another start for the Philadelphia Eagles after leading an upset of the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday night, coach Doug Pederson announced Monday. Dec 16, 2018; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles (9) throws a pass in the third quarter against the Los …

1. Worst-ever game for James against Wizards Last season he beat the Washington Wizards with a 57-point game, but LeBron James endured a stinker Sunday. The LA Lakers star had his worst game against the Wizards, restricted to just 13 points in a 128-110 defeat. James averages 26.9 points against …

Charles Leno Jr. proposed to his girlfriend after his Chicago Bears defeated the Green Bay Packers to clinch the NFC North division title.(Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) While the Chicago Bears were popping champagne to celebrate their first division title since 2010, another player was popping the question to his girlfriend. Bears …

The Indiana Pacers have hired Kelly Krauskopf as their new assistant general manager, making her the first woman in league history to hold the title. Krauskopf has a long history with the franchise. She spent 19 seasons as the top executive of the WNBA’s Indiana Fever and helped oversee Indiana’s …

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — If the businessmen had taken an unimpassioned look at the financial fundamentals of the football program at the University of Alabama-Birmingham on a late May day in 2015, they would have left it in the dustbin. Six months earlier, the president of the university, Dr. Ray Watts, …

“We cannot say much about it. It is part of the game, but nothing too serious. When you play Test cricket it is a long match and you have a long time so a little bit aggression is there and sometimes you react on the moment,” Shami said.     …