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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There was a moment during practice last week, while the Kansas City Chiefs were prepping for their AFC title game against Tennessee, that caused linebackers coach Matt House to seek out defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo. It had to do with pass rusher Terrell Suggs, and it …

It would have been difficult to predict more than two decades ago that Kellie Harper would one day carry on the famous but erstwhile college basketball rivalry that Pat Summitt, her late mentor at Tennessee, unceremoniously canceled. Yet in hindsight, it made perfect sense that when Tennessee arrived in Hartford …

The win sees Owen Coyle’s side leapfrog Jamshedpur into the sixth spot, three points shy of fourth-placed Odisha FC. The Men of Steel, on the other hand, have been dealt a massive blow, sliding down the leaderboard. The home side made an energetic start to the game and made it …

The Chiefs, improbably, trailed only 14-10 at halftime as the football world wondered if there might be an upset brewing. Retreating to their locker rooms inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, where there were around 35,000 empty seats, the teams took their halftime break. Remarkably, Hank Stram, the Chiefs coach …

NEW YORK – The NFL released data Thursday afternoon that showed reported concussions in 2019 increased slightly from the previous season. League executives, however, expressed optimism about what they called “a new benchmark” in concussion frequency, based on an overall trend of reductions from the 2017 season. There were 224 …

FILE PHOTO: Ottawa Senators’ Marc Methot (L) collides with Montreal Canadiens’ Raphael Diaz during the third period of their NHL Eastern Conference quarterfinal hockey game in Ottawa May 7, 2013. REUTERS/Blair Gable Former NHL defenseman Marc Methot told TSN Radio Ottawa 1200 on Thursday that he is unlikely to play …

Perhaps ever. The hype surrounding Williamson built and built during his single year at Duke University as video clip after video clip of him dunking on unfortunate opponents went viral. Williamson unfortunately injured himself in the preseason and necessary surgery kept him out for the start of the season. As …

The Kansas City Chiefs snapped a 50-year Super Bowl drought when they defeated the Tennessee Titans for the AFC Championship and will have a matchup with the San Francisco 49ers on Feb. 2. The Chiefs hadn’t been to the Super Bowl since Super Bowl IV, when the Len Dawson-led team …

The NCAA will permit athletes to be paid for training expenses by the U.S. Olympic Committee and other national governing bodies By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer January 23, 2020, 4:28 PM 3 min read ANAHEIM, Calif. — The NCAA will now permit elite athletes to be paid …

As a 15-year-old, Gauff still must play a restricted schedule, although the WTA Tour is considering making some adjustments to its rules without abolishing restrictions. The focus in the off-season, according to Corey Gauff, was on polishing Coco’s technique and footwork. He said she had grown an inch, to 5-foot-10. …