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The Dallas Cowboys defeated Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26-24 in a Sunday Night Football thriller, giving Jerry Jones and Cowboys fans something to smile about even as their team got eliminated from playoff contention earlier in the day.

The Bengals and Eagles are among the early winners and losers. Here’s the full list from Week 16 of the NFL regular season.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) in an effort to prevent transgender women from competing in women’s college sports.

Tiger Woods’ 15-year-old son Charlie made his first ace Sunday in the PNC Championship.

Alex Karaban scored 21 points, including two late 3-pointers, and No. 11 UConn won its sixth straight game, beating Butler 78-74 on Saturday. Liam McNeeley added 17 points and Hassan Diarra 12 for the Huskies (10-3, 2-0 Big East) Andre Screen and Patrick McCaffery each scored 17 points and Pierre Brooks added 13 points for the Bulldogs (7-6, 0-2). ...

JuJu Watkins scored 25 points and No. 7 USC recovered from blowing a 18-point lead in the second half to beat Paige Bueckers and fourth-ranked UConn 72-70 on Saturday night. The game was a rematch of last season’s Elite Eight contest that the Huskies won and featured two of the best players in women’s college basketball with A...

Jackson Daly needed a moment to let it sink in after learning who the Dalys would be paired up with at the three-day PNC Championship tournament in Florida.

Athletics fans and the MLB world mourned the passing of National Baseball Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson.

Rickey Henderson, who died Friday at 65, was a one-of-a-kind MLB superstar who never will be duplicated. Monte Poole honors the Athletics legend who wasted no time putting fear into the heart’s of opposing pitchers and managers.

Vonn’s return comes after a five-year hiatus that was punctuated by a knee replacement in April.

Rickey Henderson, one of the greatest players in Athletics franchise history and a 2009 Hall of Fame inductee, died at 65.

The first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff is now down to eight squads. Here are the quarterfinal matchups, along with when and where they’ll take place.

In January of 2025, Hartford hockey will hit the 50-year milestone. We spoke with those who brought the team to Hartford all those years ago. Hockey fans in Connecticut are familiar with the Hartford Wolf Pack. Fifty years ago, it was the Hartford Whalers. Celebrations are now underway to celebrate this special milestone. When you think of the whal...