Sam Darnold has been traded, discarded and labeled a bust.

The Puppy Bowl this year isn't just about puppies.

The Super Bowl halftime show, lasting about 13 minutes, has sparked decades of conversation.

The New York Jets have hired former NFL and Stanford head coach Frank Reich as their offensive coordinator.

Staging future Winter Games as early as January and the Paralympic Winter Games in February is a possibility because of warmer temperatures, the International Olympic Committee says.

As Super Bowl Sunday approaches, the battle off the field for advertisers to win over 120 million-plus viewers will be just as heated as the rivalry on the field.

Shaquille O'Neal says his favorite NBA championship is the one he won with the Miami Heat in 2006.

James Harden is headed to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Stephen Curry is teaming up with LeBron James and Kevin Durant at the NBA All-Star Game.

The Boston Celtics are adding depth for the playoff run by acquiring Nikola Vucevic from the Chicago Bulls.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has turned a soccer news conference into a passionate address on the “hurt” he is feeling at seeing humanitarian tragedies around the world.

Don’t add to the regular season as well as provide well-maintained natural grass surfaces for NFL players.

The Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons got deeper by acquiring Kevin Huerter from the Chicago Bulls as the centerpiece of a four-player, three-team deal.

Jaren Jackson Jr. has been traded to the Utah Jazz in an eight-player, multiple-pick deal with the Memphis Grizzlies.

International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry has touted the Milan Cortina Winter Games as the most gender-balanced in history.

Many Minnesota-based athletes at the Winter Olympics this week have more on their minds than sports.

Olympic officials from Africa have taken their concerns about a visa program for entering the United States to leaders of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

LIV Golf is finally getting world ranking points.

Spanish figure skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate faces a major challenge just days before the Milano Cortina Olympics.

Lindsey Vonn is “confident” she can compete at the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Olympics despite the left knee injury she sustained in a crash four days ago.

Red Gerard’s family will return to the Winter Olympics to cheer him on.

Speedskater Erin Jackson and bobsledder Frank Del Duca have been chosen as the U.S. flag bearers for the Milan Cortina Olympics opening ceremony on Friday.

Australian freestyle skier Laura Peel has hurt her knee in a training camp ahead of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

Carlos Alcaraz completed a career Grand Slam of singles victories with his Australian Open title, but there was some solace for the man he defeated, 24-time Grand Slam singles champion Novak Djokovic.

Kansas standout freshman Darryn Peterson finally finished a game for the No. 11 Jayhawks.

The NFL says the federal security presence at the Super Bowl will be consistent with past games and Immigration and Customs Enforcement won't be there.

Kansas freshman Darryn Peterson scored 19 points, including two 3-pointers in the final 1:20 for his only field goals of the second half, and the 11th-ranked Jayhawks overcame a late nine-point deficit to beat No. 13 Texas Tech 64-61.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said there have been no discussions with the union about adding an 18th game to the season and said lengthening the season again was not inevitable.

The Seattle Mariners have acquired All-Star infielder/outfielder Brendan Donovan from the St. Louis Cardinals in a three-team trade with the Tampa Bay Rays.

The NFL released a statement Monday on New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch, whose name showed up more than 400 times in files released by the U.S. Justice Department regarding Jeffrey Epstein.

Senegal international Habib Diarra has scored one and made another in Sunderland’s 3-0 win over Burnley in the Premier League.

Major League Baseball will produce and distribute local broadcasts for six teams this season.

Charlotte Hornets coach Charles Lee jokingly called himself a "stupid coach" after accidentally colliding with LaMelo Ball during a game.

So much has changed in the lives of Trinity Rodman, Mallory Swanson and Sophia Wilson since winning the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Major League Baseball's average salary increased by 1.4% last year, reaching a record $4.7 million, according to the players' association.

The WNBA and the players’ union met for a few hours Monday for the first time in several weeks to try to move the stalled collective bargaining negotiations forward.

Tuskegee men's basketball coach Benjy Taylor was handcuffed after intervening in an incident involving his team and members of Morehouse's basketball and football teams over the weekend.

Arizona remains the unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll.

Track and field’s international federation says it will only support future events held by the bankrupt Grand Slam Track league once its debts from the 2025 season are settled.

Coach Sean McVay and general manager Les Snead have agreed to multiyear contract extensions to stay with the Los Angeles Rams.

Louisville moved up to sixth for its best ranking in four years in The Associated Press women’s Top 25 basketball poll.

The NFL will play its first regular-season game ever in France next season with the New Orleans Saints set to travel to Paris later this year and will also head back to Mexico City for the first time since 2022.

The Super Bowl halftime show has evolved from marching bands to a global spectacle featuring pop stars and cinematic productions.

Barry Trotz is retiring as general manager of the Nashville Predators after just under three years on the job.

The NFL says it will play more regular-season games in Madrid.

Manchester City has gone big again in the January transfer window and will hope it reaps more rewards than last year.

Maybe the game itself will live up to the hype, because Super Bowl Opening Night was calmer than usual.

Carlos Alcaraz thinks he might get a small kangaroo tattooed on one leg.

Sometimes a chicken nugget is just a chicken nugget.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Denver Nuggets 121-111.

The Rowdy Reptiles were ready for Charles Bediako.

Justin Rose doesn't get caught up in being 45.

LeBron James being an All-Star was almost a certainty for two decades.

Nikita Kucherov scored the tying goal in the third period, Jake Guentzel scored the only goal in the shootout, and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from a four-goal deficit to beat the Boston Bruins 6-5 in front of 64,617 fans at an NHL Stadium Series game.

OG Anunoby scored 25 points, Landry Shamet added 23 and the New York Knicks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 112-100 on Sunday night to spoil LeBron James’ 32nd game at Madison Square Garden.

Eugenio Suárez and the Cincinnati Reds have agreed on a $15 million, one-year contract, two people familiar with the negotiations tell The Associated Press.

Justin Rose is the first wire-to-wire winner at Torrey Pines in 71 years.

The Las Vegas Raiders are working toward finalizing an agreement to make Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak their head coach.

The long, strange trip the San Antonio Spurs faced to get home from the East Coast led to another time change for their game against the Orlando Magic.

Azzi Fudd and UConn got a measure of revenge for the team’s most recent loss, handing Tennessee the largest defeat in the history of the storied rivalry between the teams.

Nelly Korda is a winner again after the Tournament of Champions was reduced to 54 holes because of cold and wind.

The Arizona Cardinals hired Mike LaFleur as head coach, turning to a division rival’s offensive coordinator to try to pull the franchise out of the bottom of the NFC West.

The Chicago White Sox have acquired right-hander Jordan Hicks from the Boston Red Sox.

A bomb cyclone over North Carolina has forced NASCAR to reschedule its preseason exhibition to Wednesday night.

Azzi Fudd scored 27 points and Sarah Strong added 26 to help No. 1 UConn beat 15th-ranked Tennessee 96-66 on Sunday, handing the Lady Vols their worst loss in the storied rivalry.

Now that he's the youngest man to win all four major singles titles, Carlos Alcaraz is fielding questions about his chances for a calendar-year Grand Slam.

The United States is already dominating the narrative two years before the Los Angeles Olympics and five days before the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Games.

LeBron James is an All-Star again, marking his 22nd consecutive selection.

Tottenham has done fierce rival Arsenal a huge favor in the Premier League title race.

Joel Embiid had missed another game because of injury during a challenging season with the Sixers.

Novak Djokovic missed his best chance in two years of winning a record 25th Grand Slam title when he lost the Australian Open final to 22-year-old Carlos Alcaraz.

Patrick Reed’s bid for back-to-back victories on the European tour has come up just short after he was beaten in a playoff won by Freddy Schott for his first title.

World champion Franjo von Allmen dominated the last men’s World Cup downhill before the Olympics and gave troubled ski resort Crans-Montana a second Swiss victory of the weekend.

Carlos Alcaraz has become the youngest man ever to complete a career Grand Slam.

Shakur Stevenson dominated Teofimo Lopez to win a title in a fourth weight class, taking a unanimous decision to capture the WBO junior welterweight belt.

It’s go time for thousands of America’s most dogged competitors.

ESPN has finalized its purchase of NFL Network and other league digital assets after receiving approval from government regulators.

The Cleveland Cavaliers acquired guards Keon Ellis and Dennis Schroder from Sacramento in a three-team deal that sends forward De’Andre Hunter to the Kings.

Elena Rybakina is bringing her understated style back to the biggest stages in tennis.

Boxer Jarrell Miller was hit with such a good punch it knocked his hair off.

Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak interviewed for head coaching positions with the Las Vegas Raiders and Arizona Cardinals.

Free agent infielder Luis Arraez and the San Francisco Giants have agreed to a $12 million, one-year contract, according to a person with knowledge of the negotiations.

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby didn't try to fight back the tears during a tribute to the 2016 team that won the Stanley Cup.

Shohei Ohtani won't pitch for Japan in the World Baseball Classic in March.

The latest collection of government files released on Jeffrey Epstein include emails from 2003 between Casey Wasserman, the head of the Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, and Epstein’s one-time partner, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Prominent political and business leaders are named in the documents released by the Justice Department in connection with its investigations into Jeffrey Epstein.

Justin Rose delivered a performance Saturday at Torrey Pines that Tiger Woods could appreciate, stretching his lead to as many as eight shots until a few late mistakes led to a 4-under 68 for a six-stroke lead in the Farmers Insurance Open.

The worst weather has brought the best in Nelly Korda.

Nathan MacKinnon scored twice to become the league’s first 40-goal scorer this season and the Colorado Avalanche continued their dominance of Detroit with a 5-0 victory over the Red Wings.

Brandon Miller scored 26 points, Collin Sexton made all five 3-point attempts off the bench and finished with 21 points and the Charlotte Hornets held on to beat the San Antonio Spurs 111-106 to extend their winning streak to six games.

The surging Pittsburgh Penguins will have to find a way forward without longtime defenseman Kris Letang.

Paul George of the Philadelphia 76ers has been suspended for 25 games for violating the NBA's anti-drug program.

The Buffalo Bills have hired Jim Leonhard as their defensive coordinator under new head coach Joe Brady.

NASCAR has postponed the preseason exhibition race at Bowman Gray Stadium until Monday night because of ice and snow in the Winston-Salem area of North Carolina.

Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Milan to protest the deployment of ICE agents during the upcoming Winter Olympics.

Florida coach Todd Golden insists he wasn’t being disrespectful when he said “we’re gonna beat ’em anyways” while responding to Alabama center Charles Bediako’s return to college basketball.

Arsenal has powered seven points clear at the top of the Premier League after beating Leeds 4-0.

The German soccer federation has ruled out a boycott of the World Cup despite calls from within to send a message to U.S. President Donald Trump.

Madison Square Garden says anyone fighting at the arena may be “banned for life” after there were multiple altercations at one of its events.

Elena Rybakina has won the Australian Open title with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 victory over top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka that avenged her loss in the championship decider here in 2023.