Adam Zielonka

Erik Karlsson, Senators captain, announces death of unborn son

Ottawa Senators captain Erik Karlsson was scratched from Tuesday night's game after he learned and announced that he and his wife, Melinda Karlsson, had lost their unborn son.

March 21, 2018

Nationals picked by Sports Illustrated to beat Yankees in 2018 World Series

Sports Illustrated has made its official prediction for the 2018 World Series as baseball season draws nearer. The magazine picked the Washington Nationals to beat the New York Yankees.

March 21, 2018

Alliance of American Football announced as latest new football league

Several famous former NFL players and executives have come together to launch a new professional football league, the Alliance of American Football, the Associated Press reported. The league's founders plan to start playing the week after the Super Bowl in 2019.

March 20, 2018

Putin tells Russian diplomats to seek changes in international doping rules

Russian President Vladimir Putin wants his diplomats to find a way to change international rules pertaining to doping in sports. Russia was punished for widespread doping among its Olympic athletes in previous years at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang.

March 20, 2018

Trae Young, Oklahoma star freshman, will enter NBA Draft

Oklahoma freshman guard Trae Young told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski that he plans to enter the 2018 NBA Draft.

March 20, 2018

Isaac Haas may have an NCAA-approved brace built for him by Purdue engineering department

Purdue University's sports medicine team has reached out to the mechanical engineering department to see if someone there can devise an elbow brace for Purdue center Isaac Haas that would be approved by the NCAA.

March 20, 2018

Michael Bennett, new Eagles defensive end, warns Alex Smith and other NFC East QBs

Michael Bennett named new Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith as well as Eli Manning and Dak Prescott while talking a little trash during his introductory press conference with the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday.

March 19, 2018

Alex Smith’s new Redskins contract: $40 million in 2018, $71 million guaranteed

Alex Smith will receive $40 million in 2018, made up mostly of a $27 million signing bonus, as part of his four-year contract extension with the Washington Redskins.

March 19, 2018

Romanian rugby referees suspected of clearing way for their country to qualify for World Cup

World Rugby is investigating the appointment of Romanian rugby referees to a Spain-Belgium match, the outcome of which allowed Romania to qualify for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

March 19, 2018

Tyronn Lue will step away from coaching Cleveland Cavaliers to address health

Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue will step away from his job to address his health, the team announced Monday.

March 19, 2018

Chris Paul will pay any fines teammate Gerald Green receives for defending him

Houston Rockets star Chris Paul said after the Rockets' 129-120 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves that he would pay any amount of money the NBA fines Gerald Green for shoving a Minnesota player in Paul's defense Sunday.

March 19, 2018

5 weirdest bracket stats from the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament

Perhaps the best way to recap the past four days of the NCAA Tournament is to highlight the strangest facts about the 16 teams still standing and how they got this far.

March 19, 2018

Maryland women’s season ends in 2nd-round loss to N.C. State

No. 5-seeded Maryland fell to No. 4 North Carolina State and bowed out of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.

March 18, 2018

No. 2 Purdue, without Isaac Haas, outlasts No. 10 Butler in Indiana rivalry game

No. 2 Purdue became the latest team to advance to the Sweet 16 when the Boilermakers topped No. 10 Butler 76-73 Sunday afternoon, even though Purdue's center Isaac Haas did not play due to a fractured elbow.

March 18, 2018

Braden Halladay, son of Roy, sits three in one inning vs. Blue Jays

Braden Halladay, the son of deceased MLB pitcher Roy Halladay, pitched against one of his father's old teams in a spring training matchup Saturday and pitched a perfect inning.

March 18, 2018

Jordan Poole, Michigan freshman, unlikely hero with last-second winner vs. Houston

No. 3 Michigan beat No. 6 Houston 64-63 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on a last-second 3-pointer by freshman guard Jordan Poole. It was the fourth game-winning shot in the last 10 seconds of a game during the 2018 tournament.

March 18, 2018

Rory McIlroy joins Justin Thomas in criticizing golf fans’ behavior, suggests limiting alcohol sales

Rory McIlroy said one fan repeatedly yelled McIlroy's wife's name at him Saturday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando, Florida.

March 18, 2018

No. 7 Nevada pulls off stunning comeback win over No. 10 Texas in OT

Friday afternoon's slate of NCAA Tournament games concluded with an overtime thriller as No. 7 Nevada stunned No. 10 Texas. 87-83 in overtime. Texas led by as many as 14 points in the second half but could not stave off a Nevada comeback in the final minutes.

March 16, 2018

Eric Reid, NFL safety, thinks teams might be blackballing him for kneeling with Kaepernick

Free agent safety Eric Reid took to Twitter Friday to defend against a "notion" that he can sign with an NFL team "for cheap" after he participated in the anthem-kneeling protest alongside Colin Kaepernick.

March 16, 2018

Isaac Hass, Purdue center, out for rest of NCAA Tournament with broken elbow

Purdue, a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, has lost senior center Isaac Haas for the remainder of the tournament due to a fractured right elbow.

March 16, 2018