The recent retirements of three of the game’s best 30-and-under stars – Gronkowski, Luck and Kuechly – could be coincidence or the start of a worrisome trend.Associated Press file photo…
A mural of the late Kobe Bryant is seen on a building near Staples Center, Tuesday, in Los Angeles. Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became…
MIAMI – Jerry Izenberg can still write, as anyone who reads his columns in the Star-Ledger in New Jersey knows. Just the other day he wrote a good one about…
League has four minority head coaches among 32 teams
The New York Jets finished the season with a league-high 21 players on injured reserve and had so many other injuries the organization is studying every step from practice to…
Indoor world championships pushed back until 2021
Baker has won NL Manager of the year three times
Austria’s Marco Schwarz speeds down the course during an alpine ski men’s World Cup slalom on Tuesday in Schladming, Austria.Giovanni Auletta/Associated Press VIENNA – Austria’s best chance for a slalom…
Nadal fails to reach semifinals for first time since 2018
ENGLEWOOD – The Denver Broncos have hired former sports agent Rich Hurtado as the team’s new lead contract negotiator, completing general manager John Elway’s major shakeup of his personnel department.…
Skyhawks softball, lacrosse picked to finish in bottom half of RMAC
CALABASAS, Calif. – The bodies of Kobe Bryant and three other people killed when a helicopter smashed into a foggy Los Angeles-hillside have been identified, the Los Angeles County coroner’s…
Romania’s Simona Halep celebrates after defeating Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia.Dita Alangkara/Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia – A pair of…
Durango’s Austin Albrecht grabs hold of Bloomfield’s AJ Garcia in a 182-pound division match during Tuesday’s wrestling duals at Hermosa Middle School in Farmington. Durango competed against Bayfield and Farmington…
Denver goes down big early, never recovers
Canadians claim women’s competition
LOS ANGELES – The Church in the Canyon was holding its standard Sunday school program this week when the shocking sound of a helicopter crashing into the hillside directly across…
Shaquille O’Neal tearfully said Tuesday he never could have imagined anything like Kobe Bryant’s death, remembering his former teammate as a great player whose kids called him “Uncle Shaq.” “The…
Fans grieve together around globe
SCHLADMING, Austria – Henrik Kristoffersen overcame a big mistake in his final run to win a men’s World Cup night slalom on Tuesday, strengthening his lead in the overall and…
New QB coach will work with Lock during development
Rest needed after busy week
CALABASAS, Calif. – The pilot of the helicopter that crashed near Los Angeles, killing former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant and eight others, told air traffic controllers in his last radio…
MELBOURNE, Australia – Ash Barty is a step closer to ending a four-decade drought for Aussies at the national championship. Top-ranked Barty saved set points in the 11th game and…
MIAMI – Chants of “Kobe! Kobe! Kobe!” broke a moment of a silence that kicked off a more subdued Super Bowl media night. The NFL opened the most hyped week…
Top seven remains unchanged for first time this season
Race was scheduled for Feb. 23-March 1
LOS ANGELES – The chants rose in the plaza across from Staples Center. “Kobe!” and “MVP! MVP!” They came from hundreds of fans gathered to mourn the death of Kobe…
DENVER — There was left-hander Kyle Freeland discussing his new, pause-free delivery. And there was shortstop Trevor Story hinting at agreeing to a $27.5 million, two-year deal that he really…
