PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - In a span of just 48 hours, LaMarcus Aldridge resigned himself to thumb surgery, reversed himself and decided to play through the pain, then led the Portland Trail Blazers to victory over the Washington Wizards.''He...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Not that they did before, but it's official now: No one wants to get in front of Shea Weber's shot. The Nashville Predators defenseman fired the hardest shot of 108.5 mph at the NHL All-Stars skills...

RENTON, Wash. (AP) - For all the importance placed around finding the right quarterback, the trade that brought Marshawn Lynch to Seattle part way through the 2010 season could be considered the most important transaction Pete Carroll made in...

MIAMI (AP) - Dwyane Wade knows making an obscene gesture toward fans was wrong, and merited the $15,000 fine that the NBA hit him with.But the Miami Heat guard also wants the league to help players avoid those situations.Wade...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The World Cup of Hockey will be making a long-awaited return in 2016.The tournament will feature eight teams with the games played in Toronto before NHL training camps.NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHL Players' Association...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - The Chicago Bears have hired Dowell Loggains as quarterbacks coach and Glenn Pires as linebackers coach.The Bears announced the moves on Friday, making Loggains and Pires the latest additions to new coach John Fox's...

SACRAMENTO (101)Gay 0-5 0-0 0, Williams 2-5 5-6 9, Cousins 9-19 10-11 28, Collison 6-13 2-2 15, McLemore 3-9 0-0 7, Stauskas 4-5 2-2 11, Miller 3-8 6-7 13, Casspi 1-2 2-2 4, J.Thompson 1-3 0-0 2,...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Edmonton Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins didn't have to wait this long the last time he was drafted. Nashville Predators rookie forward Filip Forsberg suddenly has another new car to go with the Jaguar he just...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Bill Kollar, who has 26 years of experience coaching defensive lines in the NFL, is the Denver Broncos' new D-line coach.Kollar spent the last six seasons in Houston, five of them under new Broncos head...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - As he has done with everything else in his meteoric rise to NBA stardom, Anthony Davis is taking his first All-Star start in stride.Davis drew more than 1.3 million votes from fans in totals announced Thursday...