Author: Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY

The West is set up for a frantic race for the No. 8 seed, with six teams in contention and eight games to decide who gets the final playoff spot.

The Marlins decided as a team to play Sunday at Philadelphia after learning their starting pitcher and two other players tested positive for virus.

Several players who would not have been at full strength had the playoffs proceeded as normal are returning to key roles for their teams in Orlando.

A study calculated that 84 was the maximum number of hot dos one person could eat in 10 minutes. Joey Chesnut recently ate a world record of 75.

Boston Celtics players surprised Kara Lawson by her by wearing Duke Blue Devils women’s basketball T-shirts before she left for her new job.

A week after the discontinuation of the “Golic and Wingo” morning radio show, longtime host Mike Golic has found another role at ESPN.

Kara Lawson, a Boston Celtics assistant and former WNBA All-Star, becomes first Black head coach in the Duke college basketball program’s history.

Charles Barkley said the sports world’s focus on social justice statements is becoming a distracting “circus” that doesn’t produce real change.

Sen. Josh Hawley wrote letter to NBA commissioner Adam Silver calling on league to support police, U.S. military and Hong Kong protesters on jerseys.

Concerns of potential match-fixing on Ukrainian table tennis events prompted New Jersey to suspend betting on the sport.