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Neither cancer nor advancing age can keep Benny Wasserman from going up against 90 mph pitches and circling the bases on field of dreams.

Billy Packer, a longtime college basketball broadcaster who covered 34 Final Fours for NBC and CBS, died Thursday night. He was 82.

Flightline wins two Eclipse Awards as Horse of the Year and top Older Dirt Male. Epicenter beats Taiba for best 3-Year-Old Male and Todd Pletcher is top Trainer.

Elena Rybakina advanced to the Australian Open finals with a win over Victoria Azarenka. She will face Aryna Sabalenka, who beat Magda Linette in the semifinals.

Outside linebacker Jessie Lemonier, who appeared in 13 games for the Chargers and Detroit Lions in a brief NFL career, has died. He was 25.

U.S. Soccer announces the departures of sporting director Earnie Stewart and GM Brian McBride. The men’s team hasn’t replaced coach Gregg Berhalter.

UC Irvine’s Jenika Davis is undergoing chemotherapy after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Her teammates are searching for a blood stem cell donor.

Quarterbacks Jalen Hurts and Brock Purdy combined for 11 touchdowns when they played for Oklahoma and Iowa State, respectively, and matched up in 2019. On Sunday, they battle for a Super Bowl berth.

Los Angeles Times NFL beat writer Sam Farmer doesn’t forecast a Super Bowl LVII matchup between the top seeds in the NFL playoffs. The winners will be...

Brandon Vazquez scored to lead the USMNT, with seven starters making their international debuts, but the Americans lost 2-1 to Serbia.

Jalen Hurts, Joe Burrow and Patrick Mahomes are in the running for MVP, as the Associated Press announced the finalists for its 2022 NFL awards.

Tommy Paul will face Novak Djokovic in his first Grand Slam event semifinal after ending the surprising run of Ben Shelton at the Australian Open.