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The New York Mets and star closer Edwin Diaz agreed to a five-year, $102 million contact. The deal, which is pending a physical, will make Diaz the highest-paid closer in MLB history....Read More

The New York City Marathon began Sunday with around 50,000 runners from 91 countries racing through the Big Apple’s five boroughs to the finish line....Read More

Yordan Alvarez smashed a 450-foot, go-ahead homer in the sixth inning to lead the Houston Astros past the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6 of the World Series, and clinch the title Saturday at Minute Maid Park...

Ben Gordon, a former player for the Chicago Bulls, was arrested for battery on Saturday after he allegedly attacked two security guards at a McDonald’s....Read More

Nike has suspended its relationship with Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets amid an alleged antisemitism controversy....Read More

Forte assumed favorite’s role for the 2023 Kentucky Derby and Wonder Wheel for the Kentucky Oaks with victories on the first day of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland....Read More

Justin Fields and Aaron Rodgers are among UPI senior sports writer Alex Butler’s six must-start quarterbacks for Week 9 of the 2022 fantasy football season....Read More

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving said he is “deeply sorry” for hurting the Jewish community a week after he posted a link to an anti-Semitic film on Twitter and hours after he was suspended for at...

The Brooklyn Nets announced Thursday that Kyrie Irving would be suspended for at least five games after he chose not to apologize for posting a link to a film that has been viewed as antisemitic....Read More

The $6 million Classic with Flightline as the odds-on favorite tops two days of Breeders’ Cup Championship races at Keeneland....Read More