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Ex-Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore gets probation

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was placed on probation Tuesday for 18 months for a confrontation with his executive assistant soon after he was fired for having an inappropriate relationship with her. Moore was facing a possible sentence of up to six ...

NFL reporter Dianna Russini resigns amid photos of her, Mike Vrabel

NFL reporter Dianna Russini resigned from The Athletic less than a week after published photos of her and New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel at an Arizona resort prompted an internal investigation at The New York Times-owned sports outlet. The New York Post last week published the photos ...

Plenty of debate over who will win NHL’s top honors

For a third consecutive year, there is no clear choice for the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP, and again the debate over the importance of “valuable” comes into play. Edmonton’s Connor McDavid is on track to win the scoring race for the most points and the Art Ross Trophy, while Colorado’s ...

Spurs, Celtics chasing OKC with playoffs on horizon

LAS VEGAS — The odds indicate the true NBA Finals will be a potential Western Conference showdown between the defending champion Thunder and a Spurs team that has had its way with Oklahoma City this season. But the numbers also say as the NBA postseason begins not to count out the Celtics, ...

WNBA drafts 6 from UCLA

NEW YORK — The party isn’t over for UCLA’s national champions. The Bruins had another big celebration at the WNBA draft. Lauren Betts, Gabriela Jaquez and Kiki Rice were taken with picks Nos. 4-6 on Monday night, barely a week after helping the Bruins win their first NCAA championship. UCLA became the first team to have five first-round selections, and the first with six players selected in one draft. In a whirlwind stretch where the Bruins were feted from coast to coast, the good times hit their peak at the draft, where the best team this season took its place among the best of ...

Ex-Pirate Phil Garner dies at 76

HOUSTON — Former Pittsburgh Pirate Phil Garner, a three-time All-Star infielder who went on to manage the Houston Astros to their first World Series appearance, died. He was 76. Garner’s family issued a statement Sunday saying Garner died Saturday after a two-plus-year battle with ...