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NBA, FIBA moving forward in Europe

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver reaffirmed Thursday that the league, in partnership with FIBA, is pressing forward on plans to bring a new league to Europe but stopped short of making any formal announcements regarding timelines or which teams may be committed to coming aboard. Silver spoke before the Memphis-Orlando game in Berlin, the first of two NBA Europe Games on this trip; the Grizzlies and Magic play again in London on Sunday. And to Silver, even discussing the notion of the long-planned new league in Germany made a lot of sense — given that nation currently holding the World Cup ...

Life without Tomlin begins for Steelers

PITTSBURGH — Art Rooney II sensed Mike Tomlin might be ready for a change. Nineteen years doing any job is a long time, let alone in the white-hot spotlight that comes with coaching the Pittsburgh Steelers. So when Tomlin walked into Rooney’s office on Tuesday and told his longtime boss ...

AP sees only one NFL underdog getting a victory

Only one of the eight remaining starting quarterbacks in the NFL playoffs has won a Super Bowl. All-Pro Matthew Stafford led the Los Angeles Rams to a Lombardi trophy four years ago. He rallied them to a victory at Carolina last week to set up a divisional round matchup at Chicago on ...

Australian Open top seeds named

MELBOURNE, Australia — Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka were officially made the top-seeded players for the Australian Open which begins Sunday at Melbourne Park. The announcement on Wednesday comes a day ahead of the tournament draw. Two-time defending champion Jannik Sinner was seeded second, with Alexander Zverev third and 10-time champion Novak Djokovic fourth. Sabalenka, Iga Switek and Coco Gauff are the top three seeds in the women’s draw for the second consecutive year. Madison Keys returns as the defending champion and the ninth-seeded player, one of four American women ...

Feb. 9 set as start date for Pittsburgh Pirates

PITTSBURGH — For Pittsburgh Pirates fans, baseball is just around the corner, and that corner happens to be Monday, Feb. 9. That’s because that is the official opening of Major League Baseball’s spring training for the Pirates. Pitchers and catchers who are participating in the World Baseball Classic will report that day. The rest of the Pirates will report on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Other notable dates include: - Feb. 12, first workout for infielders and outfielders taking part in the WBC. - Feb. 16, first full-squad workout - Feb. 18, photo day The media will have access to the ...

The end of an era: Tomlin decides 19 seasons is enough in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH — Mike Tomlin was an unknown when the Pittsburgh Steelers plucked him from obscurity in 2007 and handed the young and charismatic Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator one of the most stable jobs in sports. Over the next 19 seasons, Tomlin wrote his own chapter with one of the ...