In tentative trade for closer Wade Davis, Cubs make smart move for title defense; Eleven teams are unbeaten. Which has the best chance for a perfect season?; Fantasy football 2016: The players to add and avoid during the playoffs; Surgery for Giants’ Jason Pierre-Paul confirms Cowboys as overwhelming favorite; The Clippers’ road to elite status in the NBA West runs through the Warriors; The best and worst fantasy football matchups for Week 14; Jameis Winston or Marcus Mariota? Titans and Buccaneers both got it right.; Young and restless, Donatas Motiejunas’s soap opera with the Rockets continues; With nothing left to accomplish at Stanford, Christian McCaffrey to enter NFL draft; Jets coach ‘got tied up with a few things,’ forgot to tell QB he was benched; Rashaan Salaam remembered as a selfless player with ‘a happy heart’; Caddie dies at Dubai Ladies Masters after suddenly collapsing on the course; UFC reportedly tried (and failed) to bar Randy Couture from a congressional hearing; Can the L.A. Coliseum handle three football teams? We may soon find out.; Giants’ Jason Pierre-Paul expected to miss the rest of the regular season after surgery; Oregon reportedly set to hire South Florida’s Willie Taggart; Tim Tebow to take some cuts with the big-league Mets in spring training; Phil Jackson says no one ‘hurt or harmed’ by his comment on LeBron James’s ‘posse’; Fantasy Football Week 14: Start Malcolm Mitchell, Tom Brady’s new favorite target; NFL games with most on the line in Week 14; Chris Sale is a great addition for the Red Sox. There’s just one problem.; Wizards’ Otto Porter Jr. is playing his way into a max contract
 
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With nothing left to accomplish at Stanford, Christian McCaffrey to enter NFL draft
Running back shattered Barry Sanders's record for all-purpose yards finished second in Heisman voting last year.
Jets coach ‘got tied up with a few things,’ forgot to tell QB he was benched
An important bit of information was lost in the aftermath of a very ugly Jets loss.
 
In tentative trade for closer Wade Davis, Cubs make smart move for title defense
The deal would send 24-year-old Jorge Soler -- who didn't have a spot in the Cubs' outfield -- to the Royals.
 
Rashaan Salaam remembered as a selfless player with ‘a happy heart’
His block during the “Miracle at Michigan” said it all.
 
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Eleven teams are unbeaten. Which has the best chance for a perfect season?
Indiana was the last college basketball team to go undefeated, in 1976.
 
Caddie dies at Dubai Ladies Masters after suddenly collapsing on the course
Tournament organizers suspended play “as a mark of respect.”
 
UFC reportedly tried (and failed) to bar Randy Couture from a congressional hearing
Extending the reforms of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act of 2000 to combat sports is being examined.
 
Fantasy football 2016: The players to add and avoid during the playoffs
The fantasy playoffs are not the time for experimentation. Here's some help to get your lineup right.
 
 
Surgery for Giants’ Jason Pierre-Paul confirms Cowboys as overwhelming favorite
Key injuries are hindering the conference's other leading contenders, with the Seahawks missing Earl Thomas.
 
The Clippers’ road to elite status in the NBA West runs through the Warriors
Less than three years ago, Golden State and Los Angeles were on the same level. Wednesday the Clippers can prove they are back on that same level once again.
 
Can the L.A. Coliseum handle three football teams? We may soon find out.
Chargers have talked to Coliseum officials about possibly joining USC and the Rams for a few years.
 
Giants’ Jason Pierre-Paul expected to miss the rest of the regular season after surgery
Recovery from the groin procedure would sideline the defensive end for six weeks.
 
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The best and worst fantasy football matchups for Week 14
It could be a down week for Dak Prescott owners.
 
Jameis Winston or Marcus Mariota? Titans and Buccaneers both got it right.
The second-year quarterbacks, forever linked as the top two picks in the 2015 draft, are helping their teams win.
 
Young and restless, Donatas Motiejunas’s soap opera with the Rockets continues
The Lithuanian center refused to show up for a physical after Houston exercised its option to match an offer by the Brooklyn Nets.
 
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