It was Sophocles, the Greek tragedian, who said, “I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.” Read more

The Red Sox are in need of a new fifth starter. Read more

BALTIMORE — The celebration was almost muted Thursday night, as it had been the week before, when a playoff berth was clinched with a month left in the season. The Ravens were AFC North champi… Read more

The Yankees got a bargain last year when they signed Brett Gardner to a reduced contract and brought him back as a fourth outfielder and veteran presences to help a young clubhouse. With injur… Read more

Former NBA commissioner David Stern underwent emergency surgery Thursday for what the league described as “a sudden brain hemorrhage.” Read more

The Justice Department charged 10 former NFL players with defrauding a health care program for retired players of nearly $4 million, according to court documents. Read more

It’s easy to be appalled now, after more than a decade has passed, and the coach is long gone. But what would you have thought back in July 2008? Read more

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – With kicker Nick Folk coming back after having an appendectomy, the Patriots brought in some insurance on Wednesday. Read more

INDIANAPOLIS — The Pacers were hoping to use their superior size to pound out a win Wednesday night, but the smallest Celtic starter nearly foiled their plan. Read more

FOXBORO, Mass. — Being the subject of a league investigation for a rule violation is not what any head coach is looking for. Read more

The Red Sox can’t be this lucky, can they? Read more

PHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump will travel to Philadelphia to attend the Army-Navy game at Lincoln Financial Field for the second year in the row. Read more

SAN DIEGO — Xander Bogaerts has had a little more time to himself this offseason, and he has at least used some of it in the same way that Red Sox fans have: Ponder about the uncertainty facin… Read more

SAN DIEGO — With Sandy Leon gone and Christian Vazquez the only remaining catcher on the roster, the Red Sox have an obvious need for a backup at the position — and they have plenty of options… Read more

FOXBORO, Mass. — If you build it, they will come. Read more

BOSTON — One of the questions the Celtics faced entering the season was whether they could deal with talented big men up front. Read more

The Yankees have agreed to sign starter Gerrit Cole to a record-breaking 9-year, $324 million contract, according to Jon Heyman of MLB Network. Cole will receive $36 million per year in New Yo… Read more

AJ Dillon, Boston College’s all-time leading rusher, has declared for the NFL Draft and won’t play in the Birmingham Bowl game against Cincinnati. Read more

The Dallas Stars fired hockey Coach Jim Montgomery for “unprofessional conduct” Tuesday, ending his second season behind the bench. The team did not disclose exactly why Montgomery was dismissed. Read more

SAN DIEGO — The Washington Nationals, weeks removed from winning their first World Series title, arrived at baseball’s winter meetings Sunday facing crucial decisions. Stephen Strasburg and An… Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Before every Kentucky home game this season, a short film titled “All Roads” and narrated by Tom Hammond plays on Rupp Arena’s video screens. “All roads lead to Lexington …,” … Read more

FOXBORO, Mass. — Hallmarks of past Patriot defeats were speckled all over Sunday’s game against the Chiefs. Read more

Holy mother of Pop Warner, look at the 13 affected souls on the College Football Playoff selection committee. They look quite probably stuck with the crummiest tickets in the whole six-season … Read more

Figure skating costumes are such ludicrous contrivances that Johnny Weir once likened his competitive get-up to “an icicle on coke.” It should not have to be stated that Holocaust concentratio… Read more

The International Skating Union said in a statement Monday that an outfit worn by a Russian figure skater, which included elements associated with the Holocaust, was nominated "by error" for a… Read more

The road to the Super Bowl in the AFC no longer goes through Foxboro, Mass. Not at this point, at least. Read more

Because the repercussions of gun violence, both on community and individual levels, is a cause that is close to the heart of Golden State Warriors Coach Steve Kerr, he recently hosted the moth… Read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Now comes the time for the pain, rejection and resentment that help make college football so bloody fetching. There's newfangled pain at Alabama, phony pain at Clemson and t… Read more

Terrelle Pryor and his girlfriend were charged after the former NFL player was stabbed in an incident that left Pryor hospitalized and Pittsburgh police describing the pair as “mutual combatants.” Read more

As Auburn’s Tigers celebrated their Iron Bowl win Saturday, Alabama’s players trudged off knowing that they had made history — and not the good kind. Read more

More than any other sport, college football allows us to participate in a treasured human exercise — that of the premature argument, wherein we get to argue about things before it's really tim… Read more

The Boston Celtics don't need to face Kyrie Irving to be certain that they are over him. Read more

While the number of municipalities planning exchange programs with countries and regions participating in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics has steadily increased to 464, only 38 of thos… Read more

The Arena Football League, the indoor league known for its funky teams, high scoring games and chronic instability, folded Wednesday, less than a month after closing local business operations … Read more

Two weeks ago, Sam Darnold, quarterback of the 2-7 New York Jets, was discussing his team's playoff hopes. Read more

The World Anti-Doping Agency executive committee will vote next month on a recommendation that could ban Russia from international competition for the next four years, a span that would includ… Read more