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Time to start the grades for Basketball, now that Football has ended.

Over the Raptors’ winning streak, VanVleet and Siakam have combined to average 74.5 points, 30 rebounds and 15.7 assists — a stretch that perfectly encapsulates the way the two have turned into one of the NBA’s most prolific duos.

The Lakers are bad.

The Big Ten/ACC Challenge got into full swing on Tuesday with a six-game slate. After the Big Ten took a 2-0 lead with wins by Illinois and Iowa on Monday,...

The Toronto Raptors have options and flexibility and the benefit of lukewarm expectations. But as the ball once again goes up in Toronto will a plan finally begin to reveal itself?

His offense was as advertised—which is to say, non-existent—but his defense was solid.

This season has been weird. Not even because of COVID, either. The first half of the season was good, not great. The pitching was phenomenal, so we didn't have to score 8 runs a game to win. DeGrom...

Your Monday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The New York Mets (21-19) are back at Citi Field to begin a seven-game homestand with four against the Colorado Rockies (18-29). The two clubs squared off at Coors Field in April, with New York taking two out of three after the opening game was snowed out. Before even playing their series opener against the Miami Marlins, the Mets announced that they would be placing Pete Alonso (sprained hand) and Tommy Hunter (lower back pain) on the injured list, bringing th...

Rookie Khalil Lee hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the 12th inning for his first major league hit after strikeouts in his first eight at-bats — a major league record — and the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins 6-5 Friday.