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Pitching was the key to victory for the Yavapai College softball team in its 2-0 victory over Snead State in its first game of the 2022 NJCAA Division I Softball Championship May 24 in Yuma.

A first-year head coach. A verbal sideline confrontation between two superstar teammates. A season sweep by the best team in the WNBA.

In Dallas, Steve Kerr and Jason Kidd did not want to talk about basketball. LeBron James made no effort to hide his anger. Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics, a young father, called the news “devastating."

Pavin Smith and pinch-hitter Jordan Luplow homered in a five-run sixth inning as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Kansas City Royals 8-6 on Tuesday night.

Luka Doncic had 30 points and 14 rebounds, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Golden State Warriors 119-109 on Tuesday night to avoid being swept in the Western Conference finals.

In their first tournament of the new travel ball season, the Arizona Sand Snakes softball team finished as runners-up at the Remember and Honor Pre Memorial Day tournament last weekend.

Nazem Kadri held his hand near his ear to absorb the boos from St. Louis fans after one of his three goals. He nodded several times in their direction following another.

The Miami Heat left Jayson Tatum lying on the court with a pain in his neck in the closing minutes of Game 3.

Arizona's familiarity with Zack Greinke led to a solid offensive night against the Diamondbacks' former pitcher.

The 2022 Yavapai College softball team is in Yuma for the NJCAA Division I Softball Championship and will attempt to accomplish something that only the Roughriders’ 2009 and 2011 teams have: win a national title.

Abigail Polacek, a senior basketball standout from Chino Valley High School, recently signed her letter of intent to play for Yavapai College’s new women’s basketball team next season.

Patrick Wisdom grinned as he pulled on a gray T-shirt that read SCHWISDOM across the front. Nothing more needed to be said.

Justin Thomas didn't pay attention to any score but his own Sunday in the PGA Championship, knowing he was seven shots behind but with only six players ahead of him on a Southern Hills course where anything could happen.

Stephen Curry shimmied for the TV crew, Andrew Wiggins shook Luka Doncic with a posterizing dunk and the Warriors are thinking sweep.

The Northern Arizona Wranglers Indoor Football League (IFL) team completed a three-game season sweep of the Bay Area Panthers Saturday night, May 21, in a 52-27 win at Findlay Toyota Center in Prescott Valley.

Maybe extra rest isn't such a bad thing for a racehorse after all.

Still angry over a blowout loss in Miami that cost them home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference finals, the Heat jumped to a 25-point, first-half lead over the Boston Celtics in Game 3.

Daulton Varsho drilled a two-out, three-RBI double in the 10th inning then scored on a throwing error by Andrelton Simmons to give the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-6 comeback win over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday.

Mito Pereira skidded out of control just like so many other contenders in the wind and cold of Southern Hills. He got back on course at just the right time Saturday in the PGA Championship.

Americans have bet more than $125 billion on sports with legal gambling outlets in the four years since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for all 50 states to offer it.

Anyone who has played this game for any time, realizes that distance is a big factor.

Luka Doncic didn't have another "believe" in him with the Mavericks facing a 2-0 deficit for a second consecutive series.

On a perfect day to play home run derby at Wrigley Field, the big winner was Josh Rojas. Rojas launched his first three longballs of the season and the Arizona Diamondbacks powered past the Chicago Cubs 10-6 Friday.

The Arizona Diamondbacks placed catcher Jose Herrera on the injured list Thursday without a designation, indicating a potential COVID-19 issue with the team.

FIFA intends to announce the 2026 World Cup sites during a news conference in New York on June 16.