BOSTON — For those who dig symbolism, let it be known that the raising of the Boston Celtics’ 18th championship banner Tuesday night began its ascent to the TD Garden rafters directly in front of the visiting team’s bench. Up, up and away went the new blanket, the crowd revving up the motors with a…

AMES, Iowa — Iowa State basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger likes to wind down at the end of a long day with … more college basketball. His wife, a former coach and WNBA player, has no problem with hoops before bed. So one night last December, the Otzelbergers tuned in to watch Seattle play Washington, where…

BOISE, Idaho – He has a sandwich named after him and a line of personalized athletic gear. He has his own trading cards and people hunting him down in hotel lobbies across the Pacific Ocean. And now Ashton Jeanty is in a chiropractor’s office on the northwest side of town, on the morning of his…

The price of entry to this year’s World Series matchup between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees could be the most expensive in recent history. As of Tuesday evening, the cheapest single tickets to Game 1 in Los Angeles and Game 3 in New York are going for around $1,100 to $1,300…

It was a night of notable goals by notable goalscorers as the Champions League returned for matchweek three. Vinicius Junior’s second-half hat-trick at the Bernabeu completed yet another Real Madrid European comeback as visitors Borussia Dortmund went from two goals up after an hour to 5-2 down by the final whistle, the Brazilian making a…

Lakers defeat Timberwolves in season opener as Bronny James makes history: Live reaction and updates LOS ANGELES — The James family made history Tuesday night with the patriarch, LeBron James, and his eldest son, Bronny, appearing in the same regular-season game, marking the first time a father-son duo shared the court in the NBA’s 79-year…

Dusty Baker remembered the games. Not the ones that Fernando Valenzuela would bend to his will like his signature screwball, but the moments in between. The precocious left-hander’s skills went beyond the iconic windup he taught himself on mounds in a small Mexican town named Etchohuaquila. Valenzuela could hit so well that he remained parked…

By Dianna Russini, Nate Taylor and Joe Rexrode The Kansas City Chiefs are working to acquire wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins from the Tennessee Titans, league sources said Wednesday, a move that would bolster the defending Super Bowl champions’ injury-plagued receiving corps with a five-time Pro Bowler. Tennessee would receive a conditional draft pick — a…

On Sunday night, New York Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello proclaimed with exuberance that her team’s WNBA championship was one for the history books. The Liberty had just outlasted the Minnesota Lynx in a must-win Game 5 overtime for their first title in the franchise’s 28-year history. It also marked the first major professional basketball…

The one man who cannot lose this World Series sat at home, watching the playoffs unfold when a friend forwarded an online post that gave him a shock. “Because I’m with the Yankees now, I completely forgot,” said Taylor Trammell, a 27-year-old Yankees minor-league outfielder who appeared in five games this season for the big…