BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Four words came to Curt Cignetti’s mind as he tried to follow along from 800 miles away the path of a tornado that was closing in on his youngest child. “What have I done?” It was April 27, 2011. Cignetti was at a function at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), where he…

A moment of silence was held before every game in Finland’s top professional hockey league Wednesday following the killing of former player Janne Puhakka over the weekend. Puhakka, a forward who spent two years with the QMJHL’s Chicoutimi Sagueneens and played professionally in Finland and France, was found shot to death in his home on…

It should not be this hard to like golf. Even if you can chuckle at a golf company putting a YouTube channel logo on a driver and charging $700, accept that the polo in the pro shop can easily cost upwards of $100, rationalize the cost and hassle of the trip to the top-tier golf…

MINNEAPOLIS — Sabrina Ionescu didn’t initially remember the details of the biggest shot of her career. She wasn’t sure how far she pulled up from or with which hand she was dribbling. But rest assured, everyone who watched the New York Liberty star’s game-winning 3-pointer with a second remaining in Game 3 of the WNBA…

NEW YORK — Shohei Ohtani hit his second postseason home run to give the Los Angeles Dodgers three late insurance runs in the 8-0 victory to give the Dodgers a 2-1 lead in the National League Championship Series. Ohtani, who entered the game 0-for-19 with no runners on base, extended his bases-empty drought by going…

Longtime majority owner Jerry Reinsdorf is open to selling the Chicago White Sox, sources briefed on the matter but not authorized to discuss it publicly told The Athletic. The 88-year-old Reinsdorf is in active discussions with a group led by former big leaguer Dave Stewart. Reinsdorf led a group that bought the White Sox for…

New England Patriots center David Andrews came back to the sideline after a drive a few years ago, content with the job he’d just done blocking for quarterback Tom Brady. Unbeknownst to Andrews, though, an image captured by cameras and shown on the sideline tablets given to NFL teams told a different story. Legendary offensive…

Now, it’s real. Six weeks of regular-season NFL action is in the books, essentially one-third of the season. Players and coaches have worked off the rust. Blaming shortcomings and disjointed performances on little to no preseason action no longer works. Of the league’s 32 teams, 13 have losing records. Another five are at .500. Some…

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Iga Swiatek, the world No. 1, has hired Wim Fissette as her new head coach. Fissette, 44, is hugely experienced and is one of the most successful and highly regarded coaches on the WTA Tour. The Belgian has coached former world No. 1 players Naomi Osaka, Kim Clijsters and Angelique Kerber to six Grand Slam…