The Golden State Warriors beat San Antonio 97-87 in overtime to even their Western Conference semifinal series at two games apiece.

It's absolutely ridiculous to have millions of people at home watch, in high-def clarity, a base runner's foot reach first base a step before the throw, and yet have no mechanism to overturn an umpire's out call.

Willson fell to the Seahawks in the fifth round, but general manager John Schneider said Willson tested the second best of all the tight ends in the draft.

While the fight by the Chris Hansen group to buy the Sacramento Kings is admirable, this process has emphasized one lesson: It's so insanely difficult to get a professional sports franchise back.

The owners of the Sacramento Kings have agreed to a backup deal to sell 20 percent of the team to the Seattle ownership group.

It was a scenario seen innumerable times before from the Mariners, one their manager steadfastly believes they're eventually going to conquer...

His spirits down, his left ankle limp and his team's season hanging in the balance, Stephen Curry wondered whether he could recover for the biggest game of his career until a text message popped up on his phone around 2 a.m. Saturday.

The blog entry last week on how much the Seahawks ran the read option last year — based on stats from ESPN — prompted a further response from an ESPN NFL Research Specialist, Jason Vida (on Twitter at @ESPNStatsInfo). Vida wrote that it was indeed correct that the Seahawks ran the majori

Nearly unbeatable at Safeco Field, Joe Saunders calls his home-road dichotomy "hard to explain," but expects to start pitching well on the road.

Miami manager Mike Redmond had seen enough of Wade LeBlanc in his rotation and wanted a fresh look. So he went with rookie Tom Koehler, who pitched well enough to win had the Marlins given him a modicum of run support.

Megan Goethals won the women's 5,000 and UW teammate Kasen Covington won the men's triple jump at the Pac-12 championships.

Brandon McCarthy had his best outing of the season, putting himself in position to win for the first time since a horrific head injury last year.

Fredi Gonzalez left the Atlanta Braves for two games following a series-opening victory at San Francisco to attend his daughter's college graduation in Georgia.

The San Antonio Spurs are heading home against the Golden State Warriors with the Western Conference semifinal tied at two games apiece.

With all the ups and downs in recent seasons, including his demotion to the bullpen for the playoffs, Tim Lincecum can appreciate the strong starts when most everything goes right - reminding himself, from his own experiences, how quickly things change.

The suggestion that he's a flopper drew a grin as wide as his wingspan from LeBron James.

Lennay Kekua, meet Matthew Stafford. "He's still a very good young player," wrote NFL.com's Gregg Rosenthal after the Lions QB plummeted...

Jaime Garcia got rocked again by Colorado and fell well short of giving the St. Louis Cardinals three straight pitching gems.

For a split second, Lucas Duda's sharp grounder looked as if it was going to lift the Mets out of their doldrums.

Ryan Howard looped a two-run single to right field in the 10th inning after Philadelphia scored twice in the ninth to tie it, lifting the Phillies to a 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.