The Cleveland Cavaliers are on top of the NBA draft yet again, only this time there is no LeBron James waiting to save them. There may not even be a Kyrie Irving.

David Murphy and Adrian Beltre homered in a three-run first inning, Ross Wolf was strong in his first major league start and the Texas Rangers avoided a sweep with a 3-1 victory against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday.

Incoming freshman Nigel Williams-Goss is one of 24 players who will attend training camp for the 2013 USA Men’s Basketball U19 National Team. The camp will be held June 14-19 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Williams-Goss, a 6-3 guard, is vying for one of the 12 s

Evan Gattis kept up an amazing rookie season with his first grand slam, B.J. Upton and Ramiro Pena also homered, and the Atlanta Braves finished off a sweep of the woeful Minnesota Twins with an 8-3 rout on Wednesday.

Multiple outlets are reporting that 49ers receiver Michael Crabtree tore his Achilles tendon on Tuesday, which would mean he is likely out for the season. The injury, which the 49ers haven’t confirmed yet and for which no timetable for return is set, is a huge blow to San Fransisco. Crabtree c

(Here is today’s Mariner minor-league report). The last thing you want to do as a baseball team is overreact to a bad stretch. But the Mariners have reached a point where a few moves are necessary not just as a knee-jerk way to shake things up in the middle of a slump, but as a

The Minnesota Twins placed third baseman Trevor Plouffe on the seven-day disabled list with a concussion Wednesday after he was struck in the head by Dan Uggla's shin while breaking up an attempted double play.

Oklahoma City isn't just a place where Thunder star Kevin Durant lives these days. It's home.

The official bowl schedule for the 2013-14 season was released this morning. Here it is. To make clear, the Pac-12 bowl agreements are the same for 2013 as they were in 2012, so nothing really different at all in terms of where UW — or any other conference team — could end up. One slight

Add another accolade to Nigel Williams-Goss’ list of accomplishments. Washington’s incoming freshman was selected to Parade Magazine’s 57th annual All-America team. Williams-Goss was one of six Pac-12 players chosen to the team along with Bothell High star Zach LaVine, who is heade

A roundup of some of the top stories on the Seahawks and the NFL on a Wednesday morning. … — Here’s our lead story for the Wednesday paper on how different Russell Wilson is heading into this season than a year ago; — And our story on Josh Portis; — ProFootballTalk say

Sometimes, as in what happened this past weekend in Cleveland, there isn’t much a coaching staff or front office can do. Players are the ones who play and when they lose games because of walkoff home runs, or dropped balls, or whatever, that falls under the guise of on-field stuff and we all k