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Tim Tebow

Tebow (1 for 18) sent to minor league camp by Mets

Tim Tebow was reassigned by the New York Mets to their minor league camp on Tuesday after he went 0 for 4 with four ...

Honduran set for guilty plea in Florida mall bomb plot case

Court records show a Honduran man is scheduled to plead guilty in a plot to detonate a bomb in a Florida mall food court in ...

Jaylen Adams, Matt Mobley

Bonnies stun UCLA 65-58 for 1st NCAA Tourney win in 48 years

The basketball was still high in the air — flung to start the celebration — when the buzzer sounded and the Bonnies' ...

Cordarrelle Patterson, Paul Posluszny, Aaron Colvin

Paul Posluszny retires after 11 seasons with Jaguars, Bills

Paul Posluszny left the game the same way he played — with the utmost class. The veteran middle linebacker retired Tuesday ...

Ropes, phone lights used in rescue after deadly bus plunge

Lulled asleep by the humming of their Texas-bound charter bus following a trip to Disney World, members of a high school band ...

The Latest: Governors from Alabama, Texas speak after crash

The Latest on the crash of a tour bus that was returning to Texas from Disney World (all times local): 5:35 p.m.

Adrian Peterson, Jordy Nelson cut, Brees stays with Saints

Adrian Peterson's short stint in Arizona is over. Jordy Nelson long and productive stay in Green Bay has ended, too.

Florida prosecutors seeking death penalty in school shooting

Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty for the former student charged with killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman ...

Carlos Correa

Astros' Correa skipped White House visit to aid Puerto Rico

Carlos Correa skipped the Houston Astros' visit to the White House to help arrange for more relief supplies for shipment to ...

Wright out at least 2 more months; Cespedes hurt

Mets captain David Wright won't participate in baseball activities for two months because of back and shoulder issues, ...

Jake Arrieta

Jake Arrieta promising Phillies will 'fight'

Jake Arrieta put on a red No. 49 Philadelphia Phillies jersey for the first time and sent a message to his new teammates and ...

School shooting survivor: Honor victims nonpolitically

An Ohio teenager wounded in a school shooting last year says he thinks it's disrespectful to victims of the February massacre ...

Lance Lynn

Twins finalize $12M Lynn deal to further upgrade rotation

Patiently monitoring baseball's slow-moving market, the Minnesota Twins made several significant improvements to the team ...

Neil Walker

Neil Walker, Yankees agree to $4M, 1-year deal

Joining the New York Yankees caused Neil Walker to smile, despite a hefty drop in salary. The free agent infielder agreed ...

Jake Arrieta

Hunter makes his pitch, helps Phillies land Jake Arrieta

Tommy Hunter's biggest pitch for the Philadelphia Phillies came before he even took the mound for his new team. Since he ...

GOP candidate calls Parkland student 'skinhead lesbian'

A Republican Maine House candidate has used Twitter to attack two students who survived a shooting at a Florida high school, ...

Ndamukong Suh

AP source: Dolphins discuss cutting 5-time Pro Bowler Suh

The Miami Dolphins appear ready to move on without their defensive anchor. Miami is discussing releasing five-time Pro Bowl ...

Hurricane center updates Irma death toll in US, Caribbean

The death toll from Hurricane Irma's catastrophic rampage across the Caribbean and the southeastern U.S. has risen to 44 ...

1968 LA school walkout protesters see link to Parkland teens

Participants in a 1968 Los Angeles high school walkout to protest dropout rates and paddle beatings for speaking Spanish that ...

Jake Arrieta

AP sources: Jake Arrieta, Phillies reach $75M, 3-yr contract

The Philadelphia Phillies made their boldest move yet. Free-agent ace Jake Arrieta and the Phillies have agreed to a $75 ...