SALEM, N.J. – The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, as they were cycling on a rural New Jersey road briefly appeared in court Tuesday, where the judge extended the window for prosecutors to seek an indictment. The brief hearing, in which the judge granted prosecutors 30 additional…

The UFC’s greatest light heavyweight was better than the UFC’s greatest heavyweight — at least on the one night that mattered.  Jon Jones successfully defended his heavyweight championship for the first time, defeating former two-time champ Stipe Miocic via third-round TKO to cap Saturday’s UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden and tie up business that…

The Chicago Bears fired head coach Matt Eberflus on Nov. 29. DETROIT — Seconds tick down the same way. The measure of a second doesn’t change from clock to clock. “One-one-thousand,” we would say on the playground. The clock might rush you, but a clock isn’t rushed. It read 0:32 when Caleb Williams got sacked…

TAMPA, Fla. – Brandon Hagel tied an NHL record with four assists in the opening period and finished with five as the Tampa Bay Lightning cruised past the Colorado Avalanche 8-2 on Monday. Jake Guentzel scored twice while Mikey Eyssimont, Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point, Nick Perbix, Anthony Cirelli and Luke Glendening also scored for Tampa…

ATHENS, Ga. — Aaron Murray and his teammates never liked to sit around their hotel room, waiting for hours to leave for the stadium. That was the worst part. Then they would get there, kickoff would approach, the sky was dark, and the lights were on. That atmosphere was something else. “We could feel the…

LAS VEGAS – Max Verstappen returned to the Las Vegas Grand Prix as the defending winner of the Sin City spectacle and a fourth consecutive Formula 1 championship well within his reach. The Dutchman needed only to finish Saturday night’s race ahead of Lando Norris of McLaren to make it four straight for the Red…