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BY J.A. SCHWARTZ For the past seven seasons, the road to the Super Bowl in the American Football Conference went through Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. In each of those campaigns, Mahomes led his teammates to the Conference Championship, advancing to the Super Bowl five times. For the …

BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The Philadelphia Eagles are the defending Super Bowl champions, and will have a chance to defend their title following the 2025 season, winning the NFC East and finishing with a 11-6 record. The Eagles are one of three repeat qualifiers for the playoffs this year in the …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Macklin Celebrini had a goal and an assist, and another shootout goal to lead the Sharks to a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild Wednesday afternoon at HP Pavilion. Just hours after being announced as the youngest NHL player ever named to the Canadian Olympic team since …

BY RICK PORCARO Steph Curry put in 26 points to lead the Warriors to an impressive 120-97 win over the Orlando Magic Monday night at Chase Center. Jimmy Butler added 21 on 7-9 shooting while Moses Moody scored 20 as Golden State (15-15) outscored Orlando 62-40 in the second half …

BY HELEN LAME’ Philipp Kurashev’s second goal of the game, 1:48 into overtime, gave the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 come back win over the Colorado Avalanche Saturday afternoon at SAP Center. Bouncing back from a miserable start where they were out shot 9-0 in the early going after giving …

BY HELEN LAME’ Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin each had a goal and an assist and Tristan Jarry stopped 31 shots to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-0 win over the Sharks Saturday night at SAP Center. Crosby got the Penguins (4-2-0) on the board with his third goal …

BY J.A. SCHWARTZ On Opening Day 2024, when the Padres and Dodgers kicked off the season in Seoul, South Korea, seven of the nine players on the field for San Diego had played shortstop at some point in their careers, and most had played more than 100 games as professionals …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The Valkyries moved closer to becoming the WNBA’s first expansion team to reach the playoffs with a dominating 66-58 win over the New York Liberty Tuesday night at Chase Center. Golden State raced out to a 24 point lead mid way thru the third period before the …

BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The 106th NFL season kicks off on Thursday when the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles host their long time NFC East rivals the Dallas Cowboys in a nationally televised contest. Philadelphia, led by head coach Nick Sirianni, will seek to achieve something the Eagles franchise hasn’t done in …

BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The Kansas City Chiefs are the defending AFC Champions, having advanced to the Super Bowl for the fifth time in Patrick Mahomes’ young career following the 2024 season. Even though their quest to become the first team in league history to win three straight Super Bowls fell …