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Diego Pavia's confidence, seen by some outsiders as sheer arrogance, has taken him from a junior college in New Mexico to the Southeastern Conference and then New York as the Heisman Trophy runner-up.

Paul Skenes allowed one hit in six strong innings and Brandon Lowe homered for the third time in two games, driving in five runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates steamrolled the Washington Nationals 16-5 to begin a four-game series Monday night.

Azzi Fudd is on her way to Dallas as the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft with a $500,000 payday waiting for the former UConn star.

As the WNBA is racing through free agency, Commissioner Cathy Engelbert is already looking overseas.

Famed ESPN broadcaster Dick Vitale is facing another battle with cancer.

The Washington Wizards' season has mercifully ended. Despite a league-worst 17-65 record, Washington's coaches and staff insisted that the campaign was a success on Monday and even cited plans for a postseason push next year before they parted ways ...

The Nationals announced a pair of changes to the bullpen on Monday after injuries to relievers Ken Waldichuk and Cole Henry.

If Alex Ovechkin knows his hockey future, he is pulling off one of the all-time kayfabes -- the term for a professional wrestler playing a character -- in a script where he strings along his team, the owner, their fans and the entire National Hockey ...

Ty Gibbs has a famous last name and has spent much of his life in the spotlight, recently being unwittingly thrust into the center of a contentious court case.

NBA referee Natalie Sago thought a bad call was about to take place. A bad phone call, that is.