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  • Alysa Liu is the youngest U.S. ladies’ champion ever, defeats Bradie Tennell

    Alysa Liu holds her medal after winning the women’s title during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. DETROIT – She began by landing the first of her two planned triple Axels to open a combination, followed by a double toe loop. “I still have every single other jump in the program,” Liu said.

  • P.K. Project Ep. 1: Subban’s family shows no mercy in his return home

    In the first episode of NBC Sports’ new series, The P.K. Project, P.K. Subban goes home to Ontario for the first time in four months to visit with his family, where he’s just Uncle P.K.

  • Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes recreates no-look pass to Robinson

    Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes reveals the secret to his special no-look pass to hit Demarcus Robinson in stride for his historic gain against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 14 of the 2018 season. The pass turned out to be a key play, as it moved the Chiefs to midfield with 1:30 left in the half, allowing them to eventually kick a field goal. Chiefs coach Andy Reid has seen a lot of passes during his long career, but even he marveled at Mahomes’ accuracy on this no-look pass.

  • Whiskey the Whippet Wins Best in Show at 17th Annual National Dog Show

    Whiskey the Whippet won Best in Show at the 17th Annual National Dog Show Presented by Purina on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, claiming the throne from last year’s winner: Newton the Brussels Griffon. “I think [he’s] an outstanding example of what the ideal Whippet would look like,” Whiskey’s handler Justin Smithey said of the dog he raised himself. The Doberman Pinscher won the Working Group, the Chesapeake Bay Retriever won the Sporting Group, the Wire Fox Terrier won the Terrier Group, the Pembroke Welsh Corgi won the Herding Group, the Lhasa Apso won the Non-Sporting Group and the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel won the Toy Group.

  • Shiffrin’s best season also brought the most anxiety

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  • Mikaela Shiffrin’s best season also brought the most anxiety

    An unfamiliar feeling came over Mikaela Shiffrin at the first slalom of this past season, about one minute before she would push out of the gate as the last racer in the final run. “Oh my gosh, I’m going to throw up,” Shiffrin recalled last week of a World Cup stop in Levi, Finland, on Nov. 12. Shiffrin had never thrown up at a competition.

  • Brussels Griffon wins Best in Show at National Dog Show

    The Brussels Griffon has won Best in Show at the 2017 National Dog Show presented by Purina.

  • Joe Girardi will not return as Yankees manager in 2018

    David Kaplan of NBC Sports Chicago reports that Joe Girardi will not return as manager of the New York Yankees next season. After the initial report, Girardi himself issued a statement saying “With a heavy heart, I come to you because the Yankees have decided not to bring me back,” making it clear that it was the Yankees’ call, not his own. Girardi, whose contract is expiring, met with the Yankees yesterday to discuss his future with the club.

  • Wayne Simmonds' hat trick lifts Flyers to season-opening win

    Not only do the Flyers finally know the way to San Jose, but they now also know the best mode of transportation to get here and to get the job done. The “Wayne Train” delivered the cargo as he became the first Flyer in franchise history to score a hat trick on opening night. Two of those were vintage Simmonds parking the caboose in front of the goaltender and redirecting shots from the point.

  • Phil Mickelson takes selfie with Presidents Obama, Clinton and Bush

    Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton were on hand Thursday at the Presidents Cup.

  • Flyers' Simmonds to anthem critics: 'Stop focus on kneeling,' focus on 'bigger issues'

    VOORHEES, N.J. —​ Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds spent a good portion of his Wednesday night watching the nonstop CNN coverage regarding race relations in the United States and how the politicization has worked its way into the arena of sports centered around kneeling during the national anthem. “All anyone wants to talk about right now is why they’re kneeling,” Simmonds said. “And if you’re disrespecting the Army or the national anthem or whatever it might be.

  • Officer body checks fan at Road World Cycling Championships

    A man dressed as a police officer leveled a fan at the Road World Cycling Championships men’s time trial in Bergen, Norway, on Wednesday.

  • Japan golf event suspended after N. Korea missile launch

    The second round of the Japan Golf Tour’s ANA Open was temporarily suspended after North Korea fired a ballistic missile over the country. According to reports, the missile, the second North Korea has fired over Japan airspace, reached an altitude of 470 miles and travelled 2,300 miles before landing in the Pacific Ocean. Griffin was also quoted in the Herald Sun as saying, “We woke this morning to an alert text message that said North Korea had launched a ballistic missile.

  • Episode 1: Welcome to Draftsville

    In episode one of this Friday Night Lights parody, watch as Coach Larry Stanton deals with week one fantasy football pressures from the fine folks of Draftsville.

  • Lewis Hamilton breaks F1 pole record in Italian Grand Prix qualifying

    Lewis Hamilton has become the all-time record holder for Formula 1 pole positions after topping qualifying for the 69th time in his career in a crazy, three-hour long session ahead of the Italian Grand Prix on Saturday afternoon. After tying with Michael Schumacher’s record for 68 poles last weekend at Spa, Hamilton moved clear in style by finishing 1.1 seconds ahead of the field at the end of a bizarre session at Monza. All drivers took to the track on full wet tires, but they were not enough to keep Romain Grosjean pointing in the right direction as he aquaplaned while applying the throttle on the main straight and spun into the wall.

  • Scouting horses just like scouting NFL players

    The process of finding a horse that could eventually become a star is actually very similar to what an NFL head coach and general manager experience at the yearly NFL scouting combine.

  • Norwegian hurdler's reaction to winning world title goes viral

    Warholm, a 21-year-old from the harbor town of Ulsteinvik, was the surprise champion on a chilly, rainy Wednesday evening at the 2012 Olympic Stadium in London. Warholm prevailed in the slowest winning time in world championships history — 48.35 seconds — by leading essentially from the gun and holding off Olympic champion Kerron Clement. Karsten Warholm of Norway realizes he’s just won the gold medal.

  • PGA Championship moving to May in 2019; Players to March

    The date switch has been rumored for months, and reportedly could be discussed by PGA of America officials this week at Quail Hollow. A move to May would also include The Players Championship shifting back to March, when the tournament was played prior to 2007. PGA of America CEO Pete Bevacqua explained in June that the organization’s analysis of a possible date change accelerated last year amid discussions with the PGA Tour.

  • Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins raps Hamilton song

    Kirk Cousins might not seem like a rapper at first, but when he gave it a shot at Redskins training camp, well, he confirmed that perception. During a mic’d up practice, Cousins was heard rapping a song from the Broadway musical Hamilton. By the end, Cousins was talking about trying to see the show when it comes to the Kennedy Center in Washington.

  • Warriors guard Stephen Curry to play in pro golf event

    The two-time NBA MVP is competing on TheWeb.com Tour in the Ellie Mae Classic on an unrestricted sponsor exemption.