National Sports

CHICAGO (AP) — Even with significant off-field baggage, Jameis Winston was the first pick in the NFL draft Thursday night. With no such issues, Marcus Mariota went second. You don’t pass up a potential franchise quarterback...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Manny Pacquiao has been an inspiration for millions of Filipinos not just as a boxer, but as a philanthropist. As a politician, not so much. The country’s biggest individual taxpayer in 2013,...

CHICAGO (AP) — Three teams showed no fear of behavioral baggage accompanying some prospects in the NFL draft’s first round. The rest were more reticent. Tampa Bay believes it found its franchise quarterback at the top...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Bob Baffert was a big-shot quarter horse trainer when he took his cowboy hat and scuffed boots to the high-class world of thoroughbred racing. He gave himself three years to make a...

The most-anticipated fight of all time. The best-known horse race. The premier baseball rivalry. The NFL draft. And those are just the highlights. Super Saturday — perhaps a day unlike any other in the history of...

IRVING, Texas (AP) — There is a good chance the Big 12 championship game will be making a comeback as soon as 2016. Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said he believes the conference will move toward having a...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — George Foreman was fighting Evander Holyfield for the heavyweight title, and anyone wanting to watch it in April 1991 had to plan ahead. It was the night boxing pay-per-view was born. But...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas prosecutors declined Wednesday to bring felony charges against Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle following a domestic disturbance at a hotel in Wichita, saying they concluded after reviewing the extensive police...

BALTIMORE (AP) — With rubble and debris looming nearby, and tempers still smoldering in riot-torn Baltimore, the Orioles played a baseball game on Wednesday. This wasn’t for the fans, because there weren’t any at Camden Yards....

BALTIMORE (AP) — No vendors will be selling peanuts or Cracker Jack. No one will be there to root, root, root for the home team — or any team. The old ballgame won’t be anything like...