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MILLER CITY — When a game gets tight, players often huddle around their coach and look for direction.

CLEVELAND — Taylor Swift’s boyfriend has taken shaking it off to another level.

CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers have thrived with Donovan Mitchell in their lineup. They’ll have to survive without him for a while.

COLUMBUS — Ohio State opened up its spring session on Tuesday with the first of 15 practices as it prepares for the 2024 season.

Houston still has a tight grip on No. 1 in the AP Top 25.

Stanford and Iowa jumped up behind top-ranked South Carolina in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll as the top 10 got a shuffle on the eve of conference tournaments and Fairfield cracked the rankings for the first time in school history.

COLUMBUS — Alexander Nylander posted his first career hat trick, Daniil Tarasov made 37 saves and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Vegas Golden Knights 6-3 on Monday night, posting back-to-back wins for the first time in more than three months.

INDIANAPOLIS — The NFL scouting combine’s evolution from hidden gem into the league’s second-most anticipated offseason event has come with all sorts of twists.

Last Friday’s game between the Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals had the potential to upend not only the playoff race in the Eastern Conference but the NHL trading market with the deadline coming up fast.

ENGLEWOOD — Two years ago, Russell Wilson exuberantly declared he intended to play a dozen years in Denver and double the trio of Lombardi Trophies in the Broncos’ lobby.