'You don't expect to hit a home run, but I was trying to. I was trying to hit a home run. That's probably the first time I've ever tried to do that.'

'This team has a propensity to do big things in big spots. This is an atmosphere that breeds winning.'

Suns owner Robert Sarver said he made the decision to fire Ryan McDonough 'after much thought and a long evaluation of our basketball operations.'

Instead of cannibalizing each other, SEC teams are propping each other up, buttressed by the league's quality nonconference performance.

The defending World Series champions used dominant pitching by starters Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole to open a 2-0 lead.

Paying top recruits has long been college basketball's dirty little secret, but only in a handful of cases had it been exposed.

In all, Price was charged with three runs on three hits and two walks in 1 2/3 innings -- the shortest playoff start of his career, and tied with Roger Clemens for the shortest in Red Sox postseason history.

'Florida State came in here and took control of this game. We found a way to fight back ... somehow, we gutted it out.'

The Longhorns have their first five-game winning streak since 2013 after winning the annual meeting at the State Fair of Texas.

It was the first NBA game in Seattle since the SuperSonics left for Oklahoma City following the 2007-08 season.