SYRACUSE — Way up at the top of the Carrier Dome, a stream of national title banners serves as a reminder of the rich lacrosse tradition here. After long, cold winters in Central New York, the Syracuse Orange would win game after game, and a new banner would eventually rise. But it’s been a while: A program with a record […]

CLUMSY Granit Xhaka has conceded more penalties for a single club than any other player since signing for Arsenal. The midfielder gave away his fourth spot-kick against Brighton on Sunday as the Gunners were forced to settle with a disappointing point. It proved costly as it meant Arsenal have missed out on a top four finish for the third successive […]

RANGERS will NOT give Celtic a guard of honour before Sunday’s Old Firm derby showdown. SunSport can reveal the Ibrox club won’t consider making the gesture to pay tribute to the eight-in-a-row Premiership champions. Teams traditionally applaud the title winners on to the pitch after they have won the league — but sources inside Ibrox say that won’t be happening […]

It was last May when Dexter Janke was released by the Calgary Stampeders, the team that drafted him. When another CFL team didn’t sign him, he switched his focus to the iced track. As we told you in a story in December, Janke had been recruited by Bobsleigh Canada a few years ago, so he went to a camp and […]

The NFL concussion settlement is at an inflection point. Tomorrow morning, at the federal courthouse in Philadelphia, a hearing is scheduled to discuss a series rules changes that were recently approved by Senior Judge Anita B. Brody, who has oversight of the settlement. Those changes, which govern one group of physicians, were supposed to be merely administrative. But three of […]

If you bet on Maximum Security to hit the board in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, don't bother holding on to the ticket to cash in after the dust settles on potential litigation involving the controversial outcome. A legal expert says that bettors who lost out on Kentucky Derby favorite Maximum Security have no recourse in cashing tickets if the […]

For a while there was at least Ryan Grigson, and that was enough. A perfectly rectangular former NFL lineman partial to tactical sunglasses and oddly shiny suits, Grigson always projected the sense that he was imagining himself as the lead in a 1990's action movie called Executive Force. In his first move as GM of the Indianapolis Colts, Grigson drafted […]

FA disciplinary beaks expect Spurs to mount a two-pronged appeal against Heung-min Son’s red card at Bournemouth. The normally-calm Korean lost his head in the shock defeat at the Vitality Stadium. Son, who had been targeted by home midfielder Jefferson Lerma, reacted after being caught by the Colombian. The Spurs man jumped to his feet and pushed Lerma to the […]

Mets broadcaster and former pitcher Ron Darling announced on Monday he has thyroid cancer. “After the removal of the mass on my chest along with further tests, I have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer,” Darling said in a statement. “My doctors have said they are optimistic that the cancer is treatable and that I would be back on air talking […]

With an infestation of bees around the infield Sunday, the Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants had their game delayed at Great American Ball Park for 18 minutes.  Reds players started running onto the field for the top of the first inning when umpires told some players to remain near the dugout. There was a swarm of bees near home plate.  The […]