The Heat were 40 for 40 on free throws, winning the game on Jimmy Butler’s 35th point (and 23rd free throw) of the game.

Smith was the first coach terminated during the annual purge at the end of the regular season.

Donovan Mitchell’s 71 points in a game this week was the top mark since 2006, but a rise in offense (and a lack of defense)…

Hamlin, a Buffalo Bills safety, was in critical condition at a hospital after going into cardiac arrest following a routine tackle.

The N.F.L. has a number of options, none of them perfect, for how to handle competition for the last week of the regular season and…

New Mexico is the last Division I men’s basketball team without a loss. But few consider it a real contender.

The soccer superstar will be paid handsomely to play in the Middle East in the twilight of his career.

Take two teams. Subtract incentive. Result: Thursday night’s game.

Take two teams. Subtract incentive. Result: Thursday night’s game.

The Mavericks rallied to beat the Knicks in overtime as Doncic rewrote the N.B.A. record books.