Houston Rockets guard James Harden has been suspended one game without pay for kicking Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James in the groin, the NBA announced on Monday (Tuesday NZ time).

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Houston Rockets star James Harden suspended a game for kicking LeBron James below the belt

Jeff McKnight, a versatile player who spent six seasons with the New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles, has died.

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Ex-big leaguer McKnight dies at 52 of leukemia

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb could take his talents elsewhere this offseason unless the two sides agree to a long-term deal this week. Cobb wasn't given the franchise designation before Monday's deadline and would become an unrestricted free agent March 10 without a new deal from the Packers. He caught 91 passes for 1,287 yards and 12 touchdowns during the regular season, mostly …

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Packers don't tag Randall Cobb

HUNTINGTON — Conference USA's regular season winner doesn't always capture the league tournament championship.

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D'Antoni: "You never know"

Anaheim Ducks general manager Bob Murray didn’t like the way his team played against certain teams. He felt Anaheim needed to get more mobile. A little more skilled and add a different element.

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Bob Murray: Anaheim makes moves to beat 'certain teams'

The Illinois State women's golf team shot a 309 in Monday's second round and sits in 11th place with a two-round total of 621 at the 40-team Kiawah Island Spring Classic at Kiawah Island, S.C. The College of Charleston leads the team competition at 588 heading into Tuesday's final round

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College Report 3/3/15: ISU golf teams both in 11th

Dayton Moore knows perfectly well how rare it was for a team as starved for power as the Kansas City Royals were last season to make the playoffs, let alone the World Series. So after the Royals were finally ousted by the San Francisco Giants in a dramatic Game 7, and the book was finally closed on their first postseason appearance in nearly three decades, the general manager started the …

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Royals banking on Morales, Rios to fuel power-starved lineup

The Minnesota Wild added two more players for the stretch run in the final hours before the NHL's trade deadline on Monday, dealing for defenseman Jordan Leopold and right wing Chris Stewart to shore up their depth. Then the Wild sent a second-round selection in the 2017 draft to Buffalo for Stewart, who had 11 goals and 14 assists in 61 games for the Sabres this season.

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Wild trade for Leopold, Stewart before NHL deadline

A total of 91 players went through the first spring football practice of the year on Monday. Ordinarily this would not be of much significance, but this was no ordinary spring football practice. This was spring football practice at Kennesaw State, the first in program history.

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Kennesaw State opened program’s first spring practice today

The Arizona Diamondbacks will wear a black patch with 'KAYLA' on it in spring training games Tuesday through Sunday in memory of Kayla Mueller, the young Arizona woman who died in captivity in Syria.

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D-backs to wear patch to honor local aid worker who died in Syria