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The owner of the St. Louis Rams plans to build an NFL stadium in Los Angeles County, boosting the chances that pro football could return to the region, according to a newspaper report.

The NHL board of governors has approved IceArizona's sale of 51 percent of the Arizona Coyotes to Philadelphia hedge fund manager Andrew Barroway.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have ended the New York Yankees' 15-year streak as Major League Baseball's biggest spenders and owe more than $26.6 million in luxury tax.

Cuba's state broadcaster has been awarded the country's exclusive television rights to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Fred Claire can see the day when Major League Baseball teams open academies for prospects in Cuba.

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by 1,300 former players against the NFL, writing that the collective bargaining agreement between the league and the union was the appropriate forum to resolve claims that teams damaged the players' by routinely dispensing painkillers.

The Milwaukee Brewers will honor outgoing baseball Commissioner Bud Selig with an interactive exhibit at Miller Park.

The NFL Players Association filed a federal lawsuit Monday for Adrian Peterson, asking the court to dismiss an arbitration ruling that upheld the NFL's suspension of the star running back.

NFL owners moved quickly and unanimously Wednesday to change the league's personal conduct policy.

NFL owners will be briefed Wednesday on potential changes to the league's personal conduct policy.

The Rays have reached a deal with St. Petersburg that would allow the team to search for new stadium sites on both sides of Tampa Bay.

Senators from both parties are urging the National Football League to get rid of a rule that bars home games from being televised in a local market if they have not sold out.

A former money manager and one-time partial owner of the New York Islanders has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for a more than half-billion-dollar financial fraud.

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has stopped the Edmonton Oilers from forcibly buying the junior league Erie Otters for $4.6 million.

When Michael Eisner was chief executive at The Walt Disney Co., the entertainment giant founded the NHL's Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and owned the Los Angeles Angels.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and players' union chief DeMaurice Smith are meeting Tuesday to discuss the league's personal conduct policy.

The NFL players' union on Thursday appealed the league's suspension of Adrian Peterson and demanded an independent, neutral arbitrator hears the case.

A Dallas Cowboys entity has sued financial personality Dawn Bennett for more than $1 million alleging she's behind on lease payments for a suite at AT&T Stadium.

A subsidiary of the Edmonton Oilers has sued the owner of the junior league Erie Otters for $4.5 million.