The Cleveland Cavaliers are legit, and the defending NBA champions now know it, too. Kevin Love scored 25 points, Cedi Osman added 23 and the Cavs pulled off their most impressive win in what’s become a turnaround season, 115-99 over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night. “This is not the Cleveland we knew over the past few years,” Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo said.

A ruthless Ashleigh Barty swept into her first Australian Open final on Thursday with a clinical, straight-sets demolition of Madison Keys to set-up a title match with the hard-hitting Danielle Collins.

Coach Rick Barnes said a joke about guard Zakai Zeigler’s height helped touch off a small postgame altercation between Tennessee and Florida.

Former 49ers coach Mike Singletary says that he once vetoed a trade that would have sent Ben Roethlisberger from Pittsburgh to San Francisco. Singletary told Dan Pompei of TheAthletic.com that the 49ers and Steelers had a deal that would have resulted in Roethlisberger going to San Francisco, but Singletary vetoed the deal. According to Singletary, [more]

Kwesi Adofo-Mensah was hired by the Minnesota Vikings as their GM after spending two seasons with the Cleveland Browns as VP of football operations.

Rafael Nadal is two matches away from getting the jump on golden era rivals Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer to become all-time Grand Slam leader as the Australian Open gets down to the last four on Friday.