Styles make fights. Not excuses. Not agendas. As arguments for the NBA’s best big man go, what they said in those old lottery ads applies to Joel Embiid, too: You can’t win if you don’t play.

“The NBA is always trying to find ways to bring that about. Like in this game (between the Nuggets and 76ers), in a perfect world, it’s Joel Embiid vs. Nikola Jokic.” Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone said.

The Colorado Avalanche have hit a snag on its potential climb to the top of the Central Division, and the most surprising part is the biggest issue of late.

For the second time in three years, the Orediggers are looking for a new head football coach.

Ohio State was No. 1 in the final Associated Press Top 25 college football poll of the season Tuesday after beating Notre Dame for its first national championship since 2014.

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected Tuesday along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.