Proprietary commerce isn’t a trend. It’s the future-proof foundation of modern business. Own the data. Own the message. Own the customer. Or keep renting—and pray the rent doesn’t go up tomorrow.

T.J. McConnell, the Pacers’ longtime provider of energy and crowd exhortion off the bench, outplayed Oklahoma City’s reserve sparkplug, Alex Caruso, whose impact on games this postseason for the Thunder has been profound,

There was a moment in the second inning Wednesday when it seemed like things were about to spiral out of control for Jesús Luzardo. The Phillies left-hander had given up a historically bad 20 earned runs across his previous two starts,

The Cincinnati Bengals are insisting on including a clause in the contract of rookie first-round pick Shemar Stewart that could void his deal under certain circumstances.

Reliever Anthony Banda got the Dodgers out of a jam in the seventh and Alex Vesia closed out a 5-2 win over the Padres on Wednesday in San Diego.

UFC on ESPN 69 takes place Saturday at State Farm Arena and marks the first competition for Usman (20-4 MMA, 15-3 UFC) in nearly two years as he battles Joaquin Buckley (21-6 MMA, 11-4 UFC) in the main event. Although he's on a three-fight skid at 38 years old, Usman hasn't been deterred from the goal he's had his entire career: to be the best.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander usually dictates how things are going to go. That didn't happen in the Thunder's Game 3 loss to the Pacers in the NBA Finals.

Fittingly, Scheffler is the shortest favorite to win a major at this week's U.S. Open since 2009. Woods was a favorite of +250 or less in all four majors that year, including +175 to win the U.S. Open, according to Sportsoddshistory.com.

Dustin Johnson won the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont with a final score of 4-under par and was one of five players in the red after 72 holes that year. Nine years prior, Angel Cabrera won at Oakmont with a final score of 5-over par.

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