Source: Extra-inning, extra-runner rule to remain  —  Major League Baseball is making it permanent: In all regular-season extra-inning games, a runner will be placed on second base to begin the 10th inning, and in every subsequent extra inning after that, until a winner is determined, according to a source familiar with the situation.

Josh Hart's gritty Knicks debut garners standing ovation from MSG crowd  —  Valentine's Day came a little early for Knicks fans.  —  Josh Hart, the gritty shooting guard, won over hearts quickly at the Garden with his intensity and bravado, giving the otherwise vanilla Knicks some personality.

Shorthanded Heat come up short in 112-108 loss to Nuggets, as home streak ends  —  MIAMI — The eight-game home winning streak the Miami Heat carried into the night lately had been built against lower-tier competition.  —  That certainly was not the case Monday night at Miami-Dade Arena …

Cardinals, John Mozeliak agree on extension to lead baseball ops through 2025, per source  —  JUPITER, Fla. — The architect behind 15 consecutive winning seasons will continue to lead the Cardinals for several more years, through the construction of a modern spring training complex …

Kansas City Chiefs win the Super Bowl for the 2nd time in 4 years, beating the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 on a FG with 8 seconds left  —  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Patrick Mahomes shook off an ankle injury, turned back into a magician and pulled out another comeback on the biggest stage to help …

Padres notes: Drew Pomeranz update; club looking for starters, talking with Manny Machado ‘all the time’  —  Several pitchers in camp can earn chance to start for Padres in 2023, but team also keeping eye on outside options  —  Drew Pomeranz has been among the best relievers in the major leagues when he is healthy.

Ted Lerner, real estate magnate and Nationals owner, dies at 97  —  Theodore N.  “Ted” Lerner, a self-made billionaire developer who became principal owner of the Washington Nationals and oversaw the team's rise to prominence, capped by its victory in the 2019 World Series, died Feb. 12 at his home in Chevy Chase, Md. He was 97.

Big-spending Padres have made themselves into one of MLB's ‘haves’  —  Padres have spent money to make money, need to continue winning to make it feasible in the long term  —  The unthinkable is happening.  —  The Padres, who play in Major League Baseball's fifth-smallest media market …

NO GOOD: Nets lose your Sixers, 101-98, after Spencer Dinwiddie's buzzer-beater waved off  —  With 0.9 seconds left on the clock, and his team down three, Spencer Dinwiddie knew all he could do was catch and shoot.A pump fake would have taken too long.  —  Same for an escape dribble or a double-clutch.