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The NHL called it "stupid and ignorant." Flyers winger Wayne Simmonds said he's "above this sort of stuff." A banana was thrown from the stands in London, Ont., on Thursday night as Simmonds was skating toward Detroit goalie Jordan Pearce during a shootout in an exhibition game.

Miami Heat star LeBron James said on Sunday that he will joining the star-studded exhibition game set to happen in Baltimore on Tuesday.

A bench-clearing brawl at an exhibition game between American and Chinese basketball teams Thursday marred the orchestrated harmony of U.S.

Vice-President Joe Biden's visit to China.

Manny Ramirez hits a homerun during a spring training exhibition game against the Florida Marlins at Charlotte Sports Park.

Even the old guy found something new in the young Americans' debut. "First time I've been in the Garden and the people have been cheering for me," Chauncey Billups said.

Seattle Mariners pitcher Cliff Lee has been suspended for the first five games of the regular season for throwing a pitch over the head of Arizona's Chris Snyder in an exhibition game this week.

We'll get to everything in the league pre-8 p.m. Sunday in a minute. And there's a lot to get to. But first, there's the exhibition game that was no exhibition game.

I wasn't in Denver, but I watched Bears-Broncos on TV. Or should I say, I felt it. I don't remember a preseason game that felt as much like a regular-season game in the 25 years I've been covering the sport.

The hitting, the noise, the stakes, the vibrating NBC cameras.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Patriots coach Bill Belichick says Tom Brady left Friday night's exhibition game so the coaches could look at the backup -- not because of injury.

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Ben Roethlisberger has traveled with the Pittsburgh Steelers for this weekend's exhibition game in Washington, a further sign the quarterback's right foot injury is not serious.