We had a ridiculous catch, throw and double play that wasn't officially a double play on Sunday and, yes, it involved Ramon Laureano, the rocket-armed center fielder for the Oakland Athletics: The catch. The throw. The backup. The most unreal double play ...
The San Jose Sharks and Vegas Golden Knights will play Game 7 of the Western Conference First Round at San Jose on Tuesday (10 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, SN360, TVAS, ATTSN-RM, NBCSCA). San Jose won Game 6 2-1 in double overtime at Vegas to tie ...
TORONTO -- The Ghosts of Game 7 Past will be waiting for the Toronto Maple Leafs when they step onto the ice against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden for the deciding game of the Eastern Conference First Round on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, CBC, ...
Kelly Stafford, the wife of Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, announced on Sunday that she is home from the hospital following surgery to remove a brain tumor earlier this week. Stafford said she was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma earlier this ...
Cincinnati Reds outfielder Matt Kemp exited Sunday's 4-3 loss to the San Diego Padres in the fourth inning after running into the left-field wall at Petco Park while tracking a fly ball one inning earlier. He was diagnosed with a chest wall contusion, according to ...
ARLINGTON, Texas — Joey Gallo's first sacrifice fly in more than 1,300 plate appearances for his career helped Shelby Miller get his first big league win in two years. The problem for the Texas Rangers was needing their closer after leading by nine runs, then ...
CLEVELAND — Josh Donaldson had two homers and four RBIs, Freddie Freeman added three hits and the Atlanta Braves pounded Cleveland's pitching for the second straight night, beating the Indians 11-5 Sunday. Donaldson belted a solo homer in the ...
Game 3s are often so good. I'm not sure you can call Game 3 of the Rockets vs. Jazz series good, at least not in a traditional sense of the word. It was something, though. Something. James Harden started 0-15 from the floor as Royce O'Neal and others ...
Saturday's Game 4 between the Brooklyn Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers might have gone a whole lot differently if a foul was called in favor of Jarrett Allen in the waning seconds. In the NBA's latest Last Two Minute Report, the league came to the conclusion ...
Audi Field has served as D.C. United's sanctuary since last summer, a long-awaited stadium that rose from surface parking lots in a forgotten nook of the city and became a backdrop for celebrated performances. But across a troubling two-week span, United ...
The Tyler Chatwood the Cubs thought they knew finally showed up on a gorgeous Easter Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field. It took a little over a year to see Chatwood pitch the way he was supposed to pitch, even though Sunday's 2-1 win over the ...
LOS ANGELES — One of my most firmly held beliefs in my life is that joy doesn't exist in a vacuum. Joy doesn't exist without pain. The highs don't happen without the lows. We don't experience the wonders of the mountaintop without also experiencing the ...
ROCHESTER — C.J. Smith knelt on the ice, staring blankly into the Rochester Americans' net as the announced crowd of 4,092 began to file out of Blue Cross Arena on Sunday afternoon. The moment was a snapshot of nearly five years worth of frustration for ...
PITTSBURGH -- It wasn't the lack of power that was so concerning to some longtime Giants employees, or that Buster Posey was swinging at an unusual number of pitches outside of the zone and hitting just about everything to the right side when he did make ...
Less than 12 hours after unbeaten WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford pummeled Amir Khan and stopped him in six one-sided rounds Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York, Crawford promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank hit the campaign ...
DETROIT - The difference between the Milwaukee Bucks and Detroit Pistons has been stark this series as the Bucks have taken a commanding 3-0 lead into Game 4 at 7 p.m. Monday at Little Caesars Arena. Brook Lopez blocks a shot by Detroit's Andre ...
Kawhi Leonard missed the NBA playoffs last season, in multiple ways. He wasn't playing the games. He wasn't feeling the games, either. That's not a problem this season for the 2014 NBA Finals MVP. Healthy and happy, Leonard has the Toronto Raptors ...
FORT WORTH, Texas — Ten weeks ago, the LSU gymnastics squad did not look like a team that would ultimately finish as runner-up in the NCAA Championships. It wasn't even a sure bet the Tigers would finish runner-up in the regional they hosted at LSU ...
After a two-home-run night in Friday's game, Conor Davis continued his offensive success against No. 17 Ole Miss by hitting a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th as No. 23 Auburn won Game 3, 6-5, securing its first series victory this month. After Ole Miss ...
There will be plenty of games this season in which the Minnesota Twins use the long ball to win. When that doesn't happen, they're happy to go with Plan B. Such was the case Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles, when Minnesota produced just enough runs ...
ARLINGTON, Va. — Capitals winger T.J. Oshie is expected to miss the rest of the playoffs after undergoing surgery to repair a broken right clavicle. The team announced Oshie's surgery Sunday afternoon. Oshie was injured late in Game 4 at the Hurricanes on ...
The Dallas Stars got some big news midway through Game 5 on Saturday when goaltender Ben Bishop was named as a finalist for the Vezina Trophy. It's an earned and well-deserved nomination for the Dallas starter. Ben Bishop had another stellar showing ...
Nebraska (21-13, 10-4 Big Ten) had just tied up the game at three in the previous inning on a pair of solo home runs, but the bottom was about to fall out for the Huskers. Iowa blew the game open in the inning, scoring eight runs — all with two outs — as the ...
Crystal Palace took their chances well in a 3-2 win against Arsenal at the Emirates on Sunday that left the hosts in fourth place and clinging to a Champions League spot. Christian Benteke had the visitors ahead just after the 15-minute mark when he was left ...
Oklahoma coaches have discussed publicly their intention to recruit larger cornerbacks. They earned a 2020 commitment from that prototype Sunday. Ryan Watts, a cornerback from Little Elm, Texas, pledged to the Sooners. He's 6 feet, 2 inches tall and 187 ...
Hyderabad - Australia's David Warner hit a blistering half-century for Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday to consolidate his top position in the Indian Premier League batting charts with over 500 runs. Warner made 67 off 38 balls during his 131-run opening stand ...