PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets are heading toward a Game 7 showdown after things got heated between the teams late in Thursday night's contest. A scuffle broke out midway through the fourth quarter of Portland's ...
New York Yankees (22-15, second in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (23-13, first in the AL East). St. Petersburg, Florida; Friday, 7 p.m. EDT. PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Domingo German (6-1, 2.35 ERA, .89 WHIP, 39 strikeouts) Rays: Tyler Glasnow ...
HAZELWOOD, Mo. -- The St. Louis Blues and San Jose Sharks will see plenty of familiar faces when they meet in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final at SAP Center on Saturday (8 p.m. ET; NBC, CBC, TVAS, SN). The Blues and Sharks will face off in the ...
When it comes to the Kentucky Derby, field size has always mattered. The first Kentucky Derby in 1875 featured 15 horses, and in 1974, a record 23 competed in the 100th edition of the Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs. After that 1974 Derby won by ...
Jimmy Butler lived up to his Jimmy Buckets nickname to help Philadelphia force a seventh game against Toronto in the Eastern Conference semifinals, hitting them in bunches and scoring 25 points in the 76ers' 112-101 victory over the Raptors on Thursday ...
HOUSTON - Hours after the Warriors confirmed Kevin Durant would be out at least a week with a calf strain, Golden State coach Steve Kerr expressed optimism for Durant's recovery and the team's postseason chances entering Game 6 of the Western ...
Aaron Judge said before the Yankees' 3-1 win over the Mariners on Thursday night at the Stadium that he's still experiencing discomfort from his strained left oblique, so he hasn't begun baseball activities. As for Giancarlo Stanton, he hit off the machine, ...
Penn State defensive end Shareef Miller after their 45-38 overtime win over Appalachian State on Sept. 1, 2018. Joe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.com. 0. By Daniel Gallen | dgallen@pennlive.com. PHILADELPHIA — After seven rounds of the 2019 NFL Draft ...
One of Michigan basketball's targets in the 2020 class is off the board. Butler (Penn.) Area forward Ethan Morton committed to Purdue on Thursday night, picking the Boilermakers over a list of schools that included U-M, Indiana and Ohio State, among others.
The Mets are now home from a road trip in which they lost five of six games. In it, they lost four straight. Even their lone victory could have easily turned into a loss. New York is 17-20 and third in the National League East, 4.5 games out of first. The good news: ...
The setting is familiar, and so is the man who's favored to win one of golf's biggest tournaments. But the date? Well, it just feels a little weird. Yes, the PGA Championship is already here. The best golfers in the world will tee it up Thursday through Sunday with ...
Albert Pujols continued etching his name in the MLB record book Thursday, becoming the fifth player in history to drive in 2,000 runs. Pujols recorded his 2,000th RBI with a solo home run in the third inning of the Angels' victory over the Detroit Tigers. After the ...
GENEVA — UEFA is considering a proposal to change the Champions League in 2024 in a way that would move toward a closed-off competition favoring elite clubs over rivals from smaller domestic leagues. Documents seen by The Associated Press ...
Klay Thompson subscribes. You can too for just 11 cents a day for 11 months + receive a free Warriors Championship book. Sign me up! HOUSTON – The Warriors' initial fears became a reality. Kevin Durant had an MRI on Thursday that confirmed a strained ...
The Milwaukee Bucks clinched a spot in the Eastern Conference finals with a 116-91 victory over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night at Fiserv Forum, punctuating a 4-1 series win. As the first team to advance to the NBA's third round, the Bucks now must ...
The NBA playoffs have a tendency to amplify every little detail, to the point that there have been real arguments about Joel Embiid not caring enough about winning because he eats cheeseburgers or attends comedy shows ending at 9:30 p.m. on a Saturday ...
Deja-vu. For the second straight week the Hurricanes played about a half-hour of quality football, and once again it was all they needed to secure an important Super Rugby victory. This time it was the Blues who were able to dominate the men from the capital ...
What an incredible week for English football as Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur will make an historic quartet in the finals of this year's European club cups after three nights of semi-final drama. It is an ironic twist that as Britain prepares to ...
Munster SFC: Tipperary v Limerick. It's a huge game for Tipperary. If they come out on the right side of this draw, there's a possibility of them getting to a Munster final. They haven't been great since the heights of reaching the All-Ireland semi-final in 2016.
Steve Smith sent a scare through Australia's World Cup preparations when he aggravated his sore elbow but the former captain had capped a fine return to the one-day side when bad light denied him a century against New Zealand. Smith was on 63 against ...
MANCHESTER CITY YOUNGSTER Timi Sobowale was refusing to get too downhearted as Ireland fell short of qualification for the European Championships knockout stages at Tallaght Stadium last night. A 1-1 draw with Belgium meant Ireland finished the ...
Walsall have appointed former Bristol Rovers boss Darrell Clarke as their new manager on a three-year deal. The Saddlers were relegated from League One on Saturday, ending a 12-year stay in the third tier. Caretaker boss Martin O'Connor was unable to ...
Mike Phelan has been confirmed as Manchester United's assistant manager on a three-year deal. The 56-year-old returned to United in December as part of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's backroom team. Phelan, who was sacked as Hull City manager in 2017, had ...
Australian XI 5 for 248 (Smith 91*, Maxwell 70) beat New Zealand XI 9 for 286 (Young 111, Worker 59, Cummins 4-32) by 16 runs (DLS method). Steven Smith boarded the flight to the World Cup with questions over his form significantly eased as he struck an ...
LONDON — Former England football star David Beckham has been banned from driving for six months after he was caught using his mobile phone behind the wheel. A south London court handed Beckham six points on his drivers' license for the offense in ...
Barcelona striker Luis Suarez is set to be sidelined for four to six weeks after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery to treat a medial meniscus injury, the club said on Friday. The surgery brings Suarez's season to a premature end and the Uruguayan will miss ...
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) continues to stir controversy after saying recently that athletes with differences in sexual development (DSD), like Caster Semenya, are welcome to enter men's events. This if those athletes decide ...
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Fourth-ranked Arkansas hit five home runs Thursday night as the Razorbacks posted a 14-4 win over No. 15 LSU at Baum-Walker Stadium. Arkansas is 38-12 overall and 18-7 in the SEC, while LSU is 30-20 overall and 14-11 in ...
Briton Simon Yates has a "deep passion" to try to win the Giro d'Italia after going "so close" last year. Having led for 13 stages, Yates looked set to win his first Grand Tour - but compatriot Chris Froome took the title after a stunning attack on stage 19.
MILWAUKEE -- There's a fighting chance that the 17,701 fans who squeezed into Fiserv Forum on Wednesday will look back on a night spent with four MVPs of professional sports leagues, all active for in-state teams, and appreciate them having been under ...
After a huge week in which one footballer had the audacity to consume a beer or three on his day off and a modern legend got off at the tribunal because he's a good bloke – and, you know, the vibe – we now, tragically, have to talk about an actual football ...
It was 14-year-old Oakley Cannonier who rolled a spare ball towards Alexander-Arnold when the Liverpool full back won a corner. Liverpool were able to score their fourth and decisive goal against Barcelona thanks to an alert ball boy who was instructed to ...
Let's be honest, the Matildas have not been labelled 'underdogs' for quite some years now. They have grown as footballers, professionals and as a brand. Updated Updated 5 hours ago. By Melissa Barbieri. Share. Share on Facebook; Share on Twitter.
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