Welcome to the Stanley Cup Playoffs Buzz, a daily in-depth look at the 2019 NHL playoffs. The Boston Bruins defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 6-2 in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final at TD Garden on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-7 series.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Chris Davis flashed a big smile when asked about recent strides in Baltimore's lineup. Not long ago, the Orioles slugger looked like he was carrying the weight of the entire franchise on his shoulders. Davis homered in his return to the ...
When Rod Brind'Amour watched pregame shows during the regular season, he didn't think much thought was put into analyzing his Carolina Hurricanes. "They'd look at the stat sheet and they'll say: 'Oh, Sebastian Aho is a good player. Watch for him,'" ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Josh Bell put on a show for his mom on Mother's Day. With his mother Myrtle in the stands at Busch Stadium, Bell homered and drove in a career-high five runs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 10-6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on ...
The very essence of who Joe LaCava is can be captured in the 15 frenetic seconds of Tiger Woods' celebration that immediately followed his fifth career Masters victory in April. Look at the TV clip: There's no immediate sign of LaCava in the frame while ...
Willians Astudillo was behind the plate for a very important pitch Sunday afternoon, catching a throw from his mother, Ana Mercedes Astudillo. Saturday night after the game, Astudillo was asked about it and he, in turn, asked his mom. "We already practiced in ...
The USC women's water polo team came close. So close. As interim head coach Casey Moon later told reporters, one change in how the ball bounced separated the Trojans from winning the national championship. But they fell short of that, losing 9-8 to ...
They're halfway to playing for a chance at Lord Stanley. The Boston Bruins put forth a dominating effort in Game 2 against Carolina. The Hurricanes simply have no answer for a Black and Gold bunch that's tallied 10 goals in the last four periods, while giving ...
List of candidates to run in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, as provided by the Pimlico public relations department and other sources. According to the Baltimore Sun, if 12 horses start, it would be the largest Preakness ...
Before the Newton Eagles opened football practice last season, then-head football coach W.T. Johnston told his players he might not make it through the end of the season with them. Johnston died Saturday afternoon, long after any doctor's predictions and ...
TORONTO – White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito might have let early adversity knock him off his game last year. Not this season. Giolito allowed one run in seven innings to win his second straight start, Tim Anderson and Yonder Alonso homered and the Sox beat ...
With the NBA Draft Lottery this upcoming Tuesday night, we're just days away from finding out which lucky franchise will win the chance to select perhaps college basketball's biggest star since the turn of the century. We all know Zion would fit in pretty much ...
Devin Bush got his deal. The Steelers on Sunday announced they have signed the linebacker and first-round selection to his four-year rookie contract that includes a fifth-year team option. Related News. Steelers rookie Devin Bush nips rumors after Instagram ...
Provo • Conference championships have been relatively easy to come by for the BYU softball team the last decade or so. Wins in the NCAA Tournament have been much more difficult. The Cougars, who clinched the West Coast Conference crown for the sixth ...
MADRID (AP) — Getafe lost 2-0 to Barcelona on Sunday, dropping out of the qualification places for the Champions League with one round left in the Spanish league. The modest southern Madrid club had held on to fourth place for 11 of the last 12 rounds, ...
Penrite Oil will become the naming-rights sponsor of one of the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship's flagship events, the Penrite Oil Sandown 500, this season. The two-year deal covering 2019 and '20 was announced on Monday at the historic ...
Cape Town - Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane rates this Absa Premiership trophy "bigger than any other league title" he has previously won. Mosimane joined a select group of coaches as he clinched his fourth PSL title after Sundowns beat Free ...
London - England spearhead James Anderson could be in for a "painful few days" according to Lancashire coach Glen Chapple after suffering a knee injury while on county duty. Anderson, England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker, was hit on the inside of ...
Explain Cork-Tipperary in thirty words or less? Or even 1,200 words or less? You either understand or you don't. Fools give you reasons, but wise men never try. Either Oscar Hammerstein was a complete stranger to the Munster rivals or they were his specific ...
Melbourne Victory could have as many as four new foreign players, including a marquee replacement for Keisuke Honda, as the shellshocked club looks to rebuild quickly in the wake of its semi-final trouncing at the hands of Sydney FC. The only current visa ...