Ryan O'Reilly won the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs after helping the St. Louis Blues defeat the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game 7 of the Cup Final on Wednesday for their first championship since entering the NHL in 1967-68.
Looks like we're having trouble loading this video. You can check out other videos while we get it together. BOSTON (AP) — Mookie Betts watched patiently as four straight pitches missed the strike zone, and the Red Sox averted disaster. Betts drew a ...
It was the latest installment of perhaps the fiercest rivalry in American soccer, but two very different teams emerged on the night as the Portland Timbers defeated the Seattle Sounders 2-1 in the fourth round of the 2019 U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday at ...
John Bodenhamer remembers playing summer rounds of golf on the course across from his childhood home in Tacoma, Wash. When the sun set late, and he was out there alone, he always lined up that last putt for one thing. "Whether it was 30-footer for ...
Forgive Nets fans if their nightmares look a lot like Danny Ainge. The dream summer would be landing a Kevin Durant-Kyrie Irving duo, and that's still believed to be a Nets goal. But Durant had surgery to repair his ruptured Achilles tendon Wednesday in New ...
New safety measures designed to protect horses training and racing at Santa Anita will be enacted by a group comprised of members of the California Horse Racing Board and The Stronach Group, which owns the facility. The measures, announced ...
Kyle Rudolph and his four-year, $36 million contract extension with the Minnesota Vikings is signed, sealed and delivered and the team made it official on Tuesday with a press conference during the start of mandatory minicamp from TCO Performance Center ...
The Memphis Grizzlies have a new head coach. The team announced on Tuesday that it hired Milwaukee Bucks assistant Taylor Jenkins as its next head coach. Jenkins will be replacing J.B. Bickerstaff, who was relieved of his duties in April after two seasons ...
Louisville City FC lost on the road at rival FC Cincinnati on Wednesday night in the U.S. Open Cup fourth round, 2-1. "It's a tough way to lose an Open Cup game, especially against Cincinnati," said LouCity head coach John Hackworth. "I thought for good ...
Moments after the St. Louis Blues won Game 7, 4-1, and captured their first Stanley Cup Championship, Celtics forward Jayson Tatum took to social media to express his excitement. Tatum, who grew up in St. Louis, clearly isn't shy when it comes to ...
NEW ORLEANS – The 2019 collegiate track & field season is in the books, which means it's time to announce the exceptional women that were selected as the semifinalists for The Bowerman in 2019. The group, which was named Wednesday by the U.S. ...
KU basketball landed a commitment from four-star small forward Jalen Wilson on Tuesday. The No. 50-ranked prospect in the class of 2019 (247Sports Composite), Wilson was the highest-ranked uncommitted prospect remaining on the board for the class.
STUTTGART, Germany — Milos Raonic edged past Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1) Wednesday to reach the Stuttgart Open quarterfinals. Raonic, who lost last year's final to Roger Federer and also needed a tiebreaker to get past Australian qualifier ...
SANTA CLARA — Jimmy Garoppolo told reporters to have a good summer — or "H.A.G.S." in school-yearbook parlance — after the 49ers went through their final offseason practice Wednesday. And now we know what Garoppolo will do with his summer: ...
The New York Jets have claimed cornerback Montrel Meander off waivers from the Oakland Raiders. The move Wednesday marked the first player acquisition by new Jets general manager Joe Douglas. He said during his introductory news conference ...
He was too young, too shy, too special. Argentina have always known that Lionel Messi is a rare gem, to be treated with extreme care. But 14 years after his senior international debut, the Albicelestes still haven't succeeded in bringing out his best. And the ...
NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) -Take One: Drew Brees returns. Number nine was back in the fold Wednesday and picked right up where he left off. He did not have a perfect day but was prolific in spots. During the first team period, Brees went 3/4 and closed ...
The MLS Players Association released its biannual list of player salaries Wednesday. There are 55 players in MLS making more than $1 million this season, up from 46 in 2018. The 10 highest paid players in MLS include players from seven different teams.
NEW ORLEANS – Consistency was rewarded on Wednesday as the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) revealed its NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Programs of the Year. Stanford was named the John McDonnell ...
North Melbourne have set themselves for a big performance against rebounding Greater Western Sydney with caretaker coach Rhyce Shaw describing Sunday's match in Hobart as "a really important game in terms of where we want to go as a footy club".
U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe stuck to her word by refusing to sing the national anthem Tuesday before the World Cup opener against Thailand. Megan Rapinoe mug-061219 Megan Rapinoe. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez). Megan Rapinoe, captain and starting ...
Warren Gatland has ruled out coaching England, with the 2021 British and Irish Lions boss unable to resist having a dig at Eddie Jones. The Wales chief has been confirmed as Lions boss for his third successive tour, quickly scotching any talk of replacing ...
India and New Zealand are the only teams which are yet unbeaten in the World Cup 2019 but that is set to change as they meet in a crucial encounter in Nottingham on June 13. But with rain having already washed away 3 games in a week and the threat ...
Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said Wednesday morning that defenseman Matt Grzelcyk has been cleared to play in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final tonight. He will be a game-time decision. Grzelcyk has not played since suffering a concussion in Game 2 of ...
He makes his CFL head-coaching debut Thursday night, but Craig Dickenson isn't thinking about surpassing Wally Buono for most career victories. Instead, the Saskatchewan Roughriders' head coach is just looking forward to being able to make the calls he ...
Sporting News ranks the FBS coaches from 1-130 before every college football season, and for the fourth consecutive year, Nick Saban is at the top. That might stir some debates knowing Clemson coach Dabo Swinney led the Tigers to two national ...
PERVERT football coach Bob Higgins was jailed for over 24 years yesterday for sexually abusing schoolboy players. Higgins, 66, who worked at Southampton and Peterborough, was called "predatory, cunning and manipulative" by Judge Peter Crabtree.
GRENOBLE, France — Former Canadian international Kaylyn Kyle says she has received death threats for her TV criticism of the U.S. team for excessive goal celebrations in a 13-0 rout of 34th-ranked Thailand at the Women's World Cup in France. It was the ...