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Vancouver's Rick Tocchet named NHL Coach of the Year
First-time finalist Rick Tocchet of the Vancouver Canucks won the Jack Adams Award on Wednesday as the NHL's 2023-24 coach of the year.,The trophy honors the head coach who has "contributed the most to his team's success," voted on by members of the NHL Broadcasters' Association.,Tocchet, in his fir...
Pacers eager to clean up play against Celtics in Game 2
The Indiana Pacers know where improvement is needed on Thursday when they visit the Boston Celtics for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals.,The Pacers committed 22 turnovers in their 133-128 overtime loss in Game 1 on Tuesday, and those miscues led to 32 Boston points. The costliest turnover cam...
Ravens QB Lamar Jackson aims to be more elusive at lighter weight
Baltimore Ravens star Lamar Jackson, the most prolific running quarterback in the league, aims to make it even tougher on opposing defenses this coming season.,Coming off his second NFL Most Valuable Player award, Jackson has lost weight and appears slimmer at the team's OTAs this week. Though he di...
Reports: LaMelo Ball, Hornets sued by North Carolina mother
A North Carolina woman has filed a lawsuit against Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball and the team, contending Ball struck her then-11-year-old son with his SUV.,USA Today and ESPN, whom reviewed the lawsuit, said Wednesday that Tamaria McRae alleges that her son approached Ball's vehicle as he was...
Interim coach named after Sac State's David Patrick resigns
David Patrick resigned as head men's basketball coach at Sacramento State on Wednesday to take the associate head coaching position at LSU.,The Hornets promptly named associate head coach Michael Czepil as the interim head coach for the 2024-25 season. ,Patrick went 24-42 in two seasons in Sacrament...
Spirit sign D Waniya Hudson through 2024
The Washington Spirit signed rookie defender Waniya Hudson to a one-year deal through the end of the 2024 season.,Earlier this season, she was a training player with NJ/NY Gotham FC. ,Hudson played five seasons (2019-23) with Notre Dame, which included four NCAA Tournament appearances, before turnin...
Racing Louisville F Emma Sears signs 3-year contract
Racing Louisville rookie forward Emma Sears signed a three-year contract on Wednesday that spans through the 2026 season., ,Financial information was not disclosed by the team, however it noted that the contract upgraded terms and bonuses for Sears.,"We are extremely excited to extend Emma's contrac...
Dodgers' Tyler Glasnow seeks redemption in clash vs. Diamondbacks
Less than pleased with his most recent outing, Los Angeles Dodgers ace Tyler Glasnow will get a chance to remedy the issue when he faces the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night. ,The major league leader in strikeouts with 81, Glasnow had eight in his outing against the Cincinnati Reds o...
Garrett Lowe pushes past Jimmy Mullis for eNASCAR win
Garrett Lowe pushed Jimmy Mullis to the outside while nearing the final turn of the final lap to prevail at a virtual Charlotte Motor Speedway on Tuesday as part of the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series.,Mullis, in the No. 29 Chevrolet, looked to have the victory locked up, but Lowe snuck up behind h...
Joc Pederson helps Diamondbacks pull away from Dodgers
Brandon Pfaadt pitched six strong innings and Joc Pederson hit a three-run home run against his former club as the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks earned a 7-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday., ,Christian Walker hit a home run and Ketel Marte had a single to extend his career-best hitt...
Celtics survive Pacers in OT to take Game 1 of East finals
Jayson Tatum scored a game-high 36 points and added 12 rebounds as the Boston Celtics earned a 133-128 overtime victory against the visiting Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals., ,Tatum scored 10 points in overtime, including six straight that gave the top-seed...
Serena Williams 'ready to hit some balls again'
Serena Williams caused a stir on Tuesday morning with a seven-word post over social media.,"I'm ready to hit some balls again," she wrote on Twitter.,<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I'm ready to hit some balls again</p>— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) <a href="https...
Diamondbacks' Brandon Pfaadt braces for stern test vs. Dodgers
Coming off his best start of the season, Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Brandon Pfaadt will have a significant challenge ahead when he faces the host Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday. ,Pfaadt gave up one run on two hits with nine strikeouts in a season high-tying seven innings in the Diamondbacks' ...
Freddie Freeman's grand slam powers Dodgers past Diamondbacks
Freddie Freeman hit a grand slam in a six-run third inning that included three home runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 6-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday.,Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-1) gave up two runs over 6 1/3 innings with eight strikeouts as the Dodgers won their fourth consec...
Plenty of offense on tap as Celtics, Pacers meet in East finals
Based on past performance, it's unlikely that generating good offense will be a problem for either team when the Indiana Pacers visit the Boston Celtics for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Tuesday night.,Sixth-seeded Indiana led the NBA in scoring during the regular season, when it averaged ...
Dodgers focused on erasing bad memories of Diamondbacks
The Los Angeles Dodgers haven't forgotten the way the Arizona Diamondbacks stormed into Dodger Stadium last October and won the first two games in their National League Division Series, leading to a three-game sweep.,The Dodgers' 100-win season ended. The Diamondbacks went on to play in the World Se...
Diamondbacks get bats going to salvage finale vs. Tigers
Joc Pederson recorded three hits and drove in a pair of runs to help lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-4 lead over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday in Phoenix.,Christian Walker also plated a pair of runs on two sacrifice flies as Arizona used a two-run seventh inning to salvage the finale of the thre...
Ty Gibbs, Bubba Wallace drive way into All-Star Race
Joe Gibbs Racing's Ty Gibbs led every lap Sunday to win the NASCAR Cup Series' The Open and advance to the evening's All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, N.C.,Following Austin Cindric's wreck on Lap 59, Gibbs raced away from a tight group of cars, eventually beating Bubba ...
Pacers ride record-breaking shooting day to Game 7 win over Knicks
Tyrese Haliburton scored 26 points for the visiting Indiana Pacers, who rode a historic shooting performance to a 130-109 win over the New York Knicks in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series Sunday afternoon.,Indiana shot 67.1 percent (53-of-79) from the field -- the highest shooting ...
Spirit rallies for revenge on Xtreme to win PGL Wallachia title
Team Spirit got its revenge Sunday, winning the Dota PGL Wallachia Season 1 grand final in Bucharest with a 3-2 victory over Xtreme Gaming.,The grand final was a rematch of a best-of-three upper-bracket semifinal Friday, when Xtreme Gaming defeated Team Spirit in dominating fashion by winning a pair...