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Why the Denver Nuggets Are About To Get Bounced From NBA Playoffs
Just a few weeks after firing head coach Mike Malone, the Denver Nuggets have a difficult first-round matchup in the NBA Playoffs against the Los Angeles Clippers....
Oilers' Darnell Nurse gets one-game suspension for cross-check
Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse received a one-game suspension for his Monday cross-check to the head of Los Angeles Kings forward Quinton Byfield.,The punishment was issued Tuesday by the NHL Department of Player Safety after it had a hearing with Byfield.,Nurse will miss Edmonton's regula...
Milestones galore as Maple Leafs beat Sabres to clinch division
Auston Matthews scored his 400th NHL goal, Anthony Stolarz made 35 saves, Mitch Marner reached the 100-point plateau and the Toronto Maple Leafs clinched the Atlantic Division with Tuesday's 4-0 road shutout of the Buffalo Sabres.,Toronto won its first Atlantic title and just its third division titl...
WNBA Draft audience second best ever, down from 2024
The WNBA Draft pulled in its second largest television audience Monday with an average of 1.25 million viewers, according to ESPN.,The broadcast peaked at 1.46 million viewers and was up 119 percent, on average, from the 2023 WNBA Draft. UConn's Paige Bueckers was the No. 1 overall selection Monday ...
Mixed-team golf event approved for 2028 Olympics
The International Golf Federation (IGF) announced on Tuesday that the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles will see the debut of a mixed-team golf event, with each team composed of a male and female athlete from the individual competitions.,Like the men's and women's individual events, the 36-hole mi...
The New York Giants Have To Be Eyeing a Quarterback in Round 2, Right?
The Giants are doing late homework on QBs ahead of the NFL Draft. With veterans in place and a top defensive prospect likely at No. 3, are they eyeing a quarterback in Round 2?...
Scottie Scheffler: ‘Really cool’ to watch McIlroy complete career Slam
Scottie Scheffler woke up Sunday with a realistic chance to come from behind and win another Masters. Once that was out of the picture, he had no issue taking a supporting role in Rory McIlroy's big day.,As last year's champion at Augusta National, Scheffler did the honors of helping McIlroy into th...
Leafs hope D Oliver Ekman-Larsson will be ready by playoffs
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson is expected to be ready for the playoffs, head coach Craig Berube said on Tuesday.,Ekman-Larsson, 33, hasn't played since sustaining an upper-body injury while falling awkwardly on a breakaway in a 4-3 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning last Wedne...
Jaguars wunderkind GM punts scouting norms to find 'intangibly rich' prospects
If you were looking for the new brass of the Jacksonville Jaguars at on-campus pro days or pondering which prospects came to town for "top 30" face-to-face visits, here's the short answer to those questions: They weren't there. ,As a new direction takes shape in Jacksonville with first-timers in the...
Travis Hunter: I'd quit football before being a 1-way player
Travis Hunter rarely left the field as Colorado's starting wide receiver and cornerback the last two seasons, but he's threatening to leave the sport forever if he's allowed only one position as an NFL player.,"It's never playing football again," Hunter, projected to be among the top picks in this m...
Panthers GM to peers: Call me about No. 8 pick
Repeating his earlier stance on moving down, Panthers general manager Dan Morgan again invited any general manager shopping for a top-10 pick to call Carolina about the No. 8 overall selection in the first round. ,With nine days to go before the 2025 NFL Draft begins, Morgan repeated his desire to t...
Patriots 2025 draft needs, picks, best fits, history
New England is back in the top five for the second consecutive draft after a stretch of 15 years between top-10 selections ended with third overall pick Drake Maye in 2024. ,With the quarterback position apparently locked down, all the Patriots have to do is ... figure out nearly everything else. ,M...
Bulls host Heat but injuries could make Chicago a play-in underdog
By virtue of a better overall record than the Miami Heat, the Chicago Bulls earned home-court advantage for their Eastern Conference play-in game Wednesday night.,Despite winning all three meetings with Miami this season, the ninth-seeded Bulls (39-43) could be considered the underdog against the 10...
Gamecocks F Collin Murray-Boyles declares for draft
South Carolina forward Collin Murray-Boyles is declaring for the 2025 NBA Draft, he told ESPN on Tuesday.,The 6-foot-7 sophomore averaged 16.8 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.3 blocks in 32 starts for the Gamecocks in 2024-25. He led the Southeastern Conference in field-goal perc...
Oilers' Darnell Nurse to have hearing for hit on Kings' Quinton Byfield
Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse will have a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety on Tuesday, one day after his cross-check on Los Angeles Kings forward Quinton Byfield.,Nurse lowered the boom on Byfield with 5:24 remaining in the second period on Monday. The Kings went on to cli...
Giants 2025 draft needs, picks, best fits, history
When the Giants granted head coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen a reprieve at the end of a 3-14 season, there were no assurances on the longevity of their employment. ,It's now or never in New York.,But getting back in the passing lane in the NFC East with gaping holes on either side ...
Lions 2025 draft needs, picks, best fits, history
Almost untouchable until the Washington Commanders spoiled a Super Bowl plan in the postseason, the Detroit Lions did a lot of losing since the calendar turned to 2025.,Beyond another painful dismissal from the postseason, the Lions lost nearly half of their coaching staff. Offensive coordinator Ben...
Buffs retiring jerseys of Travis Hunter, Shedeur Sanders
Colorado is retiring the uniform numbers for Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders at the Buffaloes' spring game on Saturday in Boulder, Colo.,The school announced its plans Monday to honor the No. 12 of Hunter, the 2024 Heisman Trophy winner, and the No. 2 of Sanders, the 2024 Big 12 Offensive Player o...
Welcome to the Atlanta Hawks Invitational (a.k.a. the NBA Play-In Tournament)
The NBA Play-In Tournament is back — and so are the Hawks, for the fourth straight year in the league’s favorite pre-playoffs ritual....
Wings choose UConn star Paige Bueckers with No. 1 overall pick
The Dallas Wings chose All-American guard Paige Bueckers of UConn with the No. 1 overall selection in Monday night's WNBA draft in New York.,The 6-foot Bueckers was the overwhelming choice in a draft in which there is no clear-cut No. 2 pick.,Bueckers is the sixth UConn player to be selected first i...