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The NBA Finals Are Boring, These Two Ideas Might Actually Be Worth Watching
The NBA Finals are a snooze. Here are two wild ideas—one involving a Thunder alumni game—that might actually make championship basketball fun again....
Panthers vs. Oilers: Key Reasons Each Team Can Win the 2025 Stanley Cup Final
Panthers and Oilers face off in the 2025 Stanley Cup Final rematch. Here's why each team has what it takes to hoist the 2025 Stanley Cup....
Nick Taylor, Ben Griffin share lead halfway through Memorial
Nick Taylor of Canada shot a bogey-free, 4-under-par 68 and rose into a tie with Ben Griffin for the second-round lead at the Memorial Tournament on Friday in Dublin, Ohio.,Griffin had the solo lead after Day 1 but shot an even-par 72 Friday, leaving him tied at 7-under 137 with Taylor, a five-time ...
SEC says all fines for storming field, court now $500K
Host teams in the Southeastern Conference whose fans storm the field or the court after an upset will now face a set fine of $500,000, commissioner Greg Sankey announced on Thursday at the SEC's spring meetings.,The SEC had previously implemented an escalating fine system, starting at $100,000 for a...
Ben Griffin fires 65, sets early pace at Memorial
After winning a tournament on Sunday, Ben Griffin stayed hot Thursday by shooting a 7-under-par 65 to take the first-round lead at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio.,Griffin's card featured one eagle and a three-birdie run at Nos. 16-18 at Muirfield Village Golf Club. He finished the day with ...
Deja vu for do-or-die Dallas in Game 5 with Oilers one win from Cup final
The Dallas Stars are on the verge of a third consecutive elimination in the Western Conference final, and second in a row at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers.,Do-or-die time returns as the Stars prepare to play host to the Oilers on Thursday for Game 5 in the best-of-seven series Edmonton leads 3-1....
Knicks in wait-and-see mode with hobbled KAT
Karl-Anthony Towns carried the Knicks in Game 3, but the big man buckled in Game 4 and his status is up in the air as New York faces elimination in the Eastern Conference finals.,Towns stayed on his back in obvious pain moments after abanging knees with Pacers forward Aaron Nesmith late in the fourt...
Ben Griffin holds on to win Charles Schwab Challenge
Ben Griffin got off to a fantastic start with an eagle on the first hole and secured his first individual PGA Tour victory at the Charles Schwab Challenge, shooting 1-over-par 71 on Sunday at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.,His one-stroke victory came with a 12-under 268 total. Griffin c...
William Byron stages comeback win overtime at Charlotte
CONCORD, N.C. - William Byron's long rally from a speeding penalty put the driver of the No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in Victory Lane - and left reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Justin Allgaier heartbroken.,Fresh from the announcement of a four-year contract extension with HMS, Byron...
Ben Griffin, Matti Schmid lead at Charles Schwab with shot at first individual wins
Ben Griffin and Germany's Matti Schmid shot 2-under-par 68s in the third round of the Charles Schwab Challenge to maintain the top spots Saturday in their quests for breakthrough victories this weekend at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.,Griffin and Schmid have been tied at the end of all...
Ben Griffin, Matti Schmid share lead after going low at Charles Schwab
Ben Griffin and Germany's Matti Schmid share the 36-hole lead at the Charles Schwab Challenge after they each posted 7-under-par rounds of 63 on Friday in Fort Worth, Texas.,Griffin and Schmid stand at 11-under 129 through two rounds at Colonial Country Club. They take a two-shot lead into the weeke...
Pacers-Knicks series opener draws massive ratings
All eyes were on the Indiana Pacers in their stirring late-game comeback and eventual overtime victory versus the New York Knicks in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.,The Pacers' 138-135 win at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night drew a 3.5 rating and 6.6 million viewers on TNT, making i...
NBA fines Thunder’s Jalen Williams $25K for profanity on shirt
The NBA fined Oklahoma City star Jalen Williams $25,000 on Monday for "wearing clothing with profane language" to his press conference after the Thunder's Game 7 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday.,The shirt Williams wore featured the phrase, "F--k art, let's dance," in red letters across the...
On short rest, host Thunder out to grab Game 1 vs. fresh Wolves
The Oklahoma City Thunder had plenty of time off ahead of their first two playoff series.,Now, in the Western Conference finals against the Minnesota Timberwolves, it will be the Thunder who come into the series on short rest while their opponent has much more time to recover.,The series begins Tues...
Ex-Nuggets coach Michael Malone joins ESPN for Western Conference finals
Michael Malone, fired by the Denver Nuggets with just three games left in the regular season, will join the ESPN coverage team at the Western Conference finals.,Two years removed from leading the Nuggets to the franchise's lone NBA championship, Malone was axed by Denver just over a month ago. Under...
Stars' Jamie Benn fined $5K for roughing Jets' Mark Scheifele
Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn was fined $5,000 by the NHL on Friday after his exchange with Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele during the third period of Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinal series.,The Jets staved off elimination with a 4-0 victory over the Stars on Thursday. Dallas, whic...
5-star LB Xavier Griffin decommits from USC
Five-star linebacker Xavier Griffin has decommitted from Southern California's 2026 recruiting class.,The Gainesville, Ga., native committed to the Trojans' top-ranked class last July but reopened his recruiting on Wednesday ahead of the summer official visit window.,The 6-foot-4, 205-pound Griffin ...
Warriors' Draymond Green fined $50K for criticizing refs
The NBA fined Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green $50,000 on Wednesday for questioning the integrity of game officials during Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals.,Specifically, the league said in a statement that Green made "an inappropriate comment that questions the integrity of g...
Can You Imagine a Knicks Championship Parade? It Might Finally Be Time
After 51 years without a title, the Knicks are within striking distance, and for the first time this century, New York fans can dare to imagine a championship parade....
Leafs' Max Domi fined for hit on Panthers' Aleksander Barkov
The NHL fined Toronto Maple Leafs forward Max Domi $5,000 on Monday for boarding Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov.,The incident occurred in the final moments of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference second-round series on Sunday night in Sunrise, Fla. The Panthers won 2-0 to even the best-of-se...