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Four Teams Left, No Favorites: The Stanley Cup Is Totally Up for Grabs
Four teams and plenty of chaos: The Panthers, Hurricanes, Stars, and Oilers are all chasing the Cup. Here’s why any of them could actually win it, and why the Leafs never had a chance....
Phillies ride momentum of late uprising into clash vs. Rockies
The circumstances have changed, but the goal remains the same for the Philadelphia Phillies: Win the World Series for the first time since 2008.,Philadelphia finds itself without closer Jose Alvarado, who was suspended for 80 games by Major League Baseball on Sunday for testing positive for a perfor...
Edmundo Sosa powers surging Phillies past Rockies
Edmundo Sosa homered and finished with four hits, Alec Bohm hit a two-run homer and added a single, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the struggling Colorado Rockies 9-3 in Denver on Monday night.,Kyle Schwarber homered off the facing of the third deck for the 300th of his career, Trea Turner had t...
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...
U.S. Open gets $800M renovation for tennis facilities
The U.S. Tennis Association announced on Monday that the site of the U.S. Open in Queens, N.Y., will undergo an $800 million transformation, which is expected to be completed in time for the 2027 Grand Slam event.,The renovation at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, which will be funded so...
Eagles sign coach Nick Sirianni to multiyear extension
The defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles announced a multiyear extension on Monday with head coach Nick Sirianni.,Sirianni, 43, has compiled a 48-20 (.706) record in the regular season through his first four seasons. He is 6-3 in the playoffs with two conference championships.,"As an or...
Report: Former Jets GM Joe Douglas returns to Eagles
Joe Douglas is returning to the Philadelphia Eagles in a senior scouting role after being fired as general manager by the New York Jets, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Monday.,The Jets terminated Douglas midway through the 2024 season, more than a month after first firing head coach Robert Saleh...
Phillies, visiting Rockies, embark on rest of the season without their closer
Fresh off their third straight victory, the Philadelphia Phillies will be without their closer on Monday when they open a four-game series against the Colorado Rockies in Denver.,Actually, they will be without him a lot longer than that.,Jose Alvarado was suspended for 80 games and is ineligible for...
Brewers regaining scoring touch, face Orioles team looking lost
The Milwaukee Brewers will be looking to build on their most recent offensive showing when they open a three-game series at home against the struggling Baltimore Orioles on Monday.,Right-hander Quinn Priester (1-2, 4.59 ERA) starts for Milwaukee, opposed by right-hander Dean Kremer (3-5, 5.36).,The ...
Christopher Bell surges past Joey Logano to capture All-Star Race
Christopher Bell got physical with Joey Logano with 10 laps to go, moved past the No. 22 Ford and won NASCAR's $1 million payday, the All-Star Race, on Sunday night at historic North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway.,Bell's Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 became the third Toyota to win the prestigious race when h...
Carson Hocevar wins All-Star Open as three advance to main event
Carson Hocevar beat John Hunter Nemechek in the 100-lap NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Open to advance to the main event on Sunday night at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina.,By advancing out of the preliminary race, Hocevar and Nemechek were able to race in their first $1 million, winner-take...
Phillies' Mick Abel bests Pirates' Paul Skenes in pitcher's duel
Mick Abel tied a franchise record with nine strikeouts over six innings in his Major League debut as the host Philadelphia Phillies completed a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 1-0 victory on Sunday afternoon.,Abel (1-0), a first round pick in the 2020 MLB Draft out of Jesuit High S...
Orioles release Kyle Gibson amid slew of changes
A day after the Orioles fired manager Brandon Hyde, Baltimore made more changes Sunday, including the release of pitcher Kyle Gibson.,The right-hander signed a one-year, $5.25 million contract in March, a return to Baltimore after a successful 2024 in St. Louis, but his start to this season had been...
Poland's Magda Linette upsets Barbora Krejcikova in France
Poland's Magda Linette upset seventh-seeded Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic 6-3, 6-3, to highlight Sunday's first-round action on the clay at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France.,Linette, whose serve was broken just once, advanced to face Slovakia's Rebecca Sramkova in Tuesday's play at ...
Max Verstappen uses bold move to win in Italy
Max Verstappen made a bold move to open the 2025 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, then held off challengers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to capture the Formula One race on Sunday in Imola, Italy.,It was the second win of the season for Red Bull's Verstappen, a four-time world champion.,McLaren's Oscar P...
Phillies closer Jose Alvarado suspended 80 games
Philadelphia Phillies closer Jose Alvarado was suspended for 80 games by the MLB commissioner's office on Sunday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.,The substance, exogenous testosterone, is not produced naturally by the male body.,The team issued a brief statement in Sunda...
Phillies RHP Mick Abel making MLB debut against Pirates, ace Paul Skenes
Mick Abel hopes to become a successful major league pitcher one day, and he'll get an immediate glimpse of the prototype in his MLB debut.,Abel takes the ball for the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday when he squares off against Paul Skenes and the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates in the finale of a three-...
D.C. United, Nashville SC play to scoreless draw
Luis Barraza made five saves to help visiting D.C. United escape with a scoreless draw against streaking Nashville SC on Saturday night.,In a match in which Nashville (7-4-3, 24 points) generated most of the scoring chances, it still struggled to get clean looks against Barraza, who notched his seco...
Michael Morales TKOs Gilbert Burns quickly at UFC Vegas 106
Welterweight Michael Morales made short work of former UFC welterweight champion Gilbert Burns, earning a first-round TKO at 3:39 in the UFC Fight Night main event on Saturday night in Las Vegas.,Morales (18-0 MMA) improved to 6-0 in the UFC since 2022 and extended Burns' losing skid to four dating ...
Pole winner Brad Keselowski captures All-Star heat race
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. -- Brad Keselowski checked the second box on Saturday.,Having won the pole for Sunday's NASCAR All-Star Race, Keselowski backed up his victory in Friday's time trials with a win in Saturday's first All-Star heat race at North Wilkesboro Speedway.,Already guaranteed the top sta...