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Jack Adams Award finalists: Jon Cooper, Dan Muse, Lindy Ruff
Tampa Bay's Jon Cooper, Pittsburgh's Dan Muse and Buffalo's Lindy Ruff are the three finalists for the 2026 Jack Adams Award, the league announced Friday.,The award, which is presented annually to the top coach in the NHL as voted on by the National Broadcasters' Association, will be announced at a ...
Streaking Quakes may be without key player at Toronto
The league-leading San Jose Earthquakes may not be at full strength Saturday afternoon as they look to continue the best run in franchise history at Toronto FC.,The Earthquakes (9-1-0, 27 points) extended their club-record winning streak to eight matches in all competitions when they eliminated Minn...
Best NBA Playoff Parlays Today: LeBron, Cade Cunningham and More
Get the best NBA picks for Friday, including Lakers vs. Rockets and Pistons vs. Magic Game 6 betting angles....
Multi-league QB P.J. Walker retires at 31
The Calgary Stampeders may be looking to add a quarterback after the retirement of P.J. Walker at age 31.,Walker, who played in college at Temple, made the rounds of North American-based football leagues over the past nine seasons.,He made his final stop in Calgary of the Canadian Football League, s...
Real Salt Lake M Noel Caliskan signs extension
Real Salt Lake signed midfielder Noel Caliskan to a contract extension through the 2028-29 season.,The deal announced Thursday with the 25-year-old German international includes an option for 2029-30.,Caliskan has tallied one goal and four assists in 39 MLS matches (33 starts) since joining the club...
Valkyries lead WNBA with $850M valuation
The Golden State Valkyries are the WNBA's most valuable franchise for a second straight year, according to Sportico.,The team has a valuation of $850 million after setting a league record with $78 million in revenue during its inaugural season in 2025.,The New York Liberty rank a distant second at $...
Right to Party scratched from Kentucky Derby
Right to Party was scratched from the 152nd Kentucky Derby on Friday, the day before the first leg of horse racing's Triple Crown.,The decision was made by regulatory veterinarians on hand in Louisville, Ky. The vets diagnosed the horse with right front lameness, an abnormality that could affect its...
Top MLB Surprises So Far: Hitters and Pitchers Exceeding Expectations
Discover the biggest surprise performers in MLB so far, featuring breakout hitters and pitchers dominating through April 2026....
UFC Fight Night Perth Betting Picks: Top Bets and Predictions
Get expert UFC Perth predictions, including best bets for Della Maddalena vs. Prates and the full fight card....
Friday May 1st MLB Betting Picks: Top Predictions for Today’s Games
Get today’s MLB picks, including Royals vs. Mariners and Blue Jays vs. Twins, with expert analysis and betting angles....
Japan's Kei Nishikori retiring from tennis after 2026 season
Kei Nishikori, once ranked as high as No. 4 in the world, will retire from tennis at the end of the 2026 season.,The 36-year-old Japanese trailblazer made the announcement Thursday via social media.,"Since I was a child, I have been passionate about tennis and I have continued to pursue it with only...
Rockies, Braves experiencing what a difference a season makes
The 2026 Colorado Rockies were destined to be better than the 2025 team, and they've lived up to that expectation. Colorado reached 14 wins five weeks earlier than last year's 43-119 squad and is coming off a 4-2 road trip.,The Rockies will try to build on that success when they host the Atlanta Bra...
Orioles' Pete Alonso returns to New York to face Yankees
In every season of his career, Pete Alonso's lone visit to Yankee Stadium occurred for the New York Mets in the "Subway Series.",After not being offered a contract by the Mets in the offseason, Alonso will make multiple trips to the Bronx for the first time in his career starting Friday night when t...
Zac Gallen attempts to steady D-backs' staff in opener vs. Cubs
Zac Gallen will start the opening contest of the Arizona Diamondbacks' three-game series against the Chicago Cubs on Friday afternoon with a purple, baseball-seamed bruise on his right shoulder after being struck by a line drive in his latest start.,The Diamondbacks as a whole can relate.,The D-back...
Ducks claim first playoff series win since 2017, oust Oilers
Chris Kreider, Troy Terry and Leo Carlsson all scored once in three-point outings as the Anaheim Ducks advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 5-2 home-ice victory over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 on Thursday.,Cutter Gauthier collected one goal and one assist while Ryan Poe...
Knicks finish off Hawks with record-setting 51-point blowout
OG Anunoby scored 26 of his 29 points in the first half to lead visiting New York to a historic 140-89 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday as the Knicks won their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series 4-2.,It was the most points scored by the Knicks in a playoff game and their largest...
Rockets take stab at tying series with turnover-prone Lakers
The one distinct advantage the Houston Rockets carried into their Western Conference first-round series with the Los Angeles Lakers was a youthful core that, if deployed effectively, would yield an unmistakable edge.,Playing without Kevin Durant for the fourth time in the series, the Rockets relied ...
Stewart Cink, Alex Cejka lead Regions Tradition, 2nd senior major
Stewart Cink birdied his final hole to tie Germany's Alex Cejka for the lead after one round of the Regions Tradition on Thursday in Birmingham, Ala.,Cink won the first major of the PGA Tour Champions season, the Senior PGA Championship, two weeks ago. Now he's in prime position to contend for the s...
Mirra Andreeva, Marta Kostyuk to square off in Madrid Open final
Mirra Andreeva of Russia will meet Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine in the Madrid Open final after they pulled out semifinal victories Thursday.,Andreeva, the ninth seed, fought past No. 30 seed Hailey Baptiste 6-4, 7-6 (8). No. 26 seed Kostyuk needed three sets to vanquish Austria's Anastasia Potapova 6-2,...
Alexander Blockx stuns Casper Ruud to reach Madrid semis
Alexander Blockx won 84.8% (28 of 33) of his first-serve points and stormed his way to a 6-4, 6-4 upset of defending champion Casper Ruud on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Madrid Open.,Blockx, 21, from Belgium, needed just 96 minutes to dispose of Ruud, the No. 12 seed from Norway. Ranked N...