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Stanley Cup Final draws highest TV ratings in 7 years
The high-scoring Stanley Cup Final turned into a ratings win for ABC, which drew the highest viewership for the NHL's championship round in seven years, the network announced Tuesday.,The Carolina Hurricanes' six-game win over the Vegas Golden Knights attracted an average of 5.2 million viewers. The...

Report: Garrick Higgo not at U.S. Open, but fired caddie is
Just as he infamously missed his tee time at last month's PGA Championship, Garrick Higgo missed out on the opportunity to compete at this week's U.S. Open.,However, his former caddie Austin Gaugert, who was at the first tee on time, will be in attendance at this week's major at Shinnecock Hills Gol...

Matt Fitzpatrick wants to see difficult Shinnecock course for U.S. Open
At the approximate halfway point of the 2026 PGA Tour season, it's hard to make an argument that anyone has been more consistent from January into June than Matt Fitzpatrick.,He's made the cut at all 14 events he's entered this season, finished in the top 25 10 times, top three five times and won th...

Forget 2026 ... Hurricanes favored to win it all in 2027
After completing one of the most dominant runs in Stanley Cup playoff history in Las Vegas on Sunday, the Carolina Hurricanes found themselves atop another list synonymous with Sin City.,The betting odds.,Shortly after the Hurricanes defeated the host Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 to win the Stanley Cup ...

Hurricanes’ Jordan Staal wins 2026 Conn Smythe Trophy
Carolina captain Jordan Staal was voted the 2026 Conn Smythe Trophy winner as the most valuable player in the playoffs following the Hurricanes' Stanley Cup-clinching 3-0 Game 6 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights Sunday evening in Las Vegas.,Staal, 37, had scored goals in five straight games comi...

Hurricanes storm past Golden Knights in Game 6 to grab Stanley Cup
LAS VEGAS -- Rod Brind'Amour captained the Carolina Hurricanes to their first Stanley Cup in 2006.,Now 20 years later, he'll get his name on the trophy again as head coach of the Hurricanes.,Rookie goaltender Brandon Bussi, a waiver-wire pickup from Florida in October, made 22 saves to win his third...

Fifteen-year pro Bud Cauley collects first PGA Tour title at rainy Canadian Open
It was a long climb for Bud Cauley, but he finally made it.,Cauley birdied three consecutive holes on the back nine during the final round of the RBC Canadian Open on his way to shooting 5-under-par 65 and winning on the PGA Tour for the first time Sunday in Caledon, Ontario.,Cauley, 36, had never f...

Bud Cauley, 36, lands first PGA Tour title at rainy Canadian Open
Bud Cauley birdied three consecutive holes on the back nine during the final round of the RBC Canadian Open on his way to shooting 5-under-par 65 and winning on the PGA Tour for the first time Sunday in Caledon, Ontario.,Cauley ended up at 17-under 263 for a two-stroke victory over England's Matt Fi...

Denny Hamlin makes it 3 wins in a row, nabs 8th career title at Pocono
Red-hot Toyota driver Denny Hamlin ran down and passed Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell to win his career-best third straight race Sunday, taking the Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa.,With Bell's No. 20 Toyota in full fuel-conservation mode, Hamlin found checke...

Knights trust in Carter Hart with Canes on cusp of taking Stanley Cup
LAS VEGAS -- For the third time in their brief nine-year history, the Vegas Golden Knights will have the Stanley Cup in T-Mobile Arena for an elimination game on Sunday night.,John Tortorella's squad, which trails the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in the best-of seven Stanley Cup Final, has one simple goa...

Chris Richards starting USMNT opener vs. Paraguay; Matt Freese in net
After missing the U.S. men's national team's final two friendlies with an ankle injury, top defender Chris Richards is in the lineup for the Americans' World Cup opener vs. Paraguay on Friday evening.,This isn't a huge surprise after Richards and U.S. manager Mauricio Pochettino each said Richards w...

Jordan Staal, Hurricanes take Game 5, close in on Stanley Cup title
Jordan Staal scored his sixth goal of the Stanley Cup Final, sparking the Carolina Hurricanes to a 4-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 on Thursday in Raleigh, N.C.,The Hurricanes own a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series and will try to clinch the second Stanley Cup title in team histor...

USMNT D Chris Richards (ankle) available for selection vs. Paraguay
After U.S. men's national team defender Chris Richards told reporters Wednesday he's ready for the World Cup after being limited with an ankle injury, manager Mauricio Pochettino confirmed Thursday that Richards is available for selection.,"Chris is available to be selected, and then we will decide ...

Brandon Bussi earns Game 5 start for Hurricanes vs. Golden Knights
After he made 18 saves in his first Stanley Cup playoff start in the Hurricanes' Game 4 win over the Golden Knights, Brandon Bussi will start in net again in Game 5 at Carolina on Thursday.,The best-of-seven series is tied 2-2.,"‘Bus Man' has been great," Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal said. "It's ...

Mexico kick off World Cup with 2-0 win over 9-man South Africa
Julian Quinones and Raul Jimenez both scored their first career World Cup goals, and co-hosts Mexico kicked off the 2026 edition with a comfortable 2-0 win over nine-man South Africa on Thursday afternoon to open Group A in Mexico City.,The Colombian-born Quinones scored only nine minutes into his W...

Florida AD presents $1.45B renovation plan for The Swamp
Florida unveiled plans Thursday for a $1.45 billion renovation of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, believed to be the costliest stadium project ever in college football.,Known as "The Swamp" since legendary coach Steve Spurrier bestowed the nickname in 1992, the stadium will remain true to i...

Mexico ticket sales halted on secondary market
With more than two hours to go until Mexico and South Africa were set to kick off the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Mexico City on Thursday, all major secondary ticket websites tracked by ticketdata.com had stopped selling tickets to the high-demand match.,As of 12:50 p.m. ET, there were no seats remaining...

Mexico have history, pressure hosting South Africa in World Cup opener
Javier Aguirre knows exactly what awaits his Mexico side when it hosts the World Cup opener against South Africa on Thursday in Mexico City to kick off Group A.,Forty years and one week ago, Aguirre played all 90 minutes of host Mexico's impressive 2-1 victory over Belgium to open El Tri's 1986 Worl...

Knights aim to cool off Canes' Jordan Staal in pivotal Game 5
Carolina Hurricanes forward Jordan Staal picked a great time to get hot.,Staal has five goals through the first four games of the Stanley Cup Final against the Vegas Golden Knights, helping keep the best-of-7 series tied heading into Game 5 on Thursday evening in Raleigh, N.C.,"I just want to contri...

Behind Jordan Staal's 2 goals, Hurricanes level Stanley Cup Final 2-2
LAS VEGAS -- Jordan Staal scored two goals, including the go-ahead tally in the third period, and Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and two assists as the Carolina Hurricanes evened the Stanley Cup Final at two wins apiece with a 5-3 victory on Tuesday.,It marked the fourth straight game that Staal scored a...