DENVER (AP) — Jared Bednar may have put it best after the Colorado Avalanche erased a three-goal deficit to win their series on an overtime tally by a defenseman who hadn’t scored since January and with a different team, no less.“That one was,” the coach said, “something.”AdvertisementSomething, indeed.The Avalanche advanced to the Western Conference final for the eighth time since relocating to Denver courtesy of a Brett Kulak goal in a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild in Game 5. It’s just the second time in the last nine playoff appearances the Avalanche have made it past the second round.On…
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Game 5 is always huge in a tied series in the NBA Playoffs, and the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers both knew the stakes entering their pivotal Wednesday night showdown. A high-pressure atmosphere in Detroit produced arguably the best game of the series so far, with Cleveland outlasting Detroit, 117-113, in overtime to put the Cavs one win away from the Eastern Conference Finals.Should the game have even gone into overtime? The final sequence of regulation was the main talking point after the buzzer. Cleveland’s Donovan Mitchell held the ball for the last shot, but he stripped on his drive…
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Two outstanding starts and two blowups. There was no middle ground for starters in the Dodgers minor league system, with only the Loons earning a win.Player of the daySometimes your best isn’t enough, and that was the case for Isaac Ayon, who could only cover five scoreless innings in the matchup between the Tower Buzzers and Giants. As impressive as keeping the Giants off the board was, the manner in which Ayon accomplished that stood out even more, earning two-thirds of his outs via strikeout.Ayon now has 35 strikeouts in 27.1 innings with a terrific 1.02 WHIP. The 10 strikeouts…
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Ben Kindel picked up votes and finished ninth in the Calder voting. The award was announced early and handed to the unanimous winner, Matthew Schaefer live on national television.Considering Kindel in his draft+1 wasn’t even expected to be in the NHL until his training camp performance forced his way into…
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Matt Fitzpatrick extended his lead with an erratic three-under par 68 Saturday at the US PGA Tour RBC Heritage as world number one Scottie Scheffler stormed up the leaderboard into second place.Overnight leader Fitzpatrick bounced back from a shaky start, holing out from off the greens on 14 and 15…
Tyson Fury’s move to the Isle of Man is “inspiring” for children and young people getting into boxing, a Manx fighter has said.During Fury’s comeback fight, after a 16-month retirement, there was a nod to his new home, with “boxing out of the Isle of Man” announced as he made…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vegas and Utah head into their first-round meeting playing well at just the right time, and while some elements could carry over, the way games play out in the NHL playoffs are far different from the regular season.Matchups often become much more important than whatever supposed…
The second-most expensive roster in MLB isn’t paying off so far this season.With a 4-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Saturday, the New York Mets’ losing streak reached 10 games and lowed their record to 7-14, tied for the worst mark in all of baseball. It is their first…
Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here.Fresh off a blowout win over the Charlotte Hornets, the Orlando Magic find themselves in a 1 vs. 8 matchup with the Detroit Pistons.AdvertisementUnfortunately for Orlando, what’s been a breakout year for the Pistons…
T.J. Parker, EDGE, ClemsonHow do you spell rebuild? By trading away every single one of your talented players, even incurring a $99 million dead cap hit in the process. By accumulating 11 draft picks in 2026, including seven picks (seven!) in the top 95, and two picks in the first…
NASCAR lineup at Kansas: Starting order, pole for 2026 AdventHealth 400 based on qualifying results originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The NASCAR Cup Series will be in Kansas this weekend for the 2026 AdventHealth 400.AdvertisementAfter the Easter weekend break,…
Atletico Madrid lost 4-3 on penalties to Real Sociedad after a 2-2 draw in normal and extra time in the Copa del Rey final at the Estadio de La Cartuja on Saturday evening.Sociedad opened the scoring inside 15 seconds as Ander Barrenetxea headed Goncalo Guedes’ cross into the bottom corner.AdvertisementBarrenetxea’s…
Tennis authority Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated wrote a book about the seven hours it took to complete this match, entitled “Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played.” Federer entered having won five consecutive Wimbledon titles, but his young Spanish rival was coming hard. Nadal took…
Playing his first-ever senior-level event, which follows an eight-month break, which was forced by being booted out of LIV Golf, Henrik Stenson is answering questions when a reporter wonders about his driving average.“My average?” Stenson says.Advertisement“Yeah, I’ve trimmed it down to about 360 to go easy on the guys.”He’s not…
British light-heavyweight Ben Whittaker produced a brilliant first-round knockout against Argentina’s Braian Suarez at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool – taking his record to 11-0-1.Liverpool’s Callum Smith was originally headlining the card but pulled out of his light-heavyweight title eliminator with Cuba’s David Morrell.AdvertisementWhittaker, 28, was elevated to top of…
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Brianne Jenner had a goal and two assists and Jocelyne Larocque had goal and an assist to lead the Ottawa Charge past the New York Sirens 5-1 on Saturday.Ronja Savolainen, Peyton Hemp and Rebecca Leslie also scored and Gwyneth Phillips stopped 23 shots for the Charge…
