After a marathon-like march through the regular season, tiresome talks of tanking and wide-ranging woes over award rules, it’s finally time to focus on the good stuff. The 2025-26 NBA playoffs begin on Saturday, and the hope is for immediate intrigue to remind folks what high-level basketball is all about. A task that, admittedly, may …
For as much as the conversation heading into the season was dominated by the notion that the West would be a bloodbath, it became apparent over the course of the year that the “stronger” conference is a glaring example of the haves and the have-nots. The Oklahoma City Thunder, to begin their title defence, started …
NBA Playoffs Burning Questions
Even if Christmas and your birthday qualified for a play-in round, they’d likely lose to the opening of the Stanley Cup Playoffs as the most exciting date on the calendar. Stat sheets and win/loss records get wiped clean. Injuries get played right through like a foursome of old golfers. And the intensity ratchets seven notches. …
Last year’s first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs was relatively chalky. Only two lower-seeded teams — Edmonton and Florida — advanced to the next round (and ultimately the Stanley Cup Final). As evidenced by the six new teams in this year’s field, there is an element of unpredictability that has been missing recently. Here are three lower-seeded teams …
PHOENIX — Golden State coach Steve Kerr isn’t sure about his future, saying after the Warriors’ season ended Friday night that he’ll take some time to decompress before gathering with the team’s leadership and figuring out what’s next. “It might still go on. It may not,” Kerr said after the Warriors lost in Phoenix and …
Barry Walker has spent every Vancouver Whitecaps game this season leading fan chants and holding up signs that read “STAY CAPS STAY.” The 75-year-old superfan said the posters replace the ones he previously carried that said “Go Caps Go.” He swapped them out as rumours around the future of the Major League Soccer club grew …
To say that Eric Lauer didn’t enjoy coming out of the bullpen behind an opener on Friday would be an understatement. After working five innings of three-run ball against the Arizona Diamondbacks and taking the loss, Lauer voiced his frustrations with the Toronto Blue Jays‘ decision to have Braydon Fisher pitch the first inning — …
VANCOUVER — Emmanuel Sabbi scored and notched an assist as the Vancouver Whitecaps blanked visiting Sporting Kansas City 3-0 on Friday. The result marked Vancouver’s third straight victory and kept the ‘Caps atop the MLS standings with a 7-1-0 record. Sabbi opened the scoring in the 13th minute with his second goal of the season …
The NBA Playoffs field is officially set. Jalen Green led the way with a game-high 36 points to help the Suns clinch the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference. Phoenix moves on to face Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the No. 1 Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round. Game 1 is set for Sunday in …