Paolo Banchero led the way with 25 points as the Magic thumped the Charlotte Hornets 121-90 in the NBA Play-In Tournament on Friday. Orlando clinched the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference with the win and will face the top-seeded Detroit Pistons in Round 1. The Hornets, meanwhile, head home as a promising season …
Estrada was optioned to triple-A Buffalo after his April 4 appearance, suggesting a standard development move within the organization. However, it has since been revealed that the injury stemmed from that same outing, ultimately moving the club to make the IL call. The 26-year-old has appeared in just the one game this season, throwing four …
Nicole Gosling scored 38 seconds into overtime to lead the Montreal Victoire to a 3-2 win over the Boston Fleet at Place Bell on Friday night. Gosling took the puck at the top of the circle and blasted a wrist shot past Boston goaltender Abbey Levy early in the extra period. Montreal opened overtime with …
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Los Angeles Clippers are committed to a future with Kawhi Leonard as they transition from being the oldest team in the NBA to a younger one. “Our plan is to win with Kawhi,” Lawrence Frank, president of basketball operations, said Friday. “At the appropriate time, we’ll sit down with Kawhi and very similar to 2024, …
VANCOUVER – Authority, like water, flows downward. In the history of the National Hockey League, a general manager has never fired a president. Sometimes an owner may fire both. But since Luigi Aquilini’s family, which owns the Vancouver Canucks, still trusts Jim Rutherford to preside over the entirety of hockey operations, there was an inevitability …
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Good news, Kings fans: No longer must you dread yet another first-round series against the Edmonton Oilers. Four straight first-round meetings against McDavid & Co., resulting in four straight early exits, had L.A. stuck in an all-too-familiar nightmare. Now, for the bad news: The Kings get Colorado, instead. It’s the matchup nobody wanted — and for …
Blue Jays manager John Schneider told reporters Friday in Phoenix that Yesavage will make another rehab start on Tuesday with triple-A Buffalo and that Berríos will pitch again for single-A Dunedin on Wednesday. Yesavage pitched for Buffalo on Wednesday, striking out five over 4.1 innings of three-run ball. He allowed two home runs and seven …
Aliyah Boston has signed the richest total contract in WNBA history. Boston is set to make $1 million in 2026 and then 20 per cent of the cap through to 2029. She was eligible to sign for $1.19 million, the standard max deal amount this season, but chose to accept less money to give the …
OTTAWA — In a series with two evenly matched teams, one player can make the difference. Kleven’s been out for two weeks after taking a puck to the face (it’s suspected he broke his jaw). The rugged defenceman hadn’t skated with Ottawa since then, but did on Friday. He’d become a pivotal part of why …