SALT LAKE CITY — Nick Schmaltz scored twice as the Utah Mammoth beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 on Tuesday night and secured the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Schmaltz scored his first goal for the Mammoth 4:54 into the second period on the power-play, assisted by Mikhail Sergachev and Dylan Guenther. He added …
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Alex Ovechkin hasn’t decided if his final NHL game was Tuesday night. If it was, the Russian superstar made sure he got on the scoresheet. Ovechkin assisted on Jakob Chychrun’s go-ahead goal during the third period of the Washington Capitals‘ 2-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets. “It’s pretty cool. We tried to win, and we …
Portland defeated the host Phoenix Suns 114-110 in the NBA Play-In Tournament on Tuesday to clinch the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference. The victory earns the Blazers a first-round matchup with Victor Wembanyama and the No. 2-seeded San Antonio Spurs. Game 1 of that series is set for Sunday in San Antonio. Meanwhile, …
LOS ANGELES — World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto and rookie Nolan McLean duelled through seven innings, Kyle Tucker singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers edged the Mets 2-1 Tuesday night, sending New York to its seventh straight loss. The Mets have been outscored 36-10 during their skid, dropping …
NEW YORK — Mike Trout hit another go-ahead home run, and this time Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees didn’t come back. Finding his power groove after a mechanical tweak of his swing, Trout hit a 445-foot home run, the first of three Angels long balls in a five-pitch span of the first inning …
CALGARY – Through a season of tumult, the one thing that hasn’t changed has been the radiant smile on Zayne Parekh’s face. Like his game, it has broadened of late. “I know it hasn’t been the best season, but I wouldn’t say it’s been a bad one at all,” said the effervescent 20-year-old, asked to …
PHILADELPHIA — This wasn’t the end the Montreal Canadiens were looking for, but this isn’t really the end, anyway. This 4-2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 82 was what it was, and it hardly put a damper on their 106-point season. Were the Canadiens hoping to apply some pressure on their first-round playoff …
MILWAUKEE, WI. — The Blue Jays are going through it. Beginning a nine-games-in-as-many-days road trip that will take them progressively west through multiple time zones, the club has a five-man rotation and four lineup regulars on the injured list, a beleaguered starting staff that last gave its team six innings on the first day of this …
MINNEAPOLIS — Byron Buxton homered twice and Mick Abel pitched seven sharp innings as the Minnesota Twins beat the Boston Red Sox 6-0 on Tuesday. Buxton had four hits and scored four runs, while Brooks Lee also homered for the Twins. Minnesota has won eight of nine. Abel (1-2), who was acquired from the Phillies …
Apparently, Columbus Blue Jackets coach Rick Bowness didn’t view his team’s season finale as a meaningless game. Despite the fact that the Blue Jackets were eliminated from playoff contention earlier this week, the veteran coach tore a strip off his players after the team’s 2-1 loss to the visiting Washington Capitals on Tuesday. “All you …