ELMONT, N.Y. — It took 81 games for Nick Suzuki to break a 40-year drought and become the first Montreal Canadien to record 100 points in a season since Mats Naslund, and it’s possible no one truly saw it coming but Suzuki himself. You could tell he’d be good long before he was drafted 13th overall …
With the NBA regular season now wrapped up, the bracket is locked in. There can be no more movement, and the seeds are all set. The Oklahoma City Thunder and Detroit Pistons will both enter the post-season as the No. 1 seeds in their respective conferences. The Toronto Raptors, back in the playoffs for the …
NEWARK, N.J. — Nico Hischier scored his second goal of the game on the power play with 1:45 left in overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday night. The Devils trailed 3-2 after two periods, but Dawson Mercer scored a short-handed goal with 7:32 left in …
PHILADELPHIA — Giannis Antetokounmpo said it was “disrespectful” for Milwaukee to bench him over the final weeks of the season while he said he was healthy enough to play, a stinging rebuke of the franchise as he enters a stay-or-leave off-season. Antetokounmpo, a two-time MVP who led Milwaukee to its first title in half a century in …
NHL Highlights April 12
NEW YORK — LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller each scored 19 points, Kon Knueppel made three 3-pointers in his record-setting rookie season and the Charlotte Hornets beat the New York Knicks 110-96 on Sunday to clinch the No. 9 seed in the Eastern Conference. Coby White also had 19 points for the Hornets, who will …
There might not have been much doubt down the stretch between the Toronto Raptors and the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday night, but the final buzzer still marked a major moment. The Raptors officially clinched a playoff spot for the first time since 2022 with a 136-101 win over the Nets, and will face the Cleveland …
BOSTON — Baylor Scheierman scored a career-high 30 points, Luka Garza added 27, including a key 3-pointer with 31.6 seconds left, and the Boston Celtics’ reserves defeated Orlando 113-108 on Sunday night, sending the Magic into a road play-in tournament game. Ron Harper Jr. had a career-best 27 points for Boston, and Garza grabbed 12 …
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Since this year’s Masters began, Rory McIlroy talked about playing aggressively. Playing like he has a green jacket, because, well, he does already have one. Turns out, it’s a little easier to have success here when you’ve got a spot in the champions’ locker room forever. That attitude was the difference in …
WASHINGTON — If this was indeed the final home game of Alex Ovechkin‘s sensational NHL career, the Washington Capitals star collected enough memories to take him deep into retirement. From the opening faceoff to the celebratory post-game skate in which he waved gratefully to the adoring fans, Ovechkin enjoyed one heck of a day, Best …