LOS ANGELES — LeBron James had 28 points, 12 assists and six rebounds, and the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers clinched home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs with their 101-73 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Friday night. Luke Kennard scored 19 points and Rui Hachimura added 13 for the Lakers, who will …
On a night where Ichiro Suzuki was being immortalized in bronze, some 17 hours north, Shohei Ohtani was breaking a record set by his countryman in 2009. With a single in the fifth inning of Friday’s contest against the Texas Rangers, Ohtani broke the record for longest on-base streak by a Japanese-born player in MLB, …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jalen Duren had 20 points, Duncan Robinson scored 19 and the Detroit Pistons beat Charlotte 118-100 on Friday night, locking the Hornets into the play-in tournament. Already assured of the top seed in the Eastern Conference, the Pistons played their regular starters against the Hornets. Cade Cunningham scored 14 points, Ronald Holland II …
ST. LOUIS — Dustin May pitched six strong innings, Ramón Urías hit a double and scored twice, and St. Louis beat Boston in the opener of a three-game series. Jordan Walker hit a one-out single and, after Urías walked, scored on a single by Thomas Saggese. Urías and Saggese moved into scoring position on a …
The first thing that came to mind when the Toronto Raptors took the floor against the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden was: how about no one gets hurt? It made sense that the Raptors didn’t play Immanuel Quickley on Friday night. He toughed out two games on his injured right foot against Miami …
Brittney Griner is finalizing a seven-figure deal to join the Sun, sources told ESPN’s Alexa Philippou on Friday. The 10-time all-star is coming off a down year with the Atlanta Dream after 11 seasons with the Phoenix Mercury. She averaged career lows in points (9.8), assists (0.8), rebounds (5.2) and blocks (1.2). Despite 2025 not …
Shield Curling Club earned the third sweep of the week in Rock League curling action Friday, defeating Maple United 3-0 to climb atop the standings heading into the weekend’s playoffs. Shield (3-2, 3.5 points) is in a three-way tie with Alpine (3-2, 3.5 points) and Northern (3-2, 3.5 points) but holds the tiebreaker thanks to …
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Yandy Díaz sparked a comeback with a tying, two-run homer in the first inning off Luis Gil, who made his first big league start this season, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Yankees 5-3 on Friday night to extend New York’s losing streak to three. Steven Matz (3-0) and three …
TORONTO — As the Toronto Blue Jays took on the Seattle Mariners in the American League Championship Series last fall, Arjun Nimmala and the other prospects at a developmental camp in Dunedin, Fla., gathered in their hotel rooms to watch the games at night. “Different TVs have different delays,” recalled Nimmala, who was watching with …
NEW YORK — Jalen Brunson scored 29 points, Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds, and the New York Knicks beat Toronto 112-95 stopping the Raptors from clinching a playoff spot Friday night. Toronto entered the game needing to win Friday, or Sunday in its regular-season finale against Brooklyn, to clinch its first …