The Tampa Bay Lightning swept the Florida Panthers to advance to the third round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Tampa Bay defeated Florida with a score of 2-0 in Game 4 on Monday night at Amalie Arena. The Lightning are seeking a historic three-peat, after winning back-to-back Stanley Cups in 2020 and 2021. Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded an
American Amanda Anisimova eliminated four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka from the 2022 French Open on Monday in Paris, with a straight-sets victory in the first round. Anisimova, the No. 27 seed, needed just one hour and 30 minutes to win her match 7-5, 6-4 on Court Suzanne-Lenglen, totaling five aces, converted four of 10 break points and
Scott Dixon dominated to win his second consecutive Indianapolis 500 pole position, putting up a four lap average of 234.046 mph, the fastest pole speed of all time en route to his fifth pole for “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing”. The New Zealand native was the last to hit the track, beating out his teammate Alex Palou and Ed Carpenter
Justin Thomas has won his second PGA Championship on Sunday, after forcing a playoff with Will Zalatoris and beating him with two birdies and a par in their three-hole aggregate at Southern Hills. Thomas began the tournament with back-to-back 67s; he shot 74 on Saturday to go backward, but he made a back-nine charge on Sunday and birdied the
NY Mets right-handed pitcher Max Scherzer is expected to be sidelined for six to eight weeks with a strained oblique muscle in his left side. Scherzer had an MRI on Thursday, one day after he pulled himself from a start against the St. Louis Cardinals with a 1-1 count on Albert Pujols in the sixth inning after feeling “a zing” in his left
Tiger Woods had a rough showing in the first round of the PGA Championship on Thursday at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Woods got off to a strong start through the first five holes. However, from there as he carded seven bogeys and just one more birdie to close out the first round, finishing four-over 74 and toward the bottom
Stephen Curry had 21 points and a game-high 12 rebounds to help the Golden State Warriors beat the Dallas Mavericks 112-87 on Wednesday night, giving them a 1-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. The Mavericks Luka Doncic scored 20 points but shot just 6 for 18 and 3 of 10 from deep, and Jalen Brunson scored 14 points but missed all five of
Carolina’s Ian Cole scored the game-winner in overtime to give the Hurricanes a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers in the opening game of the second round conference semifinals on Wednesday night. NY Rangers center Filip Chytil’s goal in the first period looked like it would be the game-winner, but the Hurricane’s Sebastian Aho tied
Former Pro Bowl running back Phillip Lindsay has agreed on a one-year deal with the Indianapolis Colts, Lindsay’s agent Mike McCartney posted on Twitter. Lindsay spent last season with the Texans and then the Dolphins, rushing for 130 yards on 50 carries with one TD in Houston. He went to Miami after being waived by Houston in late November,
Major League Baseball announced on Tuesday that they have suspended right-handed pitcher Matt Harvey for 60 games for distributing a prohibited drug of abuse, which is a violation of MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Harvey’s suspension is retroactive to April 29. The punishment comes after Harvey testified during
