Goalie Alex Lyon makes 94 saves in helping team win longest game in AHL history The Lehigh Valley Phantoms and Charlotte Checkers played the longest game in American Hockey League history on Wednesday night, so it was appropriate that there was a historic performance to go along with it. Phantoms […]
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Celtics knock out 76ers, will meet Cavs in Eastern Conference finals for second straight year Boston and Philadelphia may add chapters to their storied rivalry in the coming years, but it wasn’t going to happen this season. No team had ever come back from a 3-0 deficit and after dropping […]
Prior injury saved Tigers’ Jordan Zimmermann after line drive to face Detroit Tigers pitcher Jordan Zimmermann’s start lasted seven pitches. Two batters into the game against Cleveland on Wednesday night, he was hit in the side of the face on a line drive from Jason Kipnis. Because Zimmermann suffered a […]
Kobe Bryant: Utah’s Quin Snyder should win Coach of the Year; James Harden deserves MVP Kobe Bryant has never been shy about sharing his opinions. So after the retired Lakers legend discussed his new ESPN hoops show, “Detail,” that will debut on Thursday, he went all in – unprompted – […]
Purdue player Isaac Haas accused of infecting partner with STD, according to lawsuit Former Purdue basketball standout Isaac Haas infected his former partner with an incurable STD, and she’s not the first one he’s infected, a civil lawsuit alleges. Alyssa Chambers filed a $1 million civil lawsuit in Tippecanoe Circuit […]
Point scores in OT, Lightning beat Panthers 5-4 Overtime has become Brayden Point’s time to shine. The Tampa Bay center scored his fourth overtime goal of the season on Tuesday to give the league-leading Lightning a 5-4 victory over in-state rival Florida. Point also has four game-deciding shootout goals. “You’ve […]
Staal scores twice more for Wild in 6-2 romp over Hurricanes Those Minnesota Wild fans waiting in concession lines or lingering too long in the concourse during the first intermission sure missed a show. Eric Staal has put on quite the must-see performance himself this season. Staal’s second goal of […]
The Latest: US hockey, Czech Republic head to shootout The Latest on the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local): 2:45 p.m. The United States and Czech Republic are going to a shootout in their quarterfinal men’s hockey game at the Pyeongchang Olympics. The U.S. opened the OT with 41 seconds remaining […]
Virtue, Moir win second ice dance gold with world record Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir claimed their second Olympic gold medal with a brilliant free dance on Tuesday, edging to the top of the podium by less than a point and breaking the world record into the […]
Siebenhofer fastest, Vonn on pace in downhill training Austrian Ramona Siebenhofer set the pace in the final training run for the women’s downhill on Tuesday and Lindsey Vonn’s bid to reclaim the Olympic gold remained on course as she registered a top-five time for the third day in a row. […]
