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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Athletics: Coleman world record highlights U.S. indoor champs Christian Coleman made sure the world record was his this time. After being denied ratification last month for the fastest ever 60 meters when he clocked 6.37 seconds in a race that did not use electronic starting blocks, the world outdoor silver […]
Back on top, Federer becomes oldest ATP world number one Roger Federer added yet another record to his vast collection when he guaranteed becoming the oldest ATP world number one by beating Dutchman Robin Haase 4-6 6-1 6-1 to reach the semi-finals in Rotterdam on Friday. Fresh from winning his […]
Pengilly’s quick expulsion due to admission of guilt: IOC The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday denied double standards in the expulsion of the most vocal critic in the Russian doping affair from the Pyeongchang Olympics, saying British IOC member Adam Pengilly had admitted his guilt. Pengilly was ordered home […]
Alpine skiing: Shiffrin overhauls rivals for first Pyeongchang gold American Mikaela Shiffrin put on a show of grace, power and consistency to win her first gold medal of the Pyeongchang Olympics in the women’s giant slalom on Thursday. With all the top 30 having completed their second runs and a […]
Shaun White is America’s most clutch performer in Winter Games history The final trick safely landed, the gold medal almost assuredly around his neck, Shaun White came off the halfpipe at Phoenix Snow Park and raised his arms, screaming with the kind of emotion you’ve rarely seen during his lifetime […]
