The Minnesota Wild’s Zach Parise, right, and Ryan Suter celebrate Parise’s goal against the Columbus Blue Jackets in an NHL hockey game in St. Paul, Minn. Forever linked as the…
Its fans have waited more than 25 years for an Olympic gold medal, and its top league wants to fight the NHL for international markets so the absence of NHL…
WHO’S IN EAST: The Atlantic Division-champion Montreal Canadiens have home-ice advantage against the New York Rangers. The Pittsburgh Penguins have home ice against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Washington Capitals,…
Garcia had four birdies on his first nine holes Friday at the Masters to wipe out Charley Hoffman’s historic four-shot lead. Of course, Hoffman helped with a run of five…
Young Blevins aces first US Cup stop in Fontana; Wells overcomes obstacles
Tim Tebow hit a home run in his first official at-bat as a New York Mets minor leaguer, a charmed start Thursday night for a popular yet polarizing athlete who…
Isaiah Thomas scored 35 points, Jae Crowder had 24 and Marcus Smart 18 for the Celtics. They have dropped two in a row after winning five of seven. Rookie Taurean…
Will McGirt looked as though he would carry the clubhouse lead into the second round. But Charley Hoffman had other ideas. Now, McGirt is four strokes back.David J. Phillip/Associated Press…
Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland will make his major league debut Friday in the team’s home opener against the Dodgers.Jeff Chiu/Associated Press The rookie 23-year-old left-hander will catch his…
Arenado led off the ninth inning with his first homer of the season to give the Colorado Rockies the lead in a 2-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday.…
He never even took a shot at the first major of the year. The world’s No. 1-ranked player was forced to withdraw from the Masters on Thursday because of a…
Varlamov plans to start skating at the end of the month and may put the goaltender pads back on in late May or early June. The 28-year-old Varlamov was limited…
When Kevin Durant returns from a left knee injury as soon as Saturday after missing more than a month, he will rejoin his Golden State group that’s on an impressive…
Peralta pitched five effective innings, and Eric Thames, Travis Shaw and Jonathan Villar each homered to help the Brewers beat the Rockies 6-1 Wednesday night. “I think it was more…
The teams had identical records entering their final regular-season matchup, but Cleveland (51-27) now has a one-game lead over Boston (50-28) with only four games to play. Cleveland also holds…
Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin (8), goalie Braden Holtby (70), Brooks Orpik (44), Nate Schmidt (88) and others celebrate the team’s 2-0 win over the New York Rangers in Wednesday’s game.Nick…
It was a stunning development on an otherwise quiet day at Augusta National, where the course was shut down at 1:30 p.m. because of storms. The real calamity struck a…
It got a lot harder Wednesday afternoon when Dustin Johnson, the betting favorite and No. 1 player in the world, took a serious fall down a staircase at his rented…
The two-time Masters champion enjoyed every moment. Watson and former U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson were first off the tee at Augusta National’s par-3 layout in between major storms that…
The Nuggets cut the lead to two points on a layup by Nikola Jokic with 1:20 remaining. A 3-pointer by Harden a few seconds later pushed the lead to 106-101…
Nuggets closing in on final playoff spot
Johnson scores winner as Avs beat Chicago 4-3
Tony Romo is retiring rather than trying to chase a Super Bowl with another team after losing his starting job with the Dallas Cowboys. The all-time passing leader for the…
Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin and other players are raising doubts about the finality of the NHL announcement that it won’t participate in the 2018 Olympics. Capitals superstar reiterated…
The morning after the NHL announced it wasn’t going to the 2018 Olympics, some Americans playing in Europe started wondering if they should keep their schedules open.Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press…
layers are raising doubts about the finality of the NHL announcement that it won’t participate in the 2018 Olympics. Two-time Olympic gold-medal-winner Sidney Crosby said it was disappointing.Gene J. Puskar/Associated…
