Category: Sports

Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson launched tee shots in the Saudi-funded golf league on Thursday, and it wasn’t long before the PGA Tour said its players who took part were no longer welcome, even if they already had resigned.  PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan held a hard line on his pledge that players could choose one tour or the other, but […]

Michael Harris gave Atlanta the lead with a two-run triple in the fifth inning, and the surging Braves beat the skidding Oakland Athletics 13-2 on Wednesday night.

Jaylen Brown scored 27 points, Jayson Tatum added 26 and the Celtics rode the energy of a raucous TD Garden crowd to beat back another third-quarter onslaught by Golden State in a 116-100 victory Wednesday night that gave them a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals.

Two-time major winner Dustin Johnson has resigned his PGA Tour membership to participate in the new golf series backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund.  The first LIV Golf Invitational, which offers $25 million in prize money, is taking place outside London from Thursday.  Johnson said on Tuesday he “had to think long and hard” about leaving the PGA Tour, […]

Ronald Acuña Jr. hit two home runs, Guillermog Heredia gave Atlanta the lead with a solo shot in the seventh inning and the streaking Braves beat the reeling Oakland Athletics 3-2 on Tuesday night.        

Nikita Kucherov scored on a breakaway and Andrei Vasilevskiy had 33 saves Tuesday night, helping the two-time defending NHL champions shut down the Rangers 4-1 and even the best-of-seven series at two games apiece.      

The top-two coaches in college football remained the same for Sporting News’ FBS coach rankings going into the 2022 campaign.  Nick Saban leads the way and Clemson’s Dabo Swinney is topping the rest of college football.  Georgia’s Smart is indeed No. 3 now, followed by Ohio State’s Ryan Day and Cincinnati’s Luke Fickell in the top-5.  The next-best from the ACC […]

Artturi Lehkonen scored 1:19 into overtime, and Colorado rallied to beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-5 Monday night, completing a four-game sweep in the Western Conference final and propelling the Avalanche into the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2001.  Colorado will take on the winner of the Eastern Conference final between the New York Rangers and two-time defending […]

Another woman has filed a civil lawsuit against Deshaun Watson, raising the number of women who have accused the Cleveland Browns quarterback of inappropriate sexual conduct during massage sessions to 24.  Watson has denied all wrongdoing, and during his introductory news conference with the Browns on March 25, he said he has “never disrespected any woman.”

The National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame unveiled the names on the 2023 ballot for induction into the CFB Hall of Fame on Monday, including 80 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 96 players and 33 coaches from the divisional ranks.  Among the names at the FBS level, are former Clemson linebacker Levon […]