MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Brooks Lee hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning for the Minnesota Twins in a 3-1 victory to complete a four-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers on Thursday. Mick Abel pitched six scoreless innings and Josh Bell went 3 for 4 with a home run for the Twins, ...
Home-court advantage mattered big-time to Oklahoma City last season, when the Thunder won a Game 7 at home to secure the NBA title. And every Game 1 the Thunder play this season — along with every Game 7, if necessary — will be on their home floor once again. The defending NBA ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Four freshman goalies will take the ice before a packed T-Mobile Arena today for the semifinals of the Frozen Four, something so unusual that the NCAA can't find another such instance. The atmosphere could be daunting even for upperclassmen, but those goalies have been ...
DETROIT (AP) — Cade Cunningham had 13 points and 10 assists in his return from injury as the Detroit Pistons beat the Milwaukee Bucks 137-111 in their home finale on Wednesday night. Cunningham hadn't played since sustaining a collapsed lung in a win against the Washington Wizards on ...
Sidney Crosby never played for an NCAA title. Neither did Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid or, going way back, Wayne Gretzky. For decades, the stars of the Canadian Hockey League were deemed pros as juniors — they received stipends — and ruled ineligible for the NCAA as a result. In ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Catchers were far more successful than batters through Major League Baseball's first full week of challenges to robot umpires, led by the Detroit Tigers and Dillon Dingler. The overall success rate in the Automated Ball-Strike System was 55.2% (299 of 542), with fielding ...
