Prior to the drop of the puck on Saturday evening, the Tampa Bay Lightning accomplished their season goal. Thanks to the Detroit Red Wings losing to the New York Rangers, the Lightning clinched a spot in the 2026 NHL playoffs. Then they went out and scored three third period goals to beat the Boston Bruins, 3-1.
If you ever need a game that defines the 2025-26 Tampa Bay Lightning season, it was tonight’s. If you’re looking for a detailed recap of the game – here ya go – instead, we want t...
The Lakers (50-27) are back in action on Easter Sunday against the Dallas Mavericks (24-53) on the road. L.A. looks to sweep the four-game season series against Dallas this season. Start time and TV schedule Who: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks When: 4:30 p.m. PT, Apr 5 Where: American Airlines Center Watch: NBC, Peacock Just when the […]
Emerson Hancock gave up a home run to Zach Neto on the first batter he faced Saturday. It was the only run of the game. The home run was the first hit Hancock allowed in 2026. He threw six no-hit innings with nine strikeouts last week against the Guardians in his season debut. He looked […]
UConn men’s basketball is headed to its third national championship gamer in four seasons, and the seventh overall in the program’s vaunted history. After the Huskies dispatched Illinois 71-62 in the Final Four, Alex Karaban will play the final game of his historic career in the national championship and have a chance to finish his […]
Recap of the game.
Sounders claim another three points on the road against Houston.
Scoreless in Spokane, the Reign and the Summit played to a tense draw.
One thing that’s helpful in keeping things in perspective is remembering that there are several people currently hurtling toward the moon, and they were sent there on purpose. NC State alum Christina Koch is one of them, as part of the Artemis II crew that launched earlier this week. The Artemis II mission is going […]
Of the Baltimore Ravens’ 10 lost free agents this offseason, one that has perhaps flown under the radar is punter Jordan Stout. After a breakout All-Pro season in 2025, the New York Giants offered Stout a contract making him the highest-paid punter in NFL history and the Ravens did not re-sign him. Now, for the […]
Angels 1, Mariners 0 Jo Adell on defense tonight: Emerson Hancock (+0.20 WPA) Jo Adell on defense every other night: Luke Raley (-.18 WPA) Game Thread Comment of the Day:
Victor Osimhen wins Turkey’s Footballer of the Year award after leading Galatasaray to a domestic double with a record-breaking season.
The Braves are hitting the ball pretty hard this season, but have had a number of barreled outs and haven’t always seen results from hitting the ball well. It does seem like some of this might be due to the balls being further deadened, as has seemingly been a trend over recent years. Some of […]
Oscar, or Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior if you’re not into the whole brevity thing, has called time on his career. In December, the 34-year-old was riding an exercise bike at the São Paulo training ground when he collapsed and was rushed to hospital. He was diagnosed with “vasovagal syncope”, a neurological condition that can […]
Charlotte Knights at Nashville Sounds — Postponed due to weatherThe Knights and Sounds will pick back up Sunday at 1:05 p.m. CT, and Saturday’s makeup will be announced at a later date. Birmingham Barons 6, Knoxville Smokies 2 (Gameday Box)The Birmingham Barons (1-1) scooped up their first win of the season Saturday, defeating their north […]
Do you feel déjà vu? As was often the case in the two series against the Miami Marlins and Toronto Blue Jays, the Colorado Rockies wasted wonderful pitching with atrocious hitting. Strikeouts and men left on base loomed large, as the Rox had their chances only to come up just one run short as the […]
INDIANAPOLIS—Now we know what it looks like when this Arizona team truly has a bad game, and what a terrible time to find that out. The Wildcats’ magical season came to a crashing end on Saturday night, losing 91-73 to Michigan in the national semifinals at Lucas Oil Stadium. The Wildcats, in their first Final […]
In Saturday night’s game thread, we mentioned how Giancarlo Stanton hadn’t had much success against his former team, but in this back-and-forth affair, the game-winning at-bat came from the Yankees’ DH. Stanton drove in a pair in the eighth inning with a single to give the Yankees the lead in what ultimately became a 9-7 […]
The Philadelphia Phillies (5-3) grew their early season win streak to four games as they came out on the right side of a rare pitchers’ duel in Denver, defeating the Colorado Rockies (2-6) by a score of 2-1 on Saturday night. Jesus Luzardo bounced back from his rough first start with a 6.2 IP 11 […]
Waukee Northwest alumnus Cade Kelderman announced his decision to enter the transfer portal after three years with the Iowa State program Saturday night. The 6-foot-1 guard tweeted a statement, in which he expressed deep gratitude for his time in Ames and the relationships he built while representing the Cyclones. For Kelderman, putting on the Iowa […]
Okay, so this was a strange one. As was noted in 1AZFan1’s recap of last night’s shutout loss, our offense has been completely AWOL for several days now. This is something we’ve seen happen plenty over the last several years, but these multi-day offensive outages get exponentially more concerning when, as I and others have […]
Seth Jarvis scored two goals and had an assist as the Carolina Hurricanes dominated the New York Islanders, 4-3 on Saturday night at the Lenovo Center. While the score was close, the Canes controlled puck possession and shots. The home team outshot the visitors 13-4 in the first period and 18-2 in the second. Overall, […]
Craig Berube addressed the media after his team’s wild 7-6 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Kings, dropping the Leafs’ record to 32-31-14. On the team’s performance: We came out hard. I thought we played a hard game. We were in the box a lot. We took too many penalties. But the penalty kill did […]
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INDIANAPOLIS — As the buzzer sounded, the overflow of emotion refused to stay bottled up. Frustration lingered as Illinois saw the curtains close on its season; it all pointed towards the end of a magical season. A season not complete without its exhilarating highs and devastating lows. A season, like that of the three other […]
Illinois Fighting Illini power forward David Mirkovic said it best in postgame: “It just happens, the basketball, it doesn’t want to get in.” That was exactly how it felt watching Illinois lose to UConn 71-62 tonight in the Final Four. The Illini got a lot of great open looks, both inside and outside. Assistant coach/offensive […]
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Marc Bernal had a tough evening on Saturday as he came on as a substitute to replace Ronald Araujo against Atletico but didn’t see out the game. The midfielder had to go off in the second half after picking up a knock in a fresh injury blow for Hansi Flick’s side. According to Gerard Romero, […]