Knicks survive to take Game 1 on road against Cavaliers

The New York Knicks survived to knock off the Cleveland Cavaliers, 101-97, to open the postseason on Saturday while snapping a long playoff drought away from Madison Square Garden.  New York’s victory over Cleveland marks its first road win in Game 1 of a playoff series since 1999, when the Knicks defeated the Indiana Pacers […]

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Bulls’ ‘double-double machine’ to test free agency

This offseason could be one of change for the Chicago Bulls, who might require a new starting center with the future of veteran Nikola Vucevic up in the air. A free agent this summer, Vucevic spoke to reporters on Saturday, revealing that the Bulls hold “priority,” but he intends to test the free-agent market.  “I’ll […]

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Watch: Top Cubs prospect gets triple thanks to unbelievable slide

Pete Crow-Armstrong is out here making Trea Turner look like an amateur. Crow-Armstrong, a top prospect in the Chicago Cubs organization, went viral over the weekend for his physics-defying slide during a game. While playing for the Double-A Tennessee Smokies, Crow-Armstrong smacked an extra-base hit off the center field wall. He tried to turn the […]

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A’s pitcher makes unfortunate history in MLB debut vs. Mets

Oakland Athletics reliever Hogan Harris began his MLB career with a historically poor performance in Friday’s 17-6 loss to the New York Mets. Harris, who has a 3.26 career ERA in the minors, entered the game in the top of the fifth inning as Oakland trailed 6-3. He got his first batter, DH Daniel Vogelbach, […]

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Canucks’ Tanner Pearson has scary quote about hand injury

Vancouver Canucks forward Tanner Pearson spoke to the media for the first time since suffering a season-ending hand injury that occurred on Nov. 9, and he made his feelings quite clear. Shortly after the injury, it was announced that Pearson would miss approximately four to six weeks, but that changed drastically on Jan. 12 when […]

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Why being the favorite to open the NBA playoffs could be a bad thing

The Bucks are the favorites to win the NBA Finals this season, a label that could be more a curse than a blessing. Milwaukee looks to become the first consensus favorite entering the first round to win the NBA Finals since Golden State five years ago.That was the Warriors’ third NBA title with the core […]

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Rory McIlroy’s $3 million PGA Tour pay cut gives him a new reason to ponder move to LIV Golf

While Rory McIlroy has been one of the PGA Tour’s most loyal stars, they may have recently given him another reason to ponder an eventual move to their rivals, LIV Golf. The war between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf has raged on for the better part of a year. Despite the league that’s backed […]

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MLB umpire discusses how pitch clock led to ‘pigeon delay’

Vice president of the MLB Umpires Association Dan Bellino talked with Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic recently about the myriad of rules changes to come to America’s Pastime. The conversation mainly focused on the pitch clock and Bellino said with the emphasis on speeding up the game, there have been unique circumstances that have been […]

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Penguins make sweeping changes to front office

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ streak of consecutive playoff appearances came to an abrupt and stunning end this season, and ownership is not wasting any time making sweeping changes. The team announced on Friday that it has fired general manager Ron Hextall, assistant general manager Chris Pryor and president of hockey operations Brian Burke.  Prior to this […]

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Clippers HC Tyronn Lue gives Paul George injury update

Los Angeles Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue gave a notable update on injured star Paul George on Friday, two days ahead of the team’s playoff series against the Phoenix Suns. The 32-year-old hasn’t played since March 21 when he suffered a right knee injury during the Clippers’ loss to his former team, the Oklahoma City […]

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