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Hoffman's blast gives Blues 3-2 overtime win in LA
LOS ANGELES — The last time the St. Louis Blues played the Los Angeles Kings, they couldn’t score and couldn’t win. ... Read More
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Blake Griffin a good fit for the Lakers? Breaking down what he could bring
LOS ANGELES — Blake Griffin is now a free agent after he and the Detroit Pistons agreed on a buyout of the final season-plus of his contract, which was set to pay him nearly $40 million next season.
At that cost, it ...Read more
Sharks erase three-goal deficit, lose to Golden Knights in OT
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Logan Couture and Max Pacioretty got into a wrestling match in the first period. Kurtis Gabriel and Ryan Reaves dropped the gloves for a heavyweight tilt at the start of the third period.
The ...Read more
Some help is needed for UCLA or USC to make Los Angeles a Pac-12 title town
LOS ANGELES — UCLA was surging toward a Pac-12 title, its fate belonging to nobody else, its destiny unfurling promisingly ahead.
Then came the losses, the doubts, the worries.
USC was surging toward a Pac-12 title, ...Read more
Alex DeBrincat scores twice, Malcolm Subban makes 39 saves and Blackhawks beat Lightning, 4-3, on Philipp Kurashev's shootout goal
CHICAGO — Retiring defenseman Brent Seabrook received a tribute Friday night, but Alex DeBrincat stole the show, rallying the Chicago Blackhawks from a two-goal deficit against the Tampa Bay Lighting, and Philipp ...Read more
Wild breeze past host Coyotes, 5-1
GLENDALE, Ariz., — Arizona, meet Kirill Kaprizov.
The Coyotes became the latest team in the West Division to get an ice-level view of the Wild rookie phenom and like he has so far in his young NHL career, Kaprizov put ...Read more
Brooks, McGusty combine for 48 points as Miami beats Boston College, 80-76
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — It was not exactly the Senior Night they envisioned when they arrived on the University of Miami campus — an empty, cavernous Watsco Center with just a smattering of family members and cardboard ...Read more
Clayton Kershaw exuding 'lightness' after shedding World Series failure weight
One daunting opponent fell off the Dodgers' schedule this season — the Dodgers. Or, to be more precise, the ghosts of Dodgers' past, all those clubs that came up short before the Dodgers finally won their first World ...Read more
Dylan Hernandez: Shohei Ohtani could finally be the two-way star the Angels envisioned
LOS ANGELES — How quickly the story has changed, the fears about what could go wrong for Shohei Ohtani replaced by anticipation of the exospheric heights he could reach. What started as a make-or-break spring has morphed...Read more
Arnold Palmer Invitational: Canada's Corey Conners tops eclectic, intriguing leaderboard at Bay Hill
ORLANDO, Fla. — Golfer Corey Conners is an outlier, whether he’s emerging from a tiny town in Ontario to reach the PGA Tour or rising to the top of the leaderboard after 36 holes at Bay Hill Club and Lodge.
The 29-...Read more
Raiders will release Richie Incognito, but for how long?
Richie Incognito, the veteran left guard who got a career re-start with the Raiders, will be released in advance of the start of the new league year.
The question is whether he’ll get another re-start with the Raiders ...Read more
Orlando native Anfernee Simons carries Magic influence into NBA dunk contest
ORLANDO, Fla. — When it comes to high-flying, awe-inspiring dunkers, Anfernee Simons didn’t have to look past his hometown team to find some great ones.
Now the Central Florida native will get the chance to show off ...Read more
Omari Sankofa II: What GM Troy Weaver can learn from Pistons' failed Blake Griffin trade
DETROIT — Stan Van Gundy’s explanation for the trade that brought the Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin, at the time, was sound. How often are mid-market NBA teams able to swing trades for bona fide franchise ...Read more
Phillies' J.T. Realmuto loses his cast, remains on track for opening day
J.T. Realmuto is still not hitting or throwing, but he made progress Friday and remains on track for the start of the season.
The catcher’s cast was removed from his right hand and his fractured thumb is now placed in a...Read more
'Miracle on Ice' hockey star Mark Pavelich found dead in treatment facility
MINNEAPOLIS — Olympic "Miracle" hockey star and Iron Range sports legend Mark Pavelich was found dead Thursday in a central Minnesota residential treatment center.
Pavelich, who turned 63 a week ago, died at Eagle's ...Read more
Dodgers, Angels and other California MLB teams can allow a handful of fans opening day
LOS ANGELES — The era of cardboard cutouts is over. The ballpark gates will open to actual humans this season.
Fans will be allowed to attend Major League Baseball games in California, the state's department of public ...Read more
Bob Baffert has another favorite heading into San Felipe Stakes
Bob Baffert has won the Kentucky Derby a record-tying six times. And he's taken six different roads to get to that Churchill Downs winner's circle.
But this year he's going back to his 2020 playbook, except, of course, ...Read more
Washington Football Team releases QB Alex Smith, NFL's Comeback Player of the Year
The Washington Football Team released quarterback Alex Smith Friday morning after he helped lead the team to the NFC East title.
Smith, who turns 37 in May, won the 2020 NFL Comeback Player of the Year award after ...Read more
Pistons buy out Blake Griffin's contract; he becomes free agent
DETROIT — The Pistons and Blake Griffin announced last month that they would be parting ways.
It's official now.
The two sides have agreed on a buyout from the last year-plus of Griffin's contract, a league source ...Read more
Howie Roseman starts Eagles' salary cap work by restructuring deals for Darius Slay and Jason Kelce
PHILADELPHIA — Eagles general manager Howie Roseman is brandishing his chisel, with NFL teams needing to get under the 2021 salary cap by the March 17 start of the league year. The exact figure for the 2021 cap isn’t ...Read more
Aaron Boone feeling much better with pacemaker, may return to Yankees this weekend: 'I can't believe how good I feel'
TAMPA, Fla. — By 6:35 p.m. on Wednesday night, hours after having surgery to implant a pacemaker in his chest, Aaron Boone was getting back to work. As he recovered in a hospital bed, he was watching new Yankee Corey ...Read more
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