Seven times in the past 11 seasons the Kings have advanced to the Stanley Cup playoffs, only to leave after the first round. They’ve changed coaches five times, general managers twice, even the team captains have changed over that span. But the results have not. The latest flameout came Sunday when the Colorado Avalanche rode…
So they’re not going to sweep, so what does it matter? Did you see the Lakers fumbling and the Houston Rockets flying? This matters. So the Lakers absorbed their first loss to the Rockets after three wins in this first-round playoff series, a 115-96 wipeout Sunday at Houston’s Toyota Center, but because no team has…
An interesting quirk to Corteen-Coleman’s selection is that she is one of three left-arm spinners, with England already boasting Sophie Ecclestone and Linsey Smith. It presents a selection dilemma for Edwards, with off-spinner Charlie Dean an almost nailed-on pick in the starting XI as vice-captain, and with Ecclestone being one of the world’s best, it…
Maybe Tom Cruise will make a visit to Sherman Oaks Notre Dame on Thursday for the Mission League track and field finals since he’s the one who said in his 1986 movie, “Top Gun,” that he feels “the need for speed.” There will be no lacking in speed for the 100 meters, where there are…
The Antrim senior hurling squad have requested a meeting with the county board at Tuesday evening’s training session to address “significant concern” surrounding the position of manager Davy Fitzgerald. In a letter to the county board, which has been seen by BBC Sport NI, the players say they were under the impression that a decision…
Kyle Tucker gets the big hit for Dodgers From Maddie Lee: For a moment, Kyle Tucker worried he had the score wrong. The line drive he snuck through the middle of the infield should have been enough to secure the walk-off victory, giving Dalton Rushing and Shohei Ohtani plenty of time to cross the plate….
Welcome to this week’s Lakers newsletter, where the brooms are going back in the closet. The Lakers squandered their first playoff sweep since 2010, but are still one win away from their first playoff series win of the JJ Redick era. Three weeks ago, even this moral victory of a 3-1 lead seemed out of…
Red Bull have had a difficult start to the season and Verstappen, who missed out on last year’s title to McLaren’s Lando Norris by two points, is ninth in the championship after three races with a best result of sixth. Red Bull are introducing a major upgrade to their car for Miami, when the season…
Toulouse star Jack Willis says he has more to give at Test level, but is also reconciled to the fact that he may not play international rugby again after deciding to pursue his club career in France. The 29-year-old back row won the most recent of his 14 England caps in a solitary appearance at…
A Staffordshire cricketer has described achieving one of the rarest feats in the game as “a bit surreal” but “amazing” after taking six wickets in six balls. Fast bowler Myles Davis completed the double hat-trick playing for Penkridge against Pelsall in the Premier Division of the South Staffordshire County League on Saturday., external After Penkridge…