The Philadelphia 76ers lost 113-102 to the Houston Rockets on Thursday after star center Joel Embiid was ruled out on the afternoon of the game to undergo surgery for appendicitis. Embiid had been left off the injury report and was initially expected to play. Without him, Tyrese Maxey led the...
San Diego. On Thursday night Xander Bogaerts hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 12th to lift the Padres to a 7-3 win and snap the Colorado Rockies' four-game winning streak; on Friday Gavin Sheets belted a ninth-inning three-run homer for a 5-2 Padres victory, and on...
Anaheim, Calif. — On Thursday night John Carlson scored three goals for the Anaheim Ducks, recording his first NHL career hat trick in a 6-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks, ending the Ducks' six-game losing streak and marking his first three-goal game in nearly 17 seasons. The win improved Anaheim's...
Los Angeles — Adrian Kempe scored twice as the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 on Thursday night, moving the Kings into a Western Conference wild-card spot; Joel Armia and Trevor Moore also scored and Anton Forsberg made 24 saves. The victory, Los Angeles’ third straight, put the Kings...
Seattle ended a six-game losing streak Thursday when Berkly Catton scored in the third period and again in the shootout to lift the Kraken to a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights at Climate Pledge Arena. The win halted Seattle’s skid and snapped Vegas’ four-game run under coach John Tortorella;...
Las Vegas — Wisconsin and Denver advanced to the NCAA men's hockey championship game Saturday at T-Mobile Arena after semifinal victories Thursday, with Wisconsin defeating North Dakota 2-1 and Denver beating Michigan 4-3 in double overtime. Wisconsin's Ryan Botterill scored the decisive goal, while Denver captain Kent Anderson and goalie...
Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Phoenix Suns 101-73 Friday night at Crypto.com Arena, clinching home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs; earlier this week the Lakers also beat the Golden State Warriors 119-103 Thursday at Chase Center. Both games were played with multiple regular-season absences...
Green Bay — High school baseball posted multiple decisive results Thursday, April 9, as De Pere routed Green Bay Southwest 25-0 and Sheboygan South defeated Green Bay East/West 11-0; De Pere scored in every inning, finished with 11 hits, and Charles Buysse threw a complete-game, two-hit shutout while several hitters...
Dallas saw Jason Robertson score the decisive goal Thursday at American Airlines Center, lifting the Stars to a 5-4 comeback win over the Minnesota Wild and ending the Wild's April unbeaten run in a high-intensity game that featured multiple lead changes and physical play. The Stars' victory moved them four points...
Salt Lake City. The Utah Mammoth beat the Nashville Predators 4-1 Thursday at Delta Center, with Dylan Guenther scoring his 39th goal and Clayton Keller adding three assists; less than an hour later the Anaheim Ducks' 6-1 win over the San Jose Sharks clinched Utah's first NHL playoff berth in...
