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...
NEWARK, N.J. The Pittsburgh Penguins clinched a playoff berth Thursday with a 5-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center, securing their first postseason appearance since 2022; Egor Chinakhov recorded three points while Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby and Erik Karlsson added multi-point performances. Pittsburgh sits second in the...
Buffalo, N.Y.: Rookie Colten Ellis recorded his first NHL shutout, stopping 37 shots as the Buffalo Sabres beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-0 on Thursday night; Josh Doan scored twice while Peyton Krebs, Jack Quinn and Rasmus Dahlin also tallied. The win brought Buffalo to 49 victories and preserved its Atlantic...
Kansas City, Mo. — Anthony Kay earned his first major-league win since July 2021 on Thursday, allowing three hits over 5 2/3 innings with six strikeouts as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals 2-0 at Kauffman Stadium, supported by Seranthony Domínguez's save. Chicago's victory snapped a 14-game losing...
Toledo, Ohio. Bahamian authorities arrested Brian Hooker, 58, Wednesday evening after his wife, Lynette Hooker, 55, went missing while the couple were transferring from a dinghy to their yacht; Brian reported Lynette missing at about 4 a.m. on April 5, saying she fell overboard when bad weather caused her to...
San Francisco. The Golden State Warriors ruled Steph Curry out Thursday before their home game, and the Los Angeles Lakers, led by LeBron James, defeated Golden State 119-103 at Chase Center this week as Curry remained sidelined while managing a right-knee issue. The decision left Golden State with multiple starters on...
