OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder will host the Los Angeles Lakers at the Paycom Center on Tuesday, May 5, to open the Western Conference semifinals, after league injury reports filed Monday ruled Lakers guard Luka Doncic and Thunder guard-forward Jalen Williams out of Game 1. The starters were...
FORT WORTH, Texas. On Sunday, Chase Elliott won the Würth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway, taking the lead on Lap 152 following Corey Heim's off-cycle pit and maintaining control through pit stops and restarts; Elliott led a race-high 87 laps to claim his second victory of the 2026 season and...
INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Subcommittee selected the 29 teams that will compete in the 2026 tournament, naming Northwestern the overall No. 1 seed after a 15-3 season and its sixth Big Ten Conference title. Northwestern entered with the nation's best RPI and strength of schedule...
Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic 116-94 in a Game 7 on Sunday, securing their first playoff series win since 2008 and advancing to the Eastern Conference second round; Cade Cunningham scored 32 points with 12 assists while Tobias Harris added 30 points. They will host the Cleveland Cavaliers at...
Boston — Cam Smith delivered a two-out, two-run single off the Green Monster in the 10th inning Sunday, giving the Houston Astros a 3-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox and securing the series. Ranger Suárez left after four scoreless innings with right hamstring tightness, and Christian Walker returned to...
San Francisco. The Giants completed a 0-6 road trip through Philadelphia and Tampa Bay this week, losing the final game 2-1 in 10 innings on Sunday when Jonathan Aranda hit a walk-off single; the team was outscored 26-9 and recorded multiple one-run defeats during the East Coast swing. Tyler Mahle...
Denver — The Minnesota Wild will be without center Joel Eriksson Ek and defenseman Jonas Brodin for the first two games of their second-round series at Ball Arena after both were held out with lower-body injuries. Neither player made the trip to Denver ahead of Game 1 on Sunday, and...
Minneapolis — Minnesota pitcher Joe Ryan left Sunday's start against the Toronto Blue Jays after facing two batters, departing with right elbow soreness after striking out Yohendrick Piñango and walking Kazuma Okamoto; he signaled to catcher Victor Caratini and the dugout, met with manager Derek Shelton and an athletic trainer,...
Miami — Isack Hadjar will start Sunday's Miami Grand Prix from the back of the grid after the FIA stewards disqualified his Oracle Red Bull on May 3 following Saturday qualifying. A post‑qualifying measurement found a small section of Hadjar's floor exceeded the 2026 regulatory dimensions by millimetres, prompting the...
Doral, Florida. On May 3 at the Cadillac Championship held at Trump National Doral, Akshay Bhatia shot a five-under-par 67 during the third round to move from tied 26th into a tie for eighth on the leaderboard; his round included four birdies and an eagle on the par-5 12th. Sunday concluded...
