Matthew Schaefer being the first NHL No. 1 pick out of the Ontario Hockey League since Connor McDavid in 2015 is pressure enough. Then there's following Connor Bedard and Macklin Celebrini into the league. Bedard with Chicago and Celebrini with San Jose immediately were put into prominent ...
SAN DIEGO — Ryan O'Hearn's grand slam was one of San Diego's three homers and Randy Vásquez and two relievers combined on a four-hitter as the Padres beat the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers 7-0 Tuesday night in what could be a playoff preview. The loss by the Brewers (95-63) assures ...
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Scottie Scheffler has been the standard everyone is chasing for the last 856 days. That's how long he has been No. 1 in the world, the longest stretch in golf for anyone since Tiger Woods. Now he is one of 12 at the Ryder Cup. His matches at Bethpage Black count no more ...
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Often sports, at their best, are the purest form of competition. They offer a chance to pick winners and losers in showdowns between rival teams, countries, sometimes even worldviews, in an arena where the games are played for high stakes but, ultimately, not for life and ...
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — It was the wisdom U.S. Ryder Cup rookie J.J. Spaun needed, even after winning a major, climbing to No. 6 in the world and automatically qualifying for the team. Justin Thomas, who's played in more Ryder Cups than anyone on this American squad, told the U.S. Open winner: ...
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — New York sports fans have been so starved for something to celebrate that they poured out of Madison Square Garden onto the streets and snarled city traffic in May, all because the Knicks simply got out of the second round of the NBA playoffs. They're already resigned to ...