BOSTON (AP) — Before the Boston Celtics took the floor without their biggest star on a night they had to win, Joe Mazzulla implored his players to just pour everything they had into winning one game. They did, and the defending NBA champions earned another chance to extend their ...
DETROIT (AP) — Javier Baez hit his second go-ahead, three-run homer in the 11th inning for his first multi-homer game in Detroit, lifting the Tigers to a 10-9 win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. The AL-leading Tigers were ahead in the first, third, fourth and sixth innings and ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Rory McIlroy has everything he dreamed of doing when he first fell in love with golf. He reached No. 1 in the world and when he finally captured the Masters last month, he had his place in history with the career Grand Slam. Setting his next target might be the ...
DALLAS (AP) — Mikael Granlund had his first career playoff hat trick, Jake Oettinger stopped 31 shots and the Dallas Stars beat Winnipeg 3-1 on Tuesday night, taking a 3-1 series lead over the top-seeded Jets in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs. Mikko Rantanen, upped his ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Indiana coach Rick Carlisle put it best in summing up his team's finishing punch in the Eastern Conference semifinals. "The winning team writes the script," he said. The Pacers' 114-105 victory over the Cavaliers in Game 5 on Tuesday night was similar to the first two ...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Denver Nuggets 112-105 on Tuesday night to go up 3-2 in their Western Conference semifinal series. Oklahoma City overcame a 44-point, 15-rebound night from Denver's Nikola Jokic. The ...