Clark-Bueckers matchup averages 2.49M, 2nd most-watched WNBA regular-season game on ABC or ESPN

May 15, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — The matchup between Indiana's Caitlin Clark and Dallas' Paige Bueckers on the WNBA's opening weekend averaged 2.49 million viewers on ABC, making it the league's second-most watched regular-season game on ABC or ESPN. Dallas' 107-104 victory was also the 14th most-viewed sports event of the past week, according to numbers released Wednesday by Nielsen's Big Data + Panel. The top 12 sports programs were NBA playoff games. Saturday's game featured the last four No. 1 picks in the WNBA draft: Aliyah Boston and Clark of the Fever, and Bueckers and Azzi Fudd of the ...

Frederik Andersen’s elite play in net stands out amid the Carolina Hurricanes’ perfect playoff start

May 15, 2026

RALEIGH, N.C. — Things didn't go smoothly for Frederik Andersen early in the regular season. He was hunting his game. And as he tried to work through it, a one-time waiver pickup was taking over the Carolina Hurricanes' crease with sudden stardom. That feels long ago, with Andersen playing ...

Brittany Russell, with husband Sheldon riding, could make Preakness history with Taj Mahal

May 15, 2026

Brittany Russell is the latest woman with a chance to etch her name into horse racing history. Two weeks after Cherie DeVaux became the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner with Golden Tempo and after Jenna Antonucci won the 2023 Belmont with Arcangelo, Russell has the chance to ...

Jannik Sinner breaks Masters record to reach Italian Open semifinals. Coco Gauff back in final

May 15, 2026

ROME — Jannik Sinner is two victories away from becoming the first home man to win the Italian Open in half a century. And it doesn't seem like anybody can stop him — either in Rome or at the French Open that starts in 10 days. The top-ranked Sinner landed shots on the lines repeatedly ...

MLB players, owners start collective bargaining, 6 1/2 months ahead of contract’s expiration

May 14, 2026

NEW YORK — Negotiators for baseball players and owners began what figures to be lengthy and acrimonious collective bargaining negotiations Tuesday to replace their labor contract that expires Dec. 1, with management likely to propose a salary cap system the union has vowed never to ...

Maple Leafs fire coach Craig Berube after two seasons, last-place finish in Atlantic Division

May 14, 2026

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Maple Leafs fired coach Craig Berube on Wednesday after he guided the team to a last-place finish in the Atlantic Division this season. The move ended Berube's two-year run with the Maple Leafs. He helped the club to a 108-point campaign in his first season as ...