PITTSBURGH — DJ Burns Jr. knows he has a choice most nights. The North Carolina State forward can pout about the constant pushing and shoving he receives in the post — the cost of doing business when you’re 6-foot-9 and 275 pounds — or he can fight.
There was a time earlier in his ...
DETROIT — Dylan Larkin had two goals after an eight-game absence, Andrew Copp also scored twice to break a 20-game drought and the Detroit Red Wings beat the slumping New York Islanders 6-3 on Thursday night.
Larkin returned from a lower-body injury to score his team-high 27th and 28th ...
DETROIT — Pascal Siakam had 25 points and eight rebounds, Tyrese Haliburton added 20 points and nine assists, and the Indiana Pacers routed the short-handed Detroit Pistons 122-103 on Wednesday night.
“This was a great team performance,” Haliburton said. “We did a great job of getting ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tyson Walker scored 19 points and Michigan State coach Tom Izzo picked up his 20th win in the first round of the NCAA Tournament as his ninth-seeded Spartans beat eighth-seeded Mississippi State 69-51 on Thursday.
Michigan State improved to 20-6 in March Madness openers ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Filip Gustavsson recorded his third shutout this season, Kirill Kaprizov extended his point streak to eight games with the 150th goal of his NHL career and the Minnesota Wild beat the Anaheim Ducks for the second time in six days, 4-0 on Tuesday night.
Gustavsson stopped ...
PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby matched Wayne Gretzky for the seventh-most goals with a single franchise in NHL history, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-3 on Sunday.
“Any time you can be in (Gretzky’s) company, I think it’s definitely a good thing,” Crosby said. ...