Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick arrive in form for a brotherly bid to win the PGA Tour’s Zurich Classic

April 24, 2026

AVONDALE, La. — Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick are hoping to take advantage of a rare opportunity to win a PGA Tour event together. The English brothers have played some of their best golf lately, and the field at this week's Zurich Classic of New Orleans is down on star power because of the tour's jam-packed schedule. "It's been a nice start to the year for both of us," said Matt Fitzpatrick, now ranked third in the world after a victory last weekend in the RBC Heritage. "I feel like this year, our expectations are higher given the form that we had shown. ... We feel like we have as ...

LPGA is keeping with tradition at the first major. But it’s a pool, not a pond in Houston

April 24, 2026

HOUSTON — From a pond to a pool. From the warmth of the California desert to pop-up thunderstorms in Houston. The LPGA Tour's first major of the year, once laden with tradition and identity, feels as though it's starting over again at The Chevron Championship. What the LPGA was determined to keep was the most memorable aspect to this major — the winner's leap into Poppie's Pond on Sunday. Of course, Poppie's Pond isn't in Houston. It surrounds the 18th green at Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage, California, the course that first hosted the LPGA in 1972, became a beloved major in ...

Wyatt Johnston’s double-OT deflection gives Stars 4-3 win over Wild in Game 3

April 24, 2026

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Wyatt Johnston scored on a power-play deflection at 12:10 of the second overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild early Thursday for a 2-1 lead in the first-round series. Matt Duchene tied it for Dallas on a power play midway through the ...

Flyers score 3 goals in 2nd period and top Penguins 5-2 to take 3-0 lead in first-round series

April 24, 2026

PHILADELPHIA — Trevor Zegras, Rasmus Ristolainen and Nick Seeler scored three goals on four shots in the second period in Philadelphia's first home playoff game in eight years, pushing the Flyers to the brink of a sweep of the Pittsburgh Penguins with a 5-2 Game 3 win on Wednesday night in ...

Gauthier breaks late tie as the Ducks beat the Oilers 6-4 in Game 2 to even series

April 24, 2026

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Cutter Gauthier broke a tie off a rebound with 4:52 left and the Anaheim Ducks beat Edmonton 6-4 on Wednesday night in Game 2 to even the first-round series, with Oilers star Connor McDavid escaping a leg injury. McDavid caught an edge with his skate blade early in ...

Road teams pushing back in early days of NBA playoffs, stealing away the home-court advantages

April 23, 2026

The first six games in this season's playoffs all had something in common. The home teams all prevailed, winning by an average of 18.5 points per game. And since then, chaos. Road teams figured out how to avoid being pushovers. Of the six first-round series that have completed two games, only two higher-seeded teams — Cleveland and the Los Angeles Lakers — have managed to hold serve at home and take 2-0 series leads. Oklahoma City could join the Cavaliers and Lakers in that club if it beats Phoenix in Game 2 of that series on Wednesday. Otherwise, that home-court advantage ...