Carolina trails Vegas in the Stanley Cup Final and has a big decision to make for Game 4

June 9, 2026

A sequence of events in a Stanley Cup Final that has gotten crazier by the minute has put the Carolina Hurricanes at a crossroads. They blew a two-goal lead and lost Game 1, erased a two-goal deficit and won Game 2, and rallied from down four goals in Game 3, only to lose in double overtime on a fluky bounce. They have lived the ups and downs of a tight series against the Vegas Golden Knights and head into Game 4 on Tuesday night with a razor-thin margin for error. While each of the first three games was decided by a single goal, close doesn't count toward anything but a 2-1 deficit ...

Golden Knights’ Brayden McNabb earns raves after playing with 2 dozen stitches from puck to face

June 9, 2026

LAS VEGAS — Brayden McNabb showed up for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final with at least two dozen stitches in his face that forced the Vegas Golden Knights defenseman to wear a caged helmet for the first time since his youth hockey days in Davidson, Saskatchewan. "It's part of hockey," McNabb said. "You get through it." After the Golden Knights took a 2-1 series lead over the Carolina Hurricanes with a 5-4, double-overtime victory on Saturday night, Vegas coach John Tortorella was a bit less measured in describing the 35-year-old McNabb. "When you get this far in the playoffs, ...

J.T. Poston loses a 4-shot lead and comes up clutch to win Memorial in a playoff

June 9, 2026

DUBLIN, Ohio — J.T. Poston says he is not a quitter and it was time to prove it Sunday at the Memorial. When he walked to the 14th tee at Muirfield Village, he was trailing for the first time since the 17th hole Friday. The four-shot lead he had at the start of the final round was gone. He ...

The weird and wonderful soccer phrases fans will bring to the World Cup

June 9, 2026

In squeaky bum time, the false 9 pulled off a nutmeg and scored a worldie in the top bin. Make any sense? Soccer fans from across the globe are heading to North America for the World Cup — and bringing with them their own vocabulary to describe the beautiful game. Here's a look at some ...

Pressure is off Zverev but Sinner will ‘become an even stronger player’ Italian tennis chief says

June 9, 2026

PARIS — The pressure is finally off Alexander Zverev, who played more matches at majors than anyone in the professional era — 125 to be exact — before he won a Grand Slam title. After raising the French Open trophy, he no longer has to deal with being called "the best player never to ...

Jacob Misiorowski sets record for heat and Brice Turang homers twice as Brewers beat Rockies 7-1

June 8, 2026

DENVER — Jacob Misiorowski threw a record-setting 103.7 mph pitch and Brice Turang hit two of Milwaukee's five solo home runs as the Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 7-1 on Saturday night. David Hamilton, William Contreras and Jake Bauers also went deep for Milwaukee. Misiorowski (7-2) followed up his sensational May — he was 5-0 with a 0.23 ERA in six starts — with another excellent outing. He allowed just an unearned run on four hits and struck out eight in seven innings to lower his ERA to 1.50. The right-hander worked out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the sixth and ...