DENVER — Jamal Murray scored 30 points, going 16 of 16 from the free-throw line, and Nikola Jokic had a triple-double as the Denver Nuggets shook off a sluggish start to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 116-105 on Saturday in the opener of their first-round playoff series. Jokic had 25 ...
LOS ANGELES — Luke Kennard scored a career playoff-high 27 points, LeBron James had 19 points and 13 assists, and the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers capitalized on Kevin Durant's injury absence for a 107-98 victory over the Houston Rockets in the opener of their first-round playoff series on ...
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder, no longer the young upstarts, begin their quest for an NBA title repeat on Sunday at home against the Phoenix Suns. The Thunder remain one of the youngest teams in the league. But now, reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads a group of grizzled ...
HANCOCK — The softball gods were looking down kindly upon the Hancock Driving Park on Thursday as high school softball opened up to 60-degree weather, sunny skies and the best part—no wind. It felt more like May 16, as opposed to April 16, and no one was complaining. On the field for ...
NORWAY — The Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes softball team scored nine runs in each game of a doubleheader as they earned a pair of wins Thursday on the road over the Norway Knights. They won the opener, 9-3, before scoring a pair of key runs late to break a tie in the nightcap, 9-7. In the ...
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers have grown accustomed to scoring runs without necessarily having much punch in their lineup. They're needing to do that more than ever as they wait for some of their top hitters to recover from injuries. Milwaukee has scored three runs or fewer in six of ...