PITTSBURGH — There’s life in these Islanders yet. Two days after taking their biggest punch of the season, the Islanders got up off the mat and delivered, snapping a three-game losing streak and beating the Penguins, 5-4, in overtime Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena, with Adam Pelech scoring the winner. For a dressing room that … Read more
The points may finally start coming in bunches for Kaapo Kakko. Anybody that knows the Finnish wing, however, knows that he wants to score goals. The slight-but-intense fist pump Kakko gave after sniping the game-winning goal in the Rangers’ 3-1 win over the Stars on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden said it all. There … Read more
Noteworthy items during the Yankees’ spring training practice on Tuesday in Tampa: Still got it A new-look Giancarlo Stanton still has some thump. The slimmed-down DH, annually a Statcast darling with his high exit velocities, hit a rocket to the right-center field wall in live batting practice against right-hander Dennis Santana. Giancarlo Stanton, performing a … Read more
Noteworthy items during the Mets’ spring training practice on Tuesday in Tampa: High marks Jorge Lopez fired a perfect inning in live batting practice Tuesday and looked the sharpest of the four pitchers who participated, according to pitching coach Jeremy Hefner. The reliever Lopez arrived to the Mets this offseason on a one-year deal worth … Read more
A picture taken on June 1, 2017 shows a basket and a ball before a friendly basketball match between France and Canada on June 1, 2017, in Villenave-d’Ornon, southwestern France. / AFP PHOTO / NICOLAS TUCATNICOLAS TUCAT/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto by NICOLAS TUCAT /AFP via Getty Images A girls high school basketball team in Massachusetts forfeited a … Read more
As the Nets’ season careens off the rails, with another head coach out the door, general manager Sean Marks said Tuesday in Brooklyn “we’re in a results-driven business,” which is what led him to make the decision to fire Jacque Vaughn and replace him with interim head coach Kevin Ollie. But even Marks acknowledged that … Read more
The Knicks don’t often make injured players available to the media until they are ready to return to action, but OG Anunoby’s first public comments since he left the rotation with an elbow injury that required surgery should not be construed as him suiting up imminently after the All-Star break. Though the two-way forward has … Read more
Calgary Dinos goalie Carl Tetachuk battles Mount Royal Cougars forwrad Connor Bouchard during the Crowchild Classic at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary Jan. 24, 2024. The Cougars won 3-2 in a shootout. Photo by Darren Makowichuk /Postmedia The Canada West playoffs are in full swing this week with several Mount Royal University Cougars and University … Read more
“I’m in a 100,000-square-foot house by myself,” NBA legend tells NFL star One of four homes owned by Shaquille O’Neal in McDonough, Ga.Photo by MLS Shaq doesn’t exactly live in a shack. His sprawling 100,000-square-foot mansion is as supersized as the larger-than-life NBA legend himself. The house size is unconfirmed, but Shaquille O’Neal’s real estate … Read more
LACES point guard Donovan Cornelius has been a four-year varsity player. (Nick Koza) In a season of parity, the City Section basketball championships should produce close, competitive finals this weekend. Here’s a look at the matchups. Boys Saturday at Pasadena City College Open: King/Drew vs. LACES, 6 p.m. It’s the youth of King/Drew vs .the … Read more