• Yahoo Sports

    Are the Phillies really this good? Or has their schedule just been easy?

    With largely the same group of players as the past two seasons, the answer for Philadelphia can be both.

  • The Canadian Press

    NHL will have a new Stanley Cup champion this century as lengthy droughts take center stage

    No matter which team wins the Stanley Cup championship this year it will be a first this century. The Dallas Stars won its lone championship in 1999, months before the world worried computers would malfunction at the start of a new millennium. The New York Rangers haven’t done it since their magical run in 1994 that ended a 54-year title drought. The Edmonton Oilers have not done it since the last title of their dynasty in 1990, seven years before current star Connor McDavid was born. The Florid

  • The Canadian Press

    Emma Hayes' first roster as coach of the US women's team includes 2 first-time call-ups

    Coach Emma Hayes has selected her first roster for the United States ahead of a pair of friendlies as she prepares to lead the women’s national team at the Paris Olympics. Hayes, named U.S. coach last November, finished her final season as coach of Chelsea on Saturday, winning the team's fifth straight Women's Super League Title with a 6-0 rout of Manchester United. Her first U.S. roster announced Tuesday includes two National Women's Soccer League players called up to the national team for the

  • The Canadian Press

    Bayer Leverkusen is two steps from soccer immortality, starting with Europa League final vs Atalanta

    DUBLIN (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen is two games from European soccer immortality. The new champion of Germany has two cup finals in four days — starting Wednesday in the Europa League against Atalanta — to complete a previously unthinkable unbeaten season in domestic and continental competition. On Saturday, Leverkusen will be heavily favored to win the German cup final against a Kaiserslautern team that finished 13th in the second division, not so far from falling into relegation playoffs. And so t