• The Canadian Press

    Magic hand Cavaliers worst playoff loss in franchise history, win 121-83 to close within 2-1

    ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Paolo Banchero had 31 points and 14 rebounds, Jalen Suggs added 24 points and the Orlando Magic handed Cleveland the worst playoff loss in franchise history, winning 121-83 on Thursday night to cut the Cavaliers' lead to 2-1 in their Eastern Conference first-round series. Franz Wagner finished with 16 points and eight assists for the Magic, who led by 43 points in the fourth quarter on the way to the third-largest margin of victory in a playoff game. They earned their first

  • Associated Press

    Vikings take QB J.J. McCarthy from national champ Michigan after sliding up a spot in swap with Jets

    The Minnesota Vikings took Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy with the 10th overall pick in the NFL draft on Thursday night, moving up one spot in a trade with the New York Jets to make sure they didn't miss out on their most dire need. The departure of Kirk Cousins in free agency to Atlanta left a gaping hole — and an opportunity that Vikings leadership has been strategizing about for two-plus years. McCarthy went 27-1 as a college starter and won last season's national championship with Michigan, a defense-driven and run-first team that raised questions about the 6-foot-2, 219-pound passer’s potential.

  • The Daily Beast

    Jessica Lange Is Thrilling, Even if ‘Mother Play’ on Broadway Isn’t

    Joan MarcusLet us be clear: it is mesmerizing, a delicious treat, a little surreal, and utterly thrilling to watch Jessica Lange act on stage in Paula Vogel’s Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions (2nd Stage, to June 16). In this Broadway play, she plays Phyllis, the louche, erratic, loving, and extremely not-loving mother of Carl (Jim Parsons) and Martha (Celia Keenan-Bolger). The play, set in various apartments inside and outside the Beltway of Washington D.C., spans 1964 to the 21st century,