• Yahoo Sports

    NBA Playoffs: Predictions for Knicks-Sixers, Nuggets-Lakers and every first-round series

    Our NBA experts make their predictions for every first-round series in the playoffs.

  • Yahoo Sports

    Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: A little something for every lineup in our latest pickups

    Fantasy baseball analyst Andy Behrens offers up a series of pickups to assist every manager, starting with a duo of Rockies ahead of a Colorado homestand.

  • The Canadian Press

    The NBA playoffs are finally here. And as LeBron James says, 'it's a sprint now'

    There’s a 64-win team in Boston that ran away with the league’s best record. The defending champions in Denver, a group that won 57 games. A fearless young bunch in Oklahoma City, whose No. 1 seed was no fluke. A trio of Villanova alums in New York, who turned the Knicks into a real contender. And, once again, there’s LeBron James, too. The NBA playoffs are about to begin with the Celtics and Nuggets the heavy favorites — at least according to BetMGM Sportsbook — to collide in the Finals, and no

  • The Canadian Press

    His goal likely saved Ferguson's job at Man United. Now Coventry coach could push Ten Hag near exit

    MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Before Eric Cantona, David Beckham or Cristiano Ronaldo, there was Mark Robins. The list of Manchester United greats is long but Robins is not on it. Yet he is widely regarded as the man who saved former manager Alex Ferguson his job and provided the platform for more than two decades of success. On Sunday, Robins could push current United coach Erik ten Hag closer to the brink by leading his second-tier Coventry team to a shock win over United in the FA Cup semifinals

  • The Canadian Press

    "Brave is unbeatable" is the theme for Canada's Olympic team in Paris

    TORONTO — Brave is unbeatable is the theme for Canada's Olympic team competing in Paris this summer. The Canadian Olympic Committee and broadcast rightsholder CBC unveiled the marketing campaign today. Nine athletes are featured, including sprinter Andre De Grasse and basketball player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Actor Michael J. Fox and singer Celine Dion are narrators. The Summer Olympics in Paris run from July 26 to Aug. 11. Canadian athletes won 24 medals, including seven gold, in Tokyo's Summe

  • Yahoo Sports

    Meet the man responsible for bringing disorder to college athletics ... and who could shape its future

    Jeffrey Kessler is the lead attorney in what is shaping up to be the most revolutionary case in NCAA history.

  • Yahoo Sports

    Former Louisville head coach Kenny Payne joins John Calipari's staff at Arkansas

    Payne was fired by Louisville last month after compiling a 12-52 record in his two seasons in charge.

  • The Canadian Press

    Ireland extends search for men's team coach. FAI sorry for delay, eyes O'Shea to stay as interim

    DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland's soccer association pushed back its deadline to hire a men's national team coach to September and apologized to fans for the delay on Friday. Ireland, which did not qualify for the upcoming European Championship, had hoped to have a new coach in place by this month after Stephen Kenny's contract wasn't renewed last November. “We recognize that the timelines and deadlines that we’ve previously set have created a sense of expectation and potentially confusion for everyone,”

  • Yahoo Sports

    Ex-Braves player Gary Cooper petitioning for 'just one day' back in majors to qualify for pension

    Cooper, now 67, spent 42 days with the Braves in 1980, falling one day short of the minimum.

  • The Canadian Press

    How to watch and what to expect in the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs

    The chase for the Stanley Cup is back underway, with the NHL's top 16 teams left to duke it out through four gruelling rounds. It's also arguably the most wide open the post-season has been in years, if not decades. Nearly everyone who qualified has a chance to win it all, with no prohibitive favourite as the first round begins on Saturday: The matchups In the East: The New York Rangers vs. the Washington Capitals; the Carolina Hurricanes vs. the New York Islanders; the Boston Bruins vs. the Tor

  • The Canadian Press

    Olympic sports bodies criticize track and field's move to pay $50,000 for Paris gold medalists

    GENEVA (AP) — Olympic sports bodies criticized World Athletics on Friday for promising to pay $50,000 for each track and field gold medal won at the Paris Olympics. Last week's move by the track body and its president Sebastian Coe broke with tradition because the International Olympic Committee does not pay prize money, though many state governments and national Olympic bodies do. “For many, this move undermines the values of Olympism and the uniqueness of the games,” the Association of Summer

  • The Canadian Press

    Rivalries on tap with Barcelona-Chelsea and Lyon-PSG in Women's Champions League semifinals

    LONDON (AP) — Power struggles, intriguing matchups and fond farewells. The Women’s Champions League semifinals kicking off Saturday have a bit of everything. Two teams are trying to assert their continental dominance and the other two are fighting to be crowned European champion for the first time. Defending champion Barcelona hosts Chelsea in their first-leg match on Saturday afternoon before eight-time champion Lyon takes on French rival Paris Saint-Germain in the evening. The second legs are

  • The Canadian Press

    Kyrie Irving is healthy and drama-free in Dallas as a playoff pairing with Luka Doncic dawns

    DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving is healthy and publicly free of drama, self-inflicted or otherwise, heading into his first playoff game with co-star Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks. The eight-time All-Star and 2016 NBA champion alongside LeBron James in Cleveland brought up on his own that he hasn't had a 50-win season in six years. A late-season surge that coincided with Irving's longest stretch of consecutive games since that title season pushed the Mavs to the 50-win mark, and fifth place in

  • The Canadian Press

    NFL draft will include many Michigan men, maybe enough to break record set by 2022 Georgia Bulldogs

    ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — J.J. McCarthy is expected to be the first of many Michigan men drafted from its national championship team. The Wolverines had a record 18 players at the combine, giving them a chance to be the first school with at least 16 prospects picked in one NFL draft. “We definitely have a shot because we have some great players on the team — and we won the natty,” running back Blake Corum said. “We could break the record.” Georgia's 2022 national championship team set the standard

  • The Canadian Press

    Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann extends contract through 2026 World Cup. Bayern left still searching

    BERLIN (AP) — Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann has extended his contract by two years, taking him beyond the upcoming European Championship and through the 2026 World Cup. It also ends the possibility of Nagelsmann returning to Bayern Munich, which is looking for a new coach for next season after deciding to part ways with Thomas Tuchel at the end of this season. Nagelsmann was the reported favorite following Xabi Alonso’s decision to stay with Bayer Leverkusen, but now Bayern will need to look e

  • The Canadian Press

    LA Kings rally late, finish 3rd in the Pacific Division with a 5-4 overtime victory over Chicago

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Viktor Arvidsson scored the tying goal with 1:21 left in regulation, and the Los Angeles Kings earned a playoff rematch with Edmonton by jumping into third place in the Pacific Division with a 5-4 overtime victory against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night. The Kings’ comeback and the defending champion Vegas Golden Knights’ loss to Anaheim propelled Los Angeles into a third straight postseason meeting with the Oilers, who beat the Kings in both of their previous two fir

  • The Canadian Press

    Defending champ Golden Knights to face top-seeded Stars in playoffs after 4-1 loss to Ducks

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Frank Vatrano scored three goals and the Anaheim Ducks finished their season on a high note, defeating the playoff-bound Vegas Golden Knights 4-1 Thursday night. Vegas' three-game winning streak ended and the loss knocked the Golden Knights out of third place in the Pacific Division and into the second Western Conference wild card when Los Angeles earned a point by getting to overtime against Chicago. The defending Stanley Cup champions will face top seed Dallas in the first rou

  • The Canadian Press

    Flames earn 5-1 season-ending victory over league-worst Sharks

    CALGARY — Despite a disappointing season for the Calgary Flames, it was a huge year individually for MacKenzie Weegar, who wrapped it up in style on Thursday. Weegar scored his 20th goal as multiple Flames set personal milestones in a season-ending 5-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks. “After I scored, just the sincerity of the congratulations from everybody. When they come up to you after and they say how proud they are of you and the little things like that, it goes a long way for me,” he said

  • The Canadian Press

    Jets take down Canucks 4-2 as both teams wrap up regular season

    WINNIPEG — Nikita Chibrikov had a memorable NHL debut. The Winnipeg Jets forward scored the game-winner and Cole Perfetti tallied a pair of goals as the Jets defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 to close out their regular seasons on Thursday. “It's like the dream, which you start from the first steps on the ice and live with this every day,” said Chibrikov, who was called up from the American Hockey League’s Manitoba Moose earlier in the day. The victory produced some notable accomplishments in fr

  • The Canadian Press

    NHL playoff series set after conclusion of regular season

    The NHL post-season is now set. The playoffs begin Saturday with the Toronto Maple Leafs taking on the Bruins in Boston in opening-round action. The Vancouver Canucks open their first-round series at home against the Nashville Predators on Sunday. Winnipeg, meanwhile, will matchup against the Colorado Avalanche. The Jets host Game 1 on Sunday. The Edmonton Oilers will see the Los Angeles Kings to open the post-season for the third consecutive year. The Oilers had to wait for the conclusion of Th

  • The Canadian Press

    MacKinnon has 2 assists, breaks franchise's single-season points mark as Avs beat Oilers 5-1

    DENVER (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin scored twice, Nathan MacKinnon added two assists to break the franchise’s single-season points mark and the Colorado Avalanche cruised into the playoffs behind a 5-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night. MacKinnon wrapped up the regular season with 140 points (51 goals, 89 assists) to top Peter Stastny’s franchise record of 139 set in 1981-82 when the club was in Quebec. The speedy MacKinnon couldn’t catch Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov in the race for the

  • The Canadian Press

    The Dallas Stars have a big age gap with players who have come together for No. 1 seed in the West

    DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Stars have quite an age gap. Top goal scorer Wyatt Johnston is only 20 years old, and was a teenager for most of the playoffs last year. On the other end for the Western Conference's top-seeded team is Joe Pavelski, who will turn 40 this summer and has more points this season than the kid who again is living in his house. “Joe's not an old 39-year-old. He stays pretty young with the youth in this group," six-time All-Star forward Tyler Seguin said. “It's just cool becaus

  • The Canadian Press

    Soldiers who lost limbs in Gaza fighting are finding healing on Israel's amputee soccer team

    RAMAT GAN, Israel (AP) — When Ben Binyamin was left for dead, his right leg blown off during the Hamas attack on the Tribe of Nova music festival, the Israeli professional soccer player thought he would never again play the game he loved. “When I woke up,” the 29-year-old said, “I felt I was going to spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair.” Then Binyamin learned about a chance to be “normal” again: Israel's national amputee soccer team. The team, which includes two Israeli soldiers who lost l

  • The Canadian Press

    Logan Webb dominant for 7 innings as Giants blank Diamondbacks 5-0

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Logan Webb retired 19 straight batters on his way to seven smooth innings and the San Francisco Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 Thursday night to open a four-game series. Webb (2-1) struck out five and induced 13 groundball outs, allowing just two hits and a walk in a game that took only 2 hours, 12 minutes. Wilmer Flores had a pinch-hit, two-run double in the eighth and Mike Yastrzemski added a two-run single. LaMonte Wade Jr. delivered a sacrifice fly in the third

  • The Canadian Press

    Diamondbacks starter Ryne Nelson exits with bruised pitching elbow after getting hit by line drive

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Ryne Nelson exited Thursday night’s start against the San Francisco Giants with a bruised pitching elbow after getting hit by a line drive in the second inning. The ball left Mike Yastrzemski's bat at 87 mph. Nelson recovered to field the ball and throw out Yastrzemski at first base, ending the inning. But the pitcher grimaced and held his right forearm as he walked back to the dugout. The 26-year-old Nelson threw 27 pitches, allowing two hi