by Mike Breckenridge | Apr 17, 2024 | Area Sports
Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter has been banned from the NBA, the league announced Wednesday. The NBA said that Porter provided confidential information to bettors, limited his own participation in games for gambling purposes and bet on NBA games. “There... 
by Mike Breckenridge | Apr 17, 2024 | Area Sports
T.J. Oshie scored into an empty net in the rare situation of a team pulling its goaltender in a tie game, and the Washington Capitals are in the playoffs after beating the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1. Philadelphia coach John Tortorella pulled goalie Samuel Ersson for an... 
by Mike Breckenridge | Apr 17, 2024 | Area Sports
Keegan Murray scored 32 points, De’Aaron Fox added 24 and the Sacramento Kings stayed alive in the play-in tournament, eliminating the Golden State Warriors with a 118-94 victory. Sacramento advanced to play at New Orleans on Friday night with a chance to return to... 
by Mike Breckenridge | Apr 17, 2024 | Area Sports
José Ramírez hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the 11th inning, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Boston Red Sox 10-7. With no outs and runners on first and second, Ramírez hit a low liner back up the middle against Josh Winckowski. After Brayan Rocchio sacrificed... 
by Mike Breckenridge | Apr 16, 2024 | Area Sports
Whitey Herzog, the gruff and ingenious Hall of Fame manager who guided the St. Louis Cardinals to three pennants and a World Series title in the 1980s and perfected an intricate, nail-biting strategy known as “Whiteyball,” has died. He was 92.... 
by Mike Breckenridge | Apr 16, 2024 | Area Sports
Team USA is finalizing a 2024 Paris Olympics men’s basketball roster that includes several of the generation’s iconic players, including the Lakers’ LeBron James, Warriors’ Stephen Curry, Suns’ Kevin Durant and 76ers’ Joel Embiid,... by Mike Breckenridge | Apr 16, 2024 | Area Sports
The Buffalo Sabres fired coach Don Granato on Tuesday, making him the seventh coach to be ousted during what’s grown into an NHL-record 13-season playoff drought. The move was announced by the team a day after the Sabres closed their season with a 4-2 win at... by Mike Breckenridge | Apr 16, 2024 | Area Sports
The Milwaukee Bucks are preparing to be without two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo for the start of their opening round Eastern Conference playoff series against the Indiana Pacers, but are hopeful treatment on his left calf strain will allow him to return sometime... 
by Mike Breckenridge | Apr 16, 2024 | Area Sports
The Dallas Wings selected the former Ohio State women’s basketball star with the No. 5 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft on Monday, making Sheldon the first Buckeye selected in the first round of the draft since the Indiana Fever selected Kelsey Mitchell with the... by Mike Breckenridge | Apr 16, 2024 | Area Sports
Connor McDavid has achieved something only three other people in the NHL have ever done. The Edmonton Oilers captain, who missed his team’s last three games with an undisclosed injury, recorded his 100th assist of the season in Monday’s game against the visiting San...
