by Mike Breckenridge | May 9, 2024 | Area Sports
The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has agreed to plead guilty to bank and tax fraud in a sports betting case. Prosecutors alleged Ippei Mizuhara stole nearly $17 million from the Japanese baseball player to pay off debts. Mizuhara’s... 
by Mike Breckenridge | May 9, 2024 | Area Sports
Nikola Jokic did it all again. And the NBA MVP trophy is his again. The Denver Nuggets star from Serbia was announced Wednesday night as the league’s Most Valuable Player. It’s his third time winning the award in the past four seasons, a feat that just six other... 
by Mike Breckenridge | May 9, 2024 | Area Sports
Aleksander Barkov had two goals and two assists, Sam Reinhart added four assists and the Florida Panthers beat the Boston Bruins 6-1 on Wednesday night to tie the second-round series at a game apiece. Brandon Montour had a goal and two assists for Florida, which also... 
by Mike Breckenridge | May 9, 2024 | Area Sports
alen Brunson returned from a right foot injury to score 24 of his 29 points in the second half, leading the New York Knicks to a 130-121 victory over the Indiana Pacers for a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. On the anniversary of Willis Reed’s dramatic... 
by Mike Breckenridge | May 9, 2024 | Area Sports
Shortstop Brayan Rocchio singled home automatic runner Ramón Laureano with one out in the 10th inning, giving the Cleveland Guardians a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday. Cleveland forced extra innings on David Fry’s solo homer in the ninth... by Mike Breckenridge | May 8, 2024 | Area Sports
Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray has been fined $100,000 by the NBA but avoided a suspension for what the league described as “throwing multiple objects in the direction of a game official during live play.” Murray threw a towel and a heat pack onto the court from... by Mike Breckenridge | May 8, 2024 | Area Sports
Miles Wood scored on a backhander 11:03 into overtime into overtime and the Colorado Avalanche, after trailing by three goals in the first period, beat the top-seeded Dallas Stars 4-3 in the opener of their second-round Western Conference series. Wood got the puck... by Mike Breckenridge | May 8, 2024 | Area Sports
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 points to help the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the Dallas Mavericks 117-95 in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series. Chet Holmgren added 19 points, seven rebounds and three blocks for the Thunder. Jalen... by Mike Breckenridge | May 8, 2024 | Area Sports
Andy Ibáñez homered his first two times up and drove in four runs and Ryan Vilade got his first major league hit and three RBI in his debut for Detroit, leading the Tigers to an 11-7 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday night. Ibáñez homered on the third pitch... 
by Ron Hamilton | May 7, 2024 | Area Sports
Jaylen Brown scored 32 points, Derrick White made seven 3-pointers and added 25, and the Boston Celtics powered past the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-95 on Tuesday night in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series. Jayson Tatum finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds to...