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Canadiens look at home on road entering Game 2

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Montreal Canadiens have shown neither fear nor hesitation when playing on the road in the NHL playoffs. That approach carried a young, skilled team through a pair of Game 7 road wins to reach the Eastern Conference Final. Then it had them get the jump on a Carolina Hurricanes team coming off a long layoff after sweeping through the first two postseason rounds to open the third round. Montreal is 7-2 on the road in the postseason entering Saturday night’s Game 2, defying the gravity that typically comes with playing in front of hostile crowds and facing against ...

Knicks’ Josh Hart knew work would pay off

NEW YORK — Josh Hart is the closest thing to a comedian on a New York Knicks team that’s been all business in these NBA playoffs. There was nothing to laugh about Thursday night early in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals, when Hart missed three 3-pointers to continue a postseason ...

2-time NASCAR champ Kyle Busch dies at 41

CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion who won more races than anyone across NASCAR's three national series, has died. He was 41. The Busch Family, Richard Childress Racing and NASCAR issued a joint statement Thursday saying Busch died after being hospitalized. No cause ...

NASCAR’s Kyle Busch dies suddenly at 41

CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion who won more races than anyone across NASCAR’s three national series, has died. He was 41. The Busch Family, Richard Childress Racing and NASCAR issued a joint statement Thursday saying Busch died after being hospitalized. No ...

Cavaliers shrug off Harden concerns

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Jalen Brunson against Donovan Mitchell was the matchup splashed across the screens to hype the Eastern Conference finals. Unfortunately for the Cleveland Cavaliers, it turned into Brunson versus James Harden in the fourth quarter of Game 1. Brunson continuously attacked ...

French Open protest set

PARIS — Players at the French Open are planning to reduce media appearances ahead of the start of the Grand Slam to complain about their share of the prize money. A group have already targeted the upcoming clay-court tournament for reducing players’ share of revenue to an alleged 14.3% — compared to 22% at other ATP and WTA events. Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka and No.4 Coco Gauff were among leading players who threatened a boycott of the Slams earlier this month if they don’t start receiving more compensation. L’Equipe newspaper reported Wednesday that many players competing ...