IRVINE, Calif. — The U.S. national team already knew it was in for a once-in-a-lifetime experience this month as the home team in a World Cup. But when the 26 players took the field at Orange County’s Great Park on Monday to the cheers of several thousand fans who had turned out just to ...
NEW YORK — The last time the New York Knicks lost a game, they didn’t do it again for another month and a half. When they fell behind against Atlanta in the first round of the NBA playoffs, desperation turned into domination. The Knicks won 13 straight games, many of them blowouts, in one ...
LAS VEGAS — Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour is wearing his poker face well in Las Vegas. Brind’Amour has decided who will be in net tonight against the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final. He’s just not telling anyone. “It’s always a suspenseful ...
The reigning MVP and Cy Young Award winners in the American League are both on the injured list. One is on his way back, the other went on the IL just in the last few days. Aaron Judge has a stress fracture in a rib that will keep the slugging outfielder out of the lineup for the New York ...
LOS ANGELES — Peter Laviolette will be the next head coach of the Los Angeles Kings, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Kings hadn’t yet announced the results of their lengthy search for a ...
CAMDEN, N.J. — Give Mike Gansey a pinch of credit for his acknowledgment of the most obvious part of the condition of the franchise as he takes over — kind of, sort of — the 76ers. “It’s not a championship caliber team right now,” Gansey said. Gansey is already at work as ...
