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O’Ward looking to overtake Palou in Indy

INDIANAPOLIS — Pato O’Ward smiles as he walks through Gasoline Alley, seeing the Arrow McLaren No. 5 shirts. Sure, he’s popular, but O’Ward wants something more — to be called an Indianapolis 500 champion. After three near misses in his past four races on the Brickyard’s iconic ...

Russell hoping to recapture Formula 1 momentum in Canada

An upgraded car and a “painful” reminder not to lose sight of the Formula 1 fundamentals could be George Russell’s path back to the front of the field at the Canadian Grand Prix. Russell’s fourth place at the last race in Miami gave his Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonelli a yawning ...

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 ...

Pirates bullpen struggles continue in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals did it again. Ivan Herrera hit a three-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning — one of four homers by St. Louis — as the Cardinals rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. Herrera’s 410-foot shot off of Mason ...

Horwitz, Griffin part of Bucs’ win over Cards

ST. LOUIS — Spencer Horwitz homered, Konnor Griffin had four singles, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-0 on Wednesday night to snap a four-game losing streak. Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) allowed four hits and a walk in five innings to improve to 3-0 with a 1.75 ERA in ...