NASCAR issued a $50,000 fine to Cup Series driver Zane Smith after he rammed Carson Hocevar's car during a post-race cool-down lap Sunday at Phoenix Raceway after ignoring orders to refrain from such antics. NASCAR vice president of racing communications Mike Forde said on the “Hauler ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 32 points and Joel Embiid had 24 to help LeBron James and the Philadelphia 76ers wipe out a 29-point deficit in their home opener and stun the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-106 on Thursday night. James had 17 points and 10 rebounds in the biggest comeback ...
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Dream have imposed their will defensively on Golden State in the WNBA Finals so far, using their size and strength to dominate the Valkyries. That's helped them take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series after Wednesday night's 97-71 victory. Game 4 is on Saturday. Golden State has averaged only 68 points in the Finals — 14 below their regular season mark. After only forcing 10 turnovers in the Game 1 loss, Atlanta has turned up its pressure and that's led to easy points off its opponents miscues. Rhyne Howard, who has had back-to-back games with at least ...
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh's Arturs Silovs stopped 25 shots to spoil the history-making debut of Florida counterpart Cooper Black as the Penguins beat the Panthers 4-0 on Thursday. Black, who at 6-foot-9 became the tallest goalie ever to appear in an NHL regular season game, made 18 saves but it wasn't enough to stop the Panthers from dropping their second game in as many nights. Nick Robertson scored twice for Pittsburgh. Hendrix Lapierre and Evgeni Malkin both finished with a goal and an assist as the Penguins shook off a miserable Western Conference road trip in which they were badly ...
BOARDMAN — As expected, Boardman had little trouble taking care of Cleveland St. Martin de Porres on Thursday to open the postseason. The fifth-seeded Spartans breezed past the 40th-seeded Lions in straight sets (25-3, 25-6, 25-8) to advance to the Division III, Northeast 4, district ...
PARIS — Work on preparing the grass field for Sunday’s NFL game at Stade de France began months ago at an Italian farm near Milan. So when the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints run out of the tunnel, the hope is that the surface will feel much like those back home. “A new ...
