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Ducks won't have Rickard Rakell (lower body) in Game 6
It wasn't a flawless win for the Predators by any means, but the work by Aberg and Wilson has Nashville one victory away from its first-ever Stanley Cup Final appearance. Rinne and the Predators had been unbeaten at home until then, and his shaky effort in the last game there proves he is not invincible. The Predators made just one trip to Chicago (397 miles by air) in the opening round of... [Full Article...]
Isaiah Thomas won't make surgery decision until swelling goes down
Still, they beat the Cavaliers in Cleveland the next game before falling easily in Games 4 and 5. Game 1 is next Thursday in Oakland. "The start of the game was so bad, I felt like it was hard for us to come back", said Bradley (a team-high 23 points ) after watching the Cavs shoot 64% in the opening quarter while building a 21-point lead. [Full Article...]
Arsenal and Wenger set new FA Cup records
Wenger has continued undeterred and, ahead of talks about his future next week, oversaw a record seventh FA Cup triumph on Saturday, with Aaron Ramsey securing a memorable 2-1 win moments after Chelsea's Diego Costa had cancelled out Alexis Sanchez's controversial strike. [Full Article...]
Karn, Bumrah seal final spot for MI
The Mumbai captain praised the bowlers, especially, Karn Sharma, who bowled brilliantly and picked up 4/16 from his four overs . For Mumbai Krunal Pandya top-scored with an unbeaten 45 off 30 balls while Rohit scored 26 and carried Mumbai Indians to 111-4 with more than five overs to spare. [Full Article...]
Isaiah Thomas hopes to avoid surgery
Avery Bradley one game. The Boston Celtics showed this postseason that they have players who could fill in for Isaiah Thomas when the star point guard was injured. Both teams dominated throughout the playoffs - the Warriors making history by going an unprecedented 12-0 through three rounds in the Western Conference with the Cavs losing just a single game to the Celtics. [Full Article...]
Only one Spurs player shows up in Game 2 beatdown by Warriors
Golden State's 23 first-half assists were its most ever in a playoff half, topping 22 against Phoenix on May 4, 1994. "Lead with your foot close-out is not appropriate". The lawsuit argues that, as a season ticket holder, Vazquez doesn't deserve to have his team's players targeted for injury because the team becomes less likely to win the National Basketball Association title. [Full Article...]
Chelsea Cancel Premier League Title Parade After Manchester Arena Bombing
Chelsea have cancelled this weekend's planned victory parade, created to celebrate their Premier League title success, after taking security advice in the wake of Monday's terror attack in Manchester. "They always criticise me a lot even with the Champions League, Europa League, and playing all the games". "It is between [Conte] and me [what he said]", Fabregas told reporters after the final. [Full Article...]
Cavs-Warriors Part III joins past NBA championship trilogies
The series between the two powerhouse squads is knotted at 1-1. "I think the challenge we're about to face, one way or the other, is going to take us to another level". There hasn't been a Game 7 overtime since in the Final. In the team's one day off between the first and second round, Thomas flew from Chicago to Washington for Chyna's funeral, gave a heartfelt eulogy and then made the long trek... [Full Article...]
'Threematch' at hand for Cavaliers and Warriors
SportsCenter can't get enough of the memories and stories those two franchises produced during their rivalry. "I've been surprised at how the team has become a team", Myers said. However, the Warriors are coming off of three consecutive series sweeps and appear unstoppable. This is the kind of success Durant hoped for when he agreed to come to the Warriors. [Full Article...]
LeBron James breaks Michael Jordan's National Basketball Association playoff scoring record
The first "threematch" - rematch of a rematch - in league history. In fact, despite leading ESPN's Basketball Power Index by a wide margin at the end of the regular season, the Warriors' BPI has increased by about one point during the playoffs, roughly the same increase as the Cavs. [Full Article...]
The Show Is Set - Cavaliers Are In The Finals
How will Golden State guard Kyrie Irving? "We're trying to repeat, which is so hard to do. So I didn't ever believe I could be Mike". We will use it as motivation, but the idea of playing into it? Brock Osweiler made the news this week when he said, "it's all in the film", on why he should start for the Cleveland Browns this season. [Full Article...]
Manchester Bombing: Premier League champions Chelsea cancel victory parade after deadly attack
In 2012, he led Juventus to their first league title in six years - nine years if their two confiscated wins in 2005 and 2006 are discounted. Three of those games came in a sequence back in September when Chelsea followed a 2-2 draw at Swansea City with defeats against Liverpool and Arsenal - the latter 3-0 hammering prompting reports that Conte could be sacked just three months into a... [Full Article...]
Kerr not quite ready to return to Warriors bench
Or, conversely, you could let me break down some fun plays from these games so you don't have to watch them yourself. It's the matchup most expected, the matchup most predicted, and probably the matchup the Cavaliers and Warriors wanted as well. [Full Article...]
Chelsea F.C. cancel victory parade after Manchester bomb attack
Chelsea planned an open-top bus tour with the trophy and hoped to add the FA Cup in Saturday's final with Arsenal. NAN reports that the former Juventus manager has two years left on his contract, having joined Chelsea last summer after a spell in charge of Italy. [Full Article...]
Ramsey wants Wenger to stay after scoring FA Cup final winner
Arsenal's Francis Coquelin, Olivier Giroud, and Granit Xhaka celebrate after Aaron Ramsey (not pictured) scores their second goal against Chelsea during FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. Once a game starts and you're a fan, then you stand behind the team . "I don't know if my players had time to recover [from the first goal]". Conte, who led Juventus to three straight Serie A titl... [Full Article...]
Kevin Love says it's amusing to consider Cavaliers underdogs
The 33-point rout was the worst loss when facing elimination in Celtics history. During the 2015 NBA Finals of the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. "I just think physically we weren't as physical as we needed to be defensively", Lue said. [Full Article...]
IPL 2017: Mumbai vs Pune scoreboard
The victor of this game will directly get the way to play in the IPL 2017 final. A major reason for worry for the Mumbai Indians has been their bowling. For Mumbai Indians , last match's highest scorer Ambati Rayudu will be the player to watch out for , also the fiery pair of Parthiv and Simmons will prove to be a key factor in Mumbai's innings. [Full Article...]
Ernie Els calls penalty on himself during BMW PGA Championship
Four greens - the 8th, 11th, 14th and 16th were completely rebuilt while the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 13th and 15th greens were partially rebuilt. Justin Rose , Martin Kaymer , Henrik Stenson and Luke Donald are just some of the other big names playing in the BMW PGA Championship - the European Tour's flaghsip event - when the action gets under way on Thursday. [Full Article...]
IPL final: MI accomplish 'Mission Impossible' vs RPS
Rohit Sharma laid his hands on the coveted Indian Premier League (IPL) title once again when Mumbai Indians (MI) beat Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) by 1 run in a low-scoring affair. At a presser here on Monday, the Mumbai Indians bowling coach, when quizzed about whether he offered any advice to "Boom" as the team has nicknamed him, about how to bowl in the English conditions during the to... [Full Article...]
Horschel beats Day in play-off
Tringale was fifth at 9 under after a 67, with defending Nelson champion and Masters victor Garcia tied for sixth at 8 under after a 64 that also included three straight birdies at Nos. Nor was it the way that Day, the 2010 Nelson champion , wanted to say goodbye to a venue where he picked up his first PGA Tour victory. The victory came in Thompson's third event since she lost the ANA Inspira... [Full Article...]