Uh-oh. That has to be the official perspective of the Washington Capitals fan base after watching the Tampa Bay Lightning post a 4-2 win against the Caps to tie the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final 2-2. When the Capitals reached the third round of the playoffs for the first time in the Alex Ovechkin
Alex Killorn scored the tiebreaker with about eight minutes left and Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded 36 saves to make the road team 4-0 in this series.
Mark Teixeira, Robinson Cano’s teammate with the Yankees for five years, says he is “not surprised” by the Seattle star’s 80-game suspension for a banned substance. The ESPN analyst did not offer any specifics or examples to support the assertion.
Of the 23 perfect games in MLB history, none may be more memorable or unlikely than the one David Wells threw while hungover 20 years ago Thursday.
Alex Killorn scored the tiebreaker with about eight minutes left and Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded 36 saves to make the road team 4-0 in this series.
Usually when the Draft is two weeks away, teams have some idea what the first round will look like. That hasn’t really been the case this spring, with clubs picking later in the round saying they’ve expanded, rather than contracted, their pool of players.
Pittsburgh keeps finding ways to win. A fielding error would prove to be the difference in the Pirates’ 5-4 victory over the Padres at PNC Park on Thursday. Pittsburgh entered with the fewest strikeouts in the National League, and a Christian Villanueva gaffe is a representation of the success the Pirates have had when they put the ball in play. They’ve now won three straight, and eight of their last nine games, and are alone in first place in the National League Central.
David Price was an efficient, strike-throwing machine on Thursday night at Fenway Park, turning in his best performance of the season and one of his best as a member of the Red Sox.
Buccaneers offensive coordinator Todd Monken didn’t mince words on the unit’s red zone struggles last season, saying “we chose to suck,” but added the team improved during the last stretch of the season.
Saying he is fully healthy after back surgery curtailed his lone season at Missouri, Michael Porter Jr. said Thursday that he’s the best player available in next month’s NBA draft.
