Stamkos returns for Game 7 loss to Penguins
PITTSBURGH -- The emotions were still too raw for Steven Stamkos to ponder what comes next for him.The Tampa Bay Lightning captain had worked so hard and endured so much to get back in time to play in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final on Thursday, and there was a lot for him to digest after the season-ending 2-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. A question about whether he had considered that this might have been his final game as a member of the Lightning produced a curt reply."No," Stamkos..>> view originalRockets reportedly close to finalizing deal with Mike D'Antoni to be new coach
Published on May. 26, 2016 | Updated on May. 27, 2016 The Rockets have found their man. Houston is reportedly close to cementing a contract with Mike D'Antoni, The Vertical has reported. MORE: NBA Draft mistakes | Magic Johnson glad D'antoni resigned from Lakers D'Antoni will receive a four-year deal that will include a final year option, according to the report. D'Antoni, 65, would replace interim coach J.B. Bickerstaff, who helped lead the Rockets to the first round of the NBA pl..>> view originalSenate gives US women's soccer team symbolic victory with equal pay resolution
The U.S. women's soccer team has three World Cup championships and four Olympic gold medals. What they don't have, say players, is equal pay. On Thursday the squad scored a symbolic victory in their battle for equal pay when the Senate passed a non-binding resolution calling on the U.S. Soccer Federation to "immediately eliminate gender pay inequity and treat all athletes with the same respect and dignity." Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) penned the resolution..>> view originalMartin Truex Jr. takes Coca-Cola 600 pole with lap of 192.328
CONCORD, N.C. -- Martin Truex Jr. put himself in good position for another strong showing at the Coca-Cola 600, a race he thought he should have won last year.Truex turned in a lap of 192.328 mph to grab the pole away from Joey Logano on his final lap of qualifying Thursday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Logano, who had the top time in the first two rounds, will start alongside Truex on the front row Sunday night in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race."We put it all together when it counted," Truex s..>> view originalThunderous road: Can Warriors really pull out of here to win?
OAKLAND, Calif. -- There's a difference between surviving and truly living, like the difference between scraping by on bread and water and savoring a sumptuous meal. The Golden State Warriors subsisted on Thursday night, holding off the Oklahoma City Thunder 120-111 in a Game 5 to prolong the Western Conference finals. They just failed to provide a convincing argument that they can overcome the decisive home-court advantage in Oklahoma City that pushed the Warriors to the brink in Games 3 and 4...>> view originalConsequences at Baylor
Baylor University's Board of Regents has fired its head football coach, and its president will soon resign, amid allegations that the world’s largest Baptist university has continuously mishandled -- and sought to suppress public discourse about -- sexual assaults committed by its football players and other students. The president, Kenneth Starr, will remain at the university as its chancellor and a law professor, though the terms of the arrangement are still being discussed. In a statement rele..>> view originalLSU, Jared Poche top Mississippi State, 6-2, to reach SEC tournament semifinal
Jared Poche dominated all the drama out of most of Thursday's nightcap. The junior lefty escaped first- and second-inning jams, then allowed just one Mississippi State base runner in the next four innings. No. 7 LSU (42-17) meanwhile scored four runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings on its way to a 6-2 victory and berth in Saturday's SEC tournament semifinals. The top-seeded and top-ranked Bulldogs (41-14-1) finally threatened in a top of the seventh sparked by a Tigers error. Freshman ..>> view originalLEADING OFF: Dodgers' Urias set for major league debut
AP 2:22 a.m. EDT May 27, 2016(Photo: The Associated Press)A look at what's happening all around the majors today:___ROOKIE DEBUTJulio Urias will make his major league debut for the Dodgers in the weekend series opener in New York against the Mets. The highly touted 19-year-old left-hander was 4-1 with a 1.10 ERA at Triple-A Oklahoma City, where he had a 27-inning scoreless streak and 44 strikeouts in 41 innings. Urias will replace lefty Alex Wood, who was scratched with triceps sore..>> view originalChris Berman's agent denies report of looming retirement
Getty ImagesChris Berman is retiring. Unless he isn’t. In response to a report that the George Ehhh-weeah-ashington of ESPN’s Mt. Rushmore is retiring after the 2016 NFL season, Berman’s agent tells Richard Sandomir of the New York Times that Berman isn’t calling it quits. “Chris is NOT retiring,” Berman’s agent told Sandomir. “Loves what he’s doing too much and is too young to hang ’em up.” Berman’s agent also suspects foul play. “Perhaps people with an agenda put it out there,” Berman’s agen..>> view originalBraves' Hector Olivera suspended 82 games for violating MLB's domestic violence policy
Atlanta Braves outfielder Hector Olivera was handed an 82-game suspension without pay for violating Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy following his arrest in Arlington, Va., on April 13, the league announced on Thursday. The suspension is retroactive to April 30 and runs through August 1. "Having reviewed all of the available evidence, I have concluded that Mr. Olivera violated the Policy and should be subject to discipline in the form of an unpaid suspension that will expire ..>> view original
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