In recent days, there has been analysis of Karl-Anthony Towns’ play, his future with the Minnesota Timberwolves, and his role in this team’s transformation from NBA champions to Western Conference finalists. The focus was primarily on the ridiculous fouls, the shooting, and the horrifying percentages. Those who have always been captivated by his skill but […]

Just seconds into the first overtime of the Western Conference Final, Oilers captain Connor McDavid was punished for a double-minor penalty. That made him feel utterly terrible as he sat in the penalty box. The moment McDavid scored with just 32 seconds remaining in the second overtime period thanks to a tip-in from Evan Bouchard, […]

There isn’t a recent champion in the NBA Final Four this year. It also lacks a current or former Most Valuable Player, which is a statistical outlier since voting by the media started in 1981. It implies that opportunities abound and that there are times just waiting to be taken advantage of. While Kyrie Irving […]

In Seattle’s four-run ninth inning off reliever Clay Holmes, Ty France hit the game-winning RBI single, and the Mariners came back to defeat the New York Yankees 5-4 on Monday night. The major inning against Holmes (1-1), who blew his second save in 15 chances, put an end to New York’s seven-game winning streak for […]

The Edmonton Oilers’ season wasn’t about to end. They are now pushing the envelope in their series against the Vancouver Canucks in the second round. With three goals and two assists apiece from Connor McDavid and Evan Bouchard and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, the Oilers defeated the Canucks 5-1 on Saturday night to avoid elimination and force […]

The New York Rangers, who had an undefeated record going into the NHL playoffs, found it difficult to wrap up a second-round series even though they had a commanding lead. >>> Read More: In the absence of Donovan Mitchell, what are the Cavaliers? Cleveland has more queries than it does responses. Even worse, they were […]

After his Cleveland Cavaliers were defeated 113-98 in a thrilling Game 5 at TD Garden, an injured Donovan Mitchell lingered in the hallways, doting on each of his teammates as they left the arena and extending his congratulations to rivals Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown as he left. Though The Athletic published its postmortem on […]

Donovan Mitchell is anticipated to miss the Cavaliers’ Game 5 in Boston on Wednesday night due to the calf ailment that prevented him from playing in Game 4. Shams Charania of The Athletic reports on this. Neither Jarrett Allen nor Caris LeVert—both of whom are rated as dubious—went shootaround in the morning, nor did he. […]

After every game, Shohei Ohtani’s skill set is worth a narrative of its own. When healthy, his two-way abilities at the plate and on the mound have put him in a league of his own, drawing comparisons to a single player from almost a century ago whose pregame meal consisted of a one-man competition of […]