Nuggets fans didn't get the sweep they wanted, but energy still high for playoff run
Sam Peña caught up with fans watching Game 4 of the Nuggets' series with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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The Canadian Press'We need to win': Maple Leafs brass hints at change after yet another playoff failure
TORONTO — Keith Pelley was reminded of the first time he watched Liverpool play up close. The Premier League giant with an illustrious soccer history in both England and Europe are followed by a rabid supporters craving success. The club's "You'll Never Walk Alone" anthem rings around its storied Anfield home at every match. Pelley saw similar passion from Toronto Maple Leafs fans this spring during a brief foray into the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Leafs' short playoff journey once again ended in
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Toronto Raptors 2024 NBA offseason preview: There's young talent to build on here
There is considerable talent in Toronto, and now that talent needs to find a way to become more cohesive.
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Shaquille O'Neal Slams Shannon Sharpe in Ongoing MVP Feud: 'You Jealous'
O'Neal penned a lengthy message for Sharpe on Instagram, accusing him of being jealous and needing to resort to "click bait"
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Tom Brady roast: Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft 'awkward' backstage meeting could've 'cut f***ing glass'
The former Patriots head coach and the team's longtime owner met backstage before the show.
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Toronto Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe fired after another early playoff exit
The Toronto Maple Leafs put together strong games while facing elimination, but the bottom line is they lost, and Sheldon Keefe paid the price.
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NBA Rumors: Latest news on coaching vacancies, free agents and Lakers moves
With the NBA postseason nearing its end, here are the latest rumors surrounding the Lakers' head coaching search and impending NBA free agents.
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Former NBA player Glen 'Big Baby' Davis sentenced to 40 months for defrauding league insurance plan
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Boston Celtics player Glen “Big Baby” Davis was sentenced Thursday to 40 months in a federal prison for his participation in a scheme New York prosecutors said defrauded an insurance plan for NBA players and their families of more than $5 million. More than 20 people were convicted in the case, many of them onetime NBA players who submitted fictitious dental and medical claims to the NBA Players’ Health and Benefit Welfare Plan. A jury found Davis and former Detroit Piston
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After being savagely roasted, Tom Brady got support from his famous neighbor in Miami
‘I did fire him a message to check if he was OK’
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A look at potential candidates to replace Sheldon Keefe as Maple Leafs head coach
TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs fired head coach Sheldon Keefe on Thursday following another disappointing playoff exit. The Canadian Press takes a look at some of the potential candidates to take over the Original Six franchise that hasn't won the Stanley Cup since 1967. CRAIG BERUBE The 58-year-old from Calahoo, Alta., hoisted the Cup as coach of the St. Louis Blues in 2019, but was fired by the organization in December after missing the playoffs last spring. The no-nonsense Berube, who owns
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Lions made OT Giovanni Manu of Tonga the 1st NFL draft pick from University of British Columbia
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Lions offensive tackle Giovanni Manu woke up at 4 a.m. Friday and couldn't fall back asleep. On the rookie's ride to work, he was overcome by tears of joy. Manu's excitement and emotions were triggered by a long and lonely path, leaving his parents on the south Pacific island of Tonga at age 11 to live with his aunt and two older siblings in Vancouver in the hopes of a better life. A growth spurt in high school, along with support on and off the field, led to Man
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Shaquille O'Neal and Newly-Retired WNBA Star Candace Parker Tell Each Other 'I Love You' in Sweet Moment
After her retirement on April 28, Adidas named Parker the president of their women's basketball division
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Watch: Alligator nabs angler’s catch with astonishing speed
Footage shows the large reptile chasing the hooked fish onto shore and reappearing into frame with the catch between its jaws.
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Bucks' Patrick Beverley suspended 4 games without pay for actions in season-ending loss to Pacers
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard Patrick Beverley was suspended by the NBA on Thursday for four games without pay to begin next season for his actions during and after the final game of an Eastern Conference first-round playoff series with the Indiana Pacers. The league announced the suspension and said Beverley was getting punished for “forcefully throwing a basketball multiple times at spectators and an inappropriate interaction with a reporter during media availability.” This suspension
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Watch for golf course’s gator! Golfers dodge reptiles, critters at Myrtle Beach Classic
Here’s how alligators and other unique fauna made their presence known around the Myrtle Beach Classic, the first PGA Tour golf tournament in Myrtle Beach.
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Maple Leafs captain John Tavares added to Canada's world hockey championship roster
PRAGUE, Czechia — Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares has been added to the Canadian roster at the world men's hockey championship, Hockey Canada announced Friday. Tavares became available after the Leafs were eliminated by the Boston Bruins in seven games in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. It will be the fourth time Tavares has suited up for Canada at the world championship, but the first since 2012. The 33-year-old has helped Canada win gold at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and the
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2024 NHL mock draft: Who are the top picks in this year's entry draft?
The San Jose Sharks, Chicago Blackhawks and Anaheim Ducks hold the first three picks in the 2024 NHL Draft. Here's who they pick in latest mocks.
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The best RBs for 2024 fantasy football, according to our experts
The Yahoo Fantasy football analysts reveal their first running back rankings for the 2024 NFL season.
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Sean Burroughs, former MLB player, Little League World Series and Olympic champion, dies at 43
Sean Burroughs, a two-time Little League World Series champion who won an Olympic gold medal and went on to a major league career that was interrupted by substance abuse, has died. USA Today, citing unnamed sources, reported Burroughs died at Stearns Champions Park in Long Beach, California, where he grew up. “It is with heavy heart that I am writing this message to inform you that yesterday afternoon one of our Coaches, Sean Burroughs, tragically passed away,” Doug Wittman, president of Long Beach Little League, wrote in a statement posted on social media Friday.
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One’s the captain. One’s fighting to stay in the lineup. Both are sparking the Panthers
Two players with nearly polar opposite roles are both finding ways to make key impacts for the Florida Panthers in the playoffs.
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David Beckham Texted Tom Brady to Make Sure He Was OK After Netflix Roast: ‘It Was Hard to Watch’
Brady took jabs for "unretiring" for one last unsuccessful season and his divorce from Gisele Bündchen during the roast