The Tampa Bay Lightning tied the NHL record with 62 wins in this season. They are No. 1 in goal-differential (+103), goal scoring per game (3.89), power-play efficiency (28.2%) and penalty-killing efficiency (85%). They are seventh in goals-against average (2.7).    The Lightning have played like a Stanley Cup favorite the entire season. They possess a dangerous offense, led by Nikita Kucherov and Steven […]

MINNEAPOLIS — Kyle Guy wasn’t going near his team’s huddle. Virginia’s sharp-shooting guard had just drained two free throws in the Cavaliers’ Final Four game against Auburn to tie it at 62 with 0.6 seconds left following a controversial foul call on the Tigers’ Samir Doughty. With a trip to the national championship game on the line, the 82 percent […]

Ryan Poehling notched a hat trick and then added the shootout winner in his NHL debut as the Montreal Canadiens beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 in the season finale for both teams on Saturday. Jordan Weal and Andrew Shaw also scored for the Canadiens (44-30-8), who were eliminated from playoff contention on Friday night. Goalie Charlie Lindgren, in his […]

MINNEAPOLIS — In a battle of contrasting tempos, Virginia slowed the pace just enough to escape giant-killer Auburn 63-62 Saturday in the Final Four, earning a spot in the national championship game on Monday. With 0.6 seconds left, Virginia guard Kyle Guy calmly made three free throws to win a thriller. Virginia trailed 62-60 when Guy was fouled shooting a three-pointer by Samir […]

Burlington’s Shane Wright has been selected No. 1 overall by the Kingston Frontenacs in Saturday’s Ontario Hockey League draft. The 15-year-old phenom was granted exceptional status to enter the draft a year early. NHL stars Connor McDavid, John Tavares and Aaron Ekblad were also granted exceptional player status by the OHL. Wright, a six-foot, 179-pound centre, had 150 points in […]

MINNEAPOLIS – The record-breaking shot came last Saturday evening, and the shooter had no idea until someone told him long afterward – which only seemed appropriate, because the record has been broken 55 more times since then, with no end in sight. Texas Tech guard Matt Mooney’s three-pointer with 6:53 left in the first half of an Elite Eight game with Gonzaga was […]

TAMPA, Fla. — Notre Dame wouldn’t be denied. In a wild game featuring nine ties and 26 lead changes, the defending national champions wiped out a nine-point deficit in the final eight minutes to hand archrival Connecticut an 81-76 defeat in Friday’s Final Four semifinal. Before a sellout crowd at Amalie Arena, Arike Ogunbowale scored 21 of her team-high 23 points in […]

The sports radio personality Craig Carton was sentenced to three and a half years in prison on Friday by a longtime fan and listener — the judge — for a ticket reselling scheme that ended his broadcast partnership with the former N.F.L. quarterback Boomer Esiason. Carton, convicted in November of conspiracy, wire fraud and securities fraud, was sentenced by Chief […]

A Manhattan judge gushed about being a longtime WFAN fan — before slapping Craig Carton with a 3½-year prison sentence on Friday. “Colleen from New York. First time, long time,” federal Judge Colleen McMahon greeted the former radio host midway through the two-hour hearing. The jurist said she’d listen to Carton’s hit show “Boomer and Carton” every day on her […]

O, glorious Phil! What new miracle will you deliver unto the people of Pittsburgh? How about a goal during a sponsored two-minute promotion that provides all the Yinzers with free burgers? In Thursday’s 4-1 win over the Red Wings, Kessel notched two goals and an assist as the Penguins clinched a playoff spot. The crowd was most grateful for the […]