Memory has a tendency to smooth over the edges, to conceal the blemishes, to dust over the pockmarks. Hindsight can be distorted, and history with it: Knowing how something ended creates the illusion it was always going to end that way, a narrative reverse-engineered from the bare facts, happenstance prettified to look like destiny. And so Real Madrid — the […]

TAMPA — The path isn’t always clean, isn’t always uncluttered, isn’t always straight. Opportunities come when they come. They happen when they happen. “Nobody is happy that Sevy is hurting,” Jonathan Loaisiga said in the Yankees clubhouse, maybe 90 minutes after completing his first case to replace Luis Severino for as long as that may be necessary. “But we all […]

The Gunners are involved in a gripping battle against Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham for a top-four spot. UEFA's regulations only allow five clubs from England to play in the Champions League in a single season. And if a team wins the Europa League or Champions League this season they will secure automatic qualification. As things stand, Spurs could lift […]

As the Triple Crown season approaches, the talk should be about contenders for the Kentucky Derby. Instead, dead horses and canceled races are hot topics after Santa Anita Park suspended thoroughbred racing because of a spike in fatalities that has cast doubt on the safety of its racing surface. A filly named Lets Light the Way was euthanized on Tuesday […]

United incredibly beat the French champions 3-1 with a last minute Marcus Rashford penalty. That 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford had put PSG in control of the last-16 tie before tonight’s return game at the Parc des Princes. But United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insisted it was not impossible to expect his side to pull off a shock victory to […]

One of Kingston’s biggest hockey fans turned 100 years old on March 3. Bonnie Nichols and her husband Josh were first in line for season tickets when the Kingston Memorial Centre opened in 1951. They enjoyed watching every game that featured the Goodyears, CKLCs, Aces, Merchants, Canadians, and the Kingston Frontenacs of the now defunct Eastern Professional Hockey League. “I […]

Maybe Kevin Durant was just displaying the annoyance attached to a blowout loss. Or maybe the soon-to-be free agent superstar revealed another hint he’s not as happy in Golden State as he used to be. Following a stunning, 128-95 home loss to the struggling Celtics on Tuesday night — in which Boston scored the first 11 points, and the Warriors […]

TAMPA — Luis Severino believes his inflamed right rotator cuff issue can improve before the end of his two-week shutdown, but that still wouldn’t allow the Yankees’ ace to be ready for Opening Day, on March 28 against the Orioles at Yankee Stadium. “I feel I will get better before that,” Severino said Wednesday of the two-week period in which […]

The European Cup holders sensationally crashed out of the competition in a stunning 4-1 defeat to Ajax last night that effectively ended their season. Sitting 12 points behind Barcelona in La Liga and falling short in the domestic cups, Real have nothing left to play for. Spanish publication Marca laid into Los Blancos following the defeat labelling their knockout as […]

Captain Kieran Read will end his legendary New Zealand career after the Rugby World Cup and move to Japanese club Toyota Verblitz, he announced Wednesday. The powerhouse number eight has played in 118 Test matches, with 43 of those coming as captain, since making his debut in November 2008 – winning the World Cup twice. Read, 33, will play his last […]