The Golden State Warriors just look too good. Golden State has sprinted out to a 3-0 series lead against the Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Finals on the strength of its defense.
Portland played pretty well for stretches early on in Games 2 and 3, but the squad is shooting just 40.2 percent from more …
Can the Toronto Raptors make this a series? So far, the Milwaukee Bucks have looked like the clearly better team in the Eastern Conference Finals. Milwaukee took a 2-0 lead playing on its home floor, winning the two games by a combined 30 points.
Game 3 is essentially a must-win contest for the Raptors as the series moves to Toronto today (7pm ET Sunday on ESPN). They would be more …
It’s always nice when the best two teams in the conference all year long get a chance to face each other in the Conference Finals. Fortunately, we’ll be getting that this year in the East, as the Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee Bucks start their series today (8:30 p.m. ET Wednesday on TNT).
Second-seeded Toronto is more …
Traditionally it has been the fourth and final Major of the year but for 2019, the PGA Championship follows hot on the heels of the US Masters. It has been switched from Labor Day to Memorial Day and it means we have a packed schedule in terms of the big four tournaments this season.
Brooks Koepka is the more …
This year’s Western Conference Finals series in the NBA includes a perennial title favorite and one upstart squad that nobody expected to win one, much less two, playoff series at the beginning of the season.
The Golden State Warriors have made the NBA Finals in four straight seasons, winning three times. They defeated both more …
Another series, another Game 7, this time in the Western Conference as the Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets are headed to a finale in Denver today (3.30pm ET Sunday on ESPN, ABC, TNT and NBA TV).
When it comes to the NBA playoffs, there’s not a more exciting time of the year for fans. This is especially true when more …
Manchester City will be guaranteed a second consecutive Premier League title if they take all three points away to Brighton at the American Express Community Stadium on Sunday (10am ET).
Man City and Liverpool are the only two remaining challengers coming into the final weekend. City hold a more …
With their backs against the wall, the Philadelphia 76ers returned home to the Wells Fargo Center to take Game 6 and level their Eastern Conference Semifinals series with the Toronto Raptors.
Now, both teams face a win-or-go-home scenario as it is time for the best words in sports: Game 7 (7 PM ET Sunday). more …
The European stretch of the 2019 Formula One season gets underway at this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix (Race: 9:10am ET Sunday).
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix two weeks ago was the case of another race, another one-two for Mercedes. Valtteri Bottas led home teammate Lewis Hamilton from pole position as the team filled the more …
The Denver Nuggets–Portland Trail Blazers Western Conference semifinal series is seen by many people as the weaker side of the West bracket. However, the series has provided viewers with endless excitement.
Denver now holds a 3-2 lead, but there has been a wild four-overtime game and three other contests that more …
We are just one week away from the second Major of 2019 so we can look forward to a stronger field than usual at the AT&T Byron Nelson. The event dates back to 1944 when it began life as the Texas Victory Open and it’s been a regular feature on the Tour ever since.
Last year saw a change of more …
In an NBA playoff round full of exciting basketball, you could argue that no series has been as intriguing as the Philadelphia 76ers and Toronto Raptors’ Eastern Conference semifinal matchup. Both teams have won two games, alternating victories in every game. Also, each game has been reasonably close for much of the contest.
So far in the series, defense has more …
Liverpool will have to produce a remarkable second-leg comeback if they are to progress to the Champions League final at the expense of Barcelona when the two sides meet at Anfield on Tuesday (3pm ET).
Barca are firmly in the driving seat following their 3-0 victory in the first leg at the Camp Nou last week. Liverpool gave a more …
You won’t want to miss the rest of this Eastern Conference semifinal series between the second-seeded Toronto Raptors and the third-seeded Philadelphia 76ers. Through two games in Toronto, both teams have one win. The competition has been excellent and the teams are playing very hard.
For Game 3 today, these two star-studded squads are more …
The rescheduling of this season’s Majors means that we have a busier period than usual this month. The PGA Championship is brought forward to May and the world’s top golfers will continue to warm up this week at the Wells Fargo Championship.
The event always tends to draw a strong field but with the PGA tournament just two weeks away, picking a more …
Continuing their defense of their crown, the Golden State Warriors benefited from a little help on Sunday night as they took on the Houston Rockets in a series that easily could be for the NBA Championship, not a chance to advance to the conference championship.
In a series that should be more …
The intensity of the NBA playoffs has increased to another level as we have moved from the first round to the second. Now, only eight teams remain.
Two of the four Western Conference squads still fighting are the third-seeded Portland Trail Blazers and the second-seeded Denver Nuggets. Their series kicks off today in Denver (10:35 p.m. ET Monday on TNT). more …
The Philadelphia 76ers looked like world title contenders in the first round of the NBA playoffs but now, the Toronto Raptors have brought them back down to Earth.
Staked a 1-0 lead, Toronto is looking to continue their own run to the Eastern Conference Championship. Can the Raptors continue to have success against Philadelphia or more …
Two surprise entrants into the final four of the Champions League meet when Spurs host Ajax in the first leg of their semi-final at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Tuesday (3pm ET).
When the group stage got underway in September, neither of these clubs were thought of as likely more …
Leicester City begin a tough trio of season-ending Premier League soccer fixtures when they host Arsenal at the King Power Stadium on Sunday (7am ET).
On paper, at least, Leicester are still very much in the hunt to finish seventh and possibly claim a place in next season’s Europa League. They are one of four teams separated by just more …
The West’s 2/7 matchup between the Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs has been an excellent one with lots of twists and turns. San Antonio won Game 1 on the road to seize home-court advantage, but Denver has now won three of the last four games to take a 3-2 series lead.
San Antonio will be the more …
Ferrari will have to hope that the unpredictability of previous races at the Baku City Circuit plays to their favor as they seek to make up ground on Mercedes at this weekend’s Formula One Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2019 (Race: 8:10am ET Sunday).
Mercedes have recorded one-two finishes in all three of the races in 2019 to date, becoming the first team in more …
The Zurich Classic has been on the calendar since 1938. After nearly 80 years as a solo tournament, this was changed to a team event in 2017 in order to stir some post-Masters interest and it has largely been a success.
Four teams of two play alternating foursomes and fourballs across the tournament and, while the more …
The Philadelphia 76ers and Brooklyn Nets played one of the most entertaining games of this year’s NBA playoffs in Saturday’s Game 4 matchup.
Brooklyn led almost the entire way and had Sixers’ star Jimmy Butler ejected, but the Sixers stepped up on defense in the fourth quarter and got a huge go-ahead three-pointer from more …
The Golden State Warriors’ defense of their crown is going about as well as could be expected. With the exception of a courageous and valiant effort by the Los Angeles Clippers in game two, the defending champs have absolutely been rolling through their first round match-up.
While one shouldn’t necessarily count out the more …
