ST. LOUIS — You don’t think the Stanley Cup is a bucket full of bonkers? It took a career Detroit Red Wing to finally end the Avalanche’s second-round playoff curse.…

The Miami Heat did not want it to end, and certainly not in a sea of green. More to the point, Jimmy Butler and Kyle Lowry did not want it…

By JIMMY GOLEN BOSTON (AP) — Jimmy Butler had 47 points, nine rebounds and eight assists and the Miami Heat forced the Eastern Conference finals to a decisive seventh game…

Observations and other notes of interest from Friday night’s 111-103 NBA playoff victory over the Boston Celtics: – Yes, Jimmy Butler had to call it a night at halftime of…

For all the platitudes the Orioles give about their mentality — how they never give up — Friday night at Fenway Park was real, tangible evidence to support those statements.…

The Mets are living and dying with Pete Alonso’s power. They have won 10 of the 11 games that Alonso has homered in this season, and Friday night’s 8-6 win…

ST. LOUIS — After 20 years, Colorado is at last back in the Western Conference finals. Fourth-line center Darren Helm scored with 5.6 seconds remaining in regulation to lift the…

1. Soft opening goal The Avalanche carried the play from the first-period hop, outshooting St. Louis 7-2 in the first eight minutes and 10-2 in the first 12. But the…

ST. PETERSBURG — This winter, as he worked out on his own during the lockout, Gleyber Torres came to terms with where he was in his career. The 25-year-old knew…

LAKEWOOD — In CHSAA’s preseason Class 5A baseball poll, Chaparral went unranked and received just one vote. Was that lone show of confidence from Wolverines coach Alan DiGiosio? “Probably,” he…