MELBOURNE, Australia—Ash Barty was the crowd favorite at Melbourne Park long before she ended a 42-year drought by reaching the Australian Open final. Danielle Collins said it’ll be “spectacular” to take on the women’s No. 1-ranked player in the final of her home Grand Slam event on Saturday. The 28-year-old American got a little taste…
Makar, Avs Rally Past Bruins 4–3 for 17th Straight Home Win
DENVER—Gabriel Landeskog tied the game with 36.5 seconds left in regulation and Cale Makar scored a power-play goal 3:01 into overtime as the Colorado Avalanche rallied past the Boston Bruins 4–3 on Wednesday night for their 17th straight home victory. With Mike Reilly serving a tripping penalty, Makar took a feed from Nazem Kadri and…
Rare Tom Brady Card From 1st Super Bowl Year to Be Auctioned
SCARBOROUGH, Maine—One of just 20 special football cards featuring Tom Brady in the year he won his first Super Bowl is coming up for auction. The 2002 Topps Finest X-Fractor card is expected to draw six figures, underscoring the hot market for memorabilia associated with the quarterback dubbed the GOAT, or Greatest of All Time,…
World Series Winner Gene Clines Dies at 75
PITTSBURGH—Gene Clines, a line drive-hitting outfielder for the 1971 World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates, died Thursday. He was 75. Clines’ wife, Joanne, told the Pirates that Clines died at his home in Bradenton, Florida, site of the team’s longtime spring training home. No cause of death was given. On Sept. 1, 1971, Clines batted second…
Top 25 Roundup: No. 24 Illinois Takes Down No. 10 Michigan St.
Trent Frazier tallied 16 points and five assists and No. 24 Illinois held off No. 10 Michigan State 56–55 on Tuesday in Champaign, Ill., and took first place from the Spartans in the Big Ten. Alfonso Plummer contributed 11 points and four assists for the Fighting Illini (14–5, 7–2 Big Ten), who were without top…
NHL Roundup: Flyers’ Keith Yandle Sets Ironman Mark, but Isles Get Win
Zach Parise scored the tiebreaking goal with 8:09 left as the New York Islanders spoiled Keith Yandle’s historic night and extended the Philadelphia Flyers’ winless streak to a franchise-record 13 games with a 4–3 win in Elmont, N.Y., on Tuesday. Noah Dobson, Anders Lee and Mathew Barzal also scored for the Islanders, who overcame an…
NBA Roundup: Clippers’ 35-Point Comeback Stuns Wizards
Luke Kennard converted a four-point play with 1.9 seconds to play as the visiting Los Angeles Clippers overcame a 35-point deficit to post a 116–115 victory over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night. The result tied the second-largest comeback in NBA history, when the Sacramento Kings escaped a 35-point hole against the Chicago Bulls on…
Medvedev Saves Match Point, Moves Into Australian Open Semis
MELBOURNE, Australia—He lost the first two sets, was low on confidence and was one point from a quarterfinal exit at the Australian Open, so Daniil Medvedev asked himself the question: What would Novak do? Fair question. Top-ranked Novak Djokovic is a nine-time Australian Open champion who finished one win short of a calendar-year Grand Slam…
Death Toll Rises to 8 in Cameroon Stadium Crush; 38 Injured
YAOUNDE, Cameroon—Eight people have now died after a stampede outside a game at the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament in Cameroon, as witnesses blamed security officials for errors while news footage showed fans climbing over fences earlier to bypass checks and get into the stadium. Another seven people are in serious condition in the…
Islanders 1980s Dynasty Star Clark Gillies Dies at 67
Hall of Famer Clark Gillies, a stalwart on the New York Islanders’ dynasty that won four straight Stanley Cup championships in the early 1980s, has died. He was 67. The Islanders announced Gillies’ death Friday night, with team president and general manager Lou Lamoriello saying “the entire Islanders community is devastated by the loss.” The…
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