At long last, the Toronto Maple Leafs won a playoff round.
The Maple Leafs beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in overtime in Game 6 on Saturday night to advance to the second round for the first time since 2004.
Captain John Tavares buried the game-winner at Amalie Arena, ending an abysmal streak of six straight opening-series exits for Toronto since 2017.
The Texas Rangers placed ace Jacob deGrom on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation, the club announced Saturday.
DeGrom was forced to exit his start Friday against the New York Yankees in the fourth inning due to forearm tightness.
This is the third time deGrom has been placed on the injured list with an elbow issue. He missed time in both 2018 and 2019 due to elbow injuries. The two-time Cy Young winner underwent Tommy John surgery in 2010.
The Pittsburgh Pirates and outfielder Bryan Reynolds have agreed to an eight-year, $106.75-million contract extension, reports Robert Murray of Fansided.
Reynolds, 28, wasn't slated to be eligible for free agency until after the 2025 campaign, still having two years of arbitration remaining. The new deal, which includes some form of no-trade protection, will keep him with the Pirates through 2030.
The Green Bay Packers traded quarterback Aaron Rodgers to the New York Jets, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The Jets will receive the four-time MVP, a 2023 first-round pick (No. 15 overall), and a fifth-round pick from the Packers in exchange for their 2023 first-rounder (No. 13 overall), a second-round pick, and a conditional 2024 second-round pick that can become a first if Rodgers plays 65% of the team's snaps next season.
The Packers and Jets recently resumed discussion on the blockbuster swap after talks went dormant in recent weeks.
Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo will return to the lineup for Game 4 against the Miami Heat on Monday, barring any setbacks, sources told Shams Charania of The Athletic.
Antetokounmpo has missed the last two contests due to a lower back contusion he suffered in Milwaukee's Game 1 loss. The MVP finalist played just 11 minutes before exiting that contest.
The Bucks and Heat split a pair of games with Antetokounmpo out of the lineup. Milwaukee rode a historic 3-point shooting performance to a 138-122 win in Game 2, while Miami dominated its first home game of the series for a 121-99 victory in Game 3.
Defenseman Josh Morrissey is out for the remainder of the Winnipeg Jets' first-round series against the Vegas Golden Knights with a lower-body injury, head coach Rick Bowness confirmed, according to The Athletic's Murat Ates.
Morrissey exited the Jets' Game 3 double-overtime loss after sustaining the injury. He played just 1:14 before leaving the game and didn't return to the contest.
The 28-year-old appeared to sustain the injury in a collision with Golden Knights defenseman Zach Whitecloud.
Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams is among five NFL players suspended for violating the league's gambling policy, the NFL announced Friday, according to The Ringer's Lindsay Jones.
Williams was one of four Lions involved. The second-year wideout and teammate Stanley Berryhill were suspended six games each, while receiver Quintez Cephus and defensive back C.J. Moore were suspended indefinitely. Washington Commanders defensive end Shaka Toney also received an indefinite ban.
The Toronto Raptors relieved Nick Nurse of his duties as head coach, vice chairman and president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri announced Friday.
Former Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka is expected to be a serious candidate for the Raptors job, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
"The decision to make a change like this is never arrived at easily or taken lightly, especially when it comes to a person who has been an integral part of this franchise's most historic accomplishments, and who has been a steady leader through some of our team's most challenging times," Ujiri said in a statement.
New York Mets ace Max Scherzer was ejected before the bottom of the fourth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers after umpires apparently found a foreign substance on his glove and/or hand.
Scherzer was forced to change gloves following a routine substance check at the end of the third inning.
Tiger Woods underwent surgery to address post-traumatic arthritis in his right ankle, he announced Wednesday.
The operation, described as a subtalar fusion procedure, is the latest for Woods' right leg after he suffered severe injuries in a 2021 car accident.
The surgery was performed in New York and deemed successful. No return timeline was given.
Clayton Kershaw turned back the clock on a milestone night at Dodger Stadium.
The Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander picked up his 200th career win by throwing seven shutout innings and striking out nine in a 5-0 victory over the New York Mets on Tuesday.
"The goal is to win and that's why tonight is really cool, because it's a team stat, a win," Kershaw said, according to The Associated Press.
The NBA suspended Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Greenwithout pay for Thursday's Game 3 against the Sacramento Kings for stepping on Kings center Domantas Sabonis during Game 2, the league announced.
Green was called for a flagrant-2 foul and ejected with 7:03 remaining in Monday's contest, while Sabonis was assessed a technical foul for holding onto Green's ankle on the play.
The Philadelphia Eagles and Jalen Hurts agreed to a five-year extension that keeps the quarterback under contract through the 2028 season, the team announced Monday.
Hurts' new five-year deal is worth $255 million and will make him the highest-paid player in NFL history, sources told NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero. The contract also includes just over $179 million in guarantees and a no-trade clause, Rapoport adds.
The Calgary Flames and general manager Brad Treliving have agreed to end his tenure, the club announced Monday.
Don Maloney will take over as president of hockey operations and interim GM. The 64-year-old had been the team's senior vice president of hockey operations.
Treliving's contract expires June 30. The Flames hired the 53-year-old in April 2014. He was the assistant GM of the Arizona Coyotes under Maloney, who Treliving later hired to the Flames' front office as a pro scout.
Kawhi Leonard had a great shooting night while Russell Westbrook had a horrible one.
Both players nonetheless had a huge impact for the Los Angeles Clippers in their 115-110 win over the Phoenix Suns in the teams' Western Conference playoff series opener on Sunday.
Leonard poured in 38 points, including two late 3-pointers, while Westbrook was a menace everywhere except the scoring column. The veteran guard shot just 3 of 19 from the field, but finished with nine points, 10 rebounds, eight assists, three blocks and two steals.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have fired general manager Ron Hextall and president of hockey operations Brian Burke, the team announced Friday.
Pittsburgh is fresh off failing to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2005-06.
It's the end of an era in the Windy City.
After a "difficult conversation," the Chicago Blackhawks decided against re-signing longtime captain and pending unrestricted free agent Jonathan Toews in the summer, general manager Kyle Davidson announced Thursday.
Thursday's clash against the Philadelphia Flyers at the United Center will mark Toews' final contest wearing a Blackhawks sweater.
"He's done it all, and he's done it all in a Blackhawks jersey," Davidson told reporters shortly after making the announcement, per NBC Sports Chicago. "We can't thank him enough for everything he's done.
"The Blackhawks organization - and I think the city of Chicago - will be forever indebted to him for the amazing ride that he took us on. ... He'll be a Blackhawk forever."
Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon cited "a lot of stuff that's happened over the last (three) years" as a potential contributing factor to his altercation with a fan on Opening Day.
"It just got to me, for whatever reason," Rendon told the Los Angeles Times' Jorge Castillo. "I don't know. Whether it's just the grind of the last handful of years, just being through so much stuff. I don't know."
Rendon grabbed an Oakland Athletics fan by their shirt during an argument on Opening Day. He was suspended four games for the incident.
The third baseman has undergone two major surgeries since signing a seven-year, $245-million contract with the Angels before the 2020 season. He played a total of 162 games during that span.
Rendon and his wife also have four children under the age of five.
"It just compounded one way or another," Rendon said. "I was actually talking to my wife about it. Like, 'Man, we've been through a lot of crap.' I'm one to hold it in, and maybe that was the moment that made me explode for whatever reason, and it sucks."
Rendon said he and the fan have since apologized to each other.
Bo Horvat apologized for ruffling the feathers of his former team's fan base with his postgame comments on Saturday.
Horvat raised eyebrows when he said the excitement of participating in the New York Islanders' push for the playoffs was "a lot better than Vancouver."
"I wasn't obviously expecting that," the former Canuck said Monday, per The Athletic's Kevin Kurz. "It was kind of a heat of the moment thing. I didn't mean any disrespect to the fans of Vancouver or my teammates or (the) city of Vancouver at all. It wasn't directed at them at all. The (Islanders) fans were all excited, and I was excited to be in a playoff push. It was just kind of one of those things where my emotions got the best of me.
A week that started with a four-putt double-bogey ended in a green jacket for Jon Rahm, as the Spanish superstar used a Sunday charge to pull away from Brooks Koepka and the field to win the Masters.
Rahm entered the final round two shots behind Koepka but fired a final-round 3-under 69 to erase the deficit and cruise to a four-shot victory. Koepka faltered over the final day, shooting a 3-over 75 to finish tied for second.
Phil Mickelson turned back the clock with an epic run up the leaderboard to sit beside Koepka after a closing 65. In doing so, the 52-year-old became the oldest player in Masters history to finish in the top five.
A second-nine 38 on Sunday morning cut Brooks Koepka's four-shot lead over Jon Rahm to two heading to the final round of the Masters at Augusta National.
Koepka bogeyed the 12th and three-putted the 17th for a second blemish on his closing stretch, finishing his third round with a 1-over 73. Rahm made birdies on No. 7 and No. 8 to begin play for the day, but he also struggled on the closing stretch.
The lack of scoring by the lead group opened the door for a charge from Viktor Hovland, as the Norwegian made five birdies in a row on the second nine to sit alone in third just three shots off the pace.
Tiger Woods pulled out of the Masters due to injury prior to the resumption of Round 3 on Sunday at Augusta National.
Woods, who didn't finish his second round until Saturday morning due to thunderstorms Friday, made the cut on the 3-over number to tie the record of 23 straight cuts at the event.
He started his third round at the No. 10 tee just after 1 p.m. ET. Woods withdrew from the tournament while on the 17th hole at 9-over.
The Tennessee Titans and star defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons agreed to a four-year, $94-million contract extension, sources told Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.
Simmons' new deal will guarantee him $66 million, adds Rapoport.
This makes Simmons the second-highest-paid defensive tackle in the NFL, only behind Aaron Donald.
Tyreek Hill can't wait to play his revenge game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Miami Dolphins superstar wide receiver said he'll make his former team pay when they face off at Arrowhead Stadium in 2023.
"Chiefs Kingdom, when the Miami Dolphins come to Arrowhead Stadium this year, guess what we (are) going to do?" Hill said in a video shared by his athletic brand Soul Runner on Twitter. "I hate to throw up the peace sign against y'all, I hate to do it. But guess what? I'm gonna be y'all's worst enemy that day.
For a long stretch of his opening round at the Masters, Tiger Woods looked like a man who had only played four competitive rounds of golf in the last eight months.
Woods posted his highest opening score at Augusta National since 2005, finishing 2-over 74.
He sat at 3-over after No. 14, 10 strokes back of the leader and his playing partner, Viktor Hovland. Woods briefly battled back with a curling birdie on the par-5 15th and a brilliant tee shot on the par-3 16th to pour in a second straight. However, he finished with a bogey on the 18th.
The Kraken booked their ticket to the postseason with a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night, giving them 96 points on the season.
Jared McCann started things off with his 38th goal of the year and added two assists for the Kraken. Jordan Eberle also had a goal and a pair of assists, while rookie Matty Beniers chipped in a goal and assist of his own. Vince Dunn rounded out the scoring for Seattle with his 14th tally of the season. Philipp Grubauer stopped 27 shots to earn the win.
Free-agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has at least one offer on the table.
The Baltimore Ravens presented the three-time Pro Bowl receiver with a contract, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. The two sides spent time together during the league's owners meeting in Phoenix last week.
Baltimore has been searching for a true No. 1 wideout to pair with former MVP Lamar Jackson. Despite Jackson's request for a trade, the franchise remains optimistic it can keep the star signal-caller.
Former Indiana Hoosiers coach Bob Knight was released from a hospital in Bloomington, Indiana, and returned home after being admitted with an illness over the weekend, his son said Monday.
"On behalf of the Knight Family, we thank you for your thoughts and prayers. As many have heard, my dad was hospitalized over the weekend with an illness and has since been released from the hospital," according to a statement from Pat Knight posted online. "We ask for your privacy as he is cared for and resting at home in good hands."
An email from the university about Knight's health was sent to former Indiana basketball players on Friday, asking for prayers and saying Knight hoped to return home soon after being hospitalized with an undisclosed illness.
Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon received a five-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for an incident with a fan during a game against the Oakland Athletics on Opening Day, MLB announced Monday.
Rendon grabbed the shirt of a spectator in the stands during a heated argument last Thursday.
The Angels said the former All-Star will appeal his ban, which means he's eligible to play Monday against the Seattle Mariners, according to Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com.