Friday 5: Cup teams scramble for playoff points halfway through regular season
With 11 different winners in the first 13 races, this Cup season is starting to look unlike most years.
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Shannon Boxx, Christie Pearce Rampone, Linda Hamilton headline National Soccer Hall of Fame induction ceremony
This week’s announcement of the U.S. Soccer Federation’s landmark agreement to offer equal pay to the women’s and men’s national soccer teams – including sharing in World Cup prize money – came at the perfect time ahead of the National Soccer Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022 induction ceremony.
Frank Lampard: ‘Players deserve all the credit’ for ‘special night in Everton’s history’
Frank Lampard has hailed his players, who he says “deserve all the credit” for “creating a special night in Everton’s history” on Thursday, helping the club avoid relegation from the Premier League with a 3-2 comeback victory over Crystal Palace.
Elaine Thompson-Herah withdraws from Diamond League season debut
Elaine Thompson-Herah, the Olympic 100m and 200m champion, withdrew before what would have been her Diamond League season debut on Saturday after discomfort in training.
NHL Rink Wrap: Perron helps Blues get even; Lightning take control
No Brayden Point again for the Tampa Bay Lightning again, and no problem for them again. Ross Colton scored the game-winning goal with 3.8 seconds to play in regulation, capitalizing on a brutal defensive breakdown by the Florida Panthers at the worst possible time. The Lightning took a beating all night in terms of injuries but kept on rolling and now have a commanding 2-0 series lead after taking the first two games on the road, The series now shifts back to Tampa Bay for Games 3 and 4. The Lightning are looking like a team that just simply has it once again. Especially now that starting goalie Andrei Vasilevsky is starting to find his game again.
Smart returns, makes all the difference as Celtics rout Heat to even series
It doesn’t take a seasoned NBA scout or an advanced analytics guru to explain the difference in Games 1 and 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals:
What to know about the 2022 Preakness Stakes
Even without 80-1 Kentucky Derby upset champ Rich Strike, the 2022 Preakness Stakes has a small but mighty field.
Everton vs Crystal Palace: Toffees storm back to avoid relegation
Everton vs Crystal Palace: The Toffees saved themselves from relegation and secured another season in the Premier League, as they came back to beat the Eagles 3-2 at Goodison Park on Thursday.