As captain Marlie Packer lifted the Six Nations trophy into the Bordeaux air, there was a dizzying sense of deja vu. This was England’s sixth successive Six Nations title and a third consecutive Grand Slam. Their dominance in this competition is simply unparalleled, not just in rugby but in sport.]]>
Benny Munoz/The Madera TribuneMadera’s Brilynn Santiago slides in safely after rounding the bases for an inside-the-park home run in the first inning of Friday’s loss to the Bullard Knights. The last time the Madera Coyotes softball team battled the Bullard Knights, they were never in the game during a 6-1 loss. However, two weeks later, the Coyotes battled throughout the game and came up just short in a 6-5 loss Friday at Zimmeman Field. The Coyotes answered almost every Bullard score and kept
Connor McDavid, Nikita Kucherov and Auston Matthews chased history this season, but how close did they come to Wayne Gretzky’s records?
Valeri Nichushkin had three goals for his first career hat trick, and the Colorado Avalanche took a commanding lead in their first-round series with a 5-1 win over the visiting Winnipeg Jets on Sunday in Denver. Colorado has won the last three games to take a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference best-of-seven series, with Game 5 on Tuesday night in Winnipeg. The Avalanche have outscored Winnipeg 16-5 since losing the first game, 7-6. Cale Makar and Artturi Lehkonen each had a goal and an assist,...
Christian Walker hit two home runs, including a game-ending two-run shot in the 10th inning, as the Arizona Diamondbacks stung the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 in Phoenix on Tuesday. Six Arizona pitchers held the Dodgers to zero RBIs through nine innings. The victory came after a 1-hour, 55-minute delay at the outset, as a colony of bees formed on the netting behind home plate. A beekeeper removed the cluster to a standing ovation, and he stayed to throw out the first pitch before play ultimately...
The Portland Winterhawks pounced on the visiting Prince George Cougars with three goals before the game was 10 minutes old and then coasted to a 4-1 victory in the third game of the Western Hockey League Western Conference final.
The power-play goal Panarin scored at the 3:21 mark of the third period Sunday was his second series-clinching goal, making him one of just eight players in franchise history to record multiple series-clinching scores.
Bouanga’s sixth goal of the season capped another charged affair between the Western Conference rivals.
Bouanga’s sixth goal of the season capped another charged affair between the Western Conference rivals.
Bouanga’s sixth goal of the season capped another charged affair between the Western Conference rivals.
BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum notched his first career playoff triple-double with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists to lead the Boston Celtics past the Miami Heat 114-94 on Sunday to open their first
The NHL regular season is like an anthology of 82 stories, each with their own beginning, middle and end. The playoffs, however, are like a novel, each game a new chapter that builds on the last one. And Kings coach Jim Hiller says likes it that way, especially after his team took the book in a new direction Wednesday with Anze Kopitar scoring 2:07 into overtime to give his team a 5-4 win over the Edmonton Oilers, evening their first-round playoff series with the Oilers at a victory apiece...