Sports News

6:59 PM on Tuesday, June 16

The NHL says the Stanley Cup Playoffs this spring were the most-watched on record in the U.S. with an average of 1.8 million viewers

6:38 PM on Tuesday, June 16

"Hockey Night in Canada" will not return to CBC next season

6:35 PM on Tuesday, June 16

The Chicago Cubs have placed right-handed pitcher Daniel Palencia on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation

6:21 PM on Tuesday, June 16

One quality stands out among the U.S. Open champions at Shinnecock Hills

6:12 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Vozinha gasped and laughed in shock when shown the number of new Instagram followers he had gained after helping tiny Cape Verde hold off powerhouse Spain in his team’s World Cup debut

5:33 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Boxer Floyd Mayweather faces two felony charges in Las Vegas for theft and the “intent to defraud,” alleging he wrote a bad check to buy a watch at a Las Vegas luxury resale store

5:27 PM on Tuesday, June 16

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone had a lengthy conversation with Major League Baseball officials about shortstop José Caballero’s deliberate tempo in the batter’s box that resulted in a delay-of-game warning Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays

5:14 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks’ 94-90 victory over the San Antonio Spurs to capture their first NBA title in 53 years averaged 24.5 million viewers on ABC and ESPN, making it the most watched Game 5 since 1998

5:13 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Scottie Scheffler is on the cusp of a career Grand Slam at the U.S. Open

5:12 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Dawson Montesa held Troy to two hits while pitching into the sixth inning, West Virginia’s bullpen worked out of two bases-loaded situations and Gavin Kelly hit a three-run homer as the Mountaineers ended the Trojans’ first College World Series appearance with a 12-0 victory

5:09 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Lawrence Tanter is retiring as public address announcer of the Los Angeles Lakers

5:00 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Scott Satterfield has fielded plenty of questions from NFL teams about Brendan Sorsby, especially after his former quarterback transferred to Texas Tech and information about Sorsby’s gambling addiction became well known

4:59 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday and could return to Cincinnati’s lineup early next week if all goes well

4:52 PM on Tuesday, June 16

The decision by beleaguered quarterback Brendan Sorsby to declare for the NFL supplemental draft has put the spotlight on the rarely used offseason process for making prospects who weren’t eligible for the primary draft available to the league at large

4:37 PM on Tuesday, June 16

The Trump administration is pushing back on complaints from Iran’s national team that it was forced to leave the U.S. immediately after its first World Cup match instead of having a day to recover in a hotel, saying that was the plan for the team all along

4:21 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Guardians All-Star third baseman José Ramírez has undergone surgery to remove the hook of the broken hamate bone in his left hand

3:42 PM on Tuesday, June 16

The Denver Broncos kicked off their mandatory minicamp with quarterback Bo Nix returning to practice

3:30 PM on Tuesday, June 16

New Orleans Saints all-time sack leader Cameron Jordan has agreed to a one-year contract to remain with the club for what the 16th-year veteran says will be his final NFL season

12:49 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Sri Lanka has crippled New Zealand’s title defense at the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup after a comeback victory in Southampton

10:42 AM on Tuesday, June 16

A Canadian federal judge has rejected Ghana’s bid to get Thomas Partey into the country for the team’s first World Cup match while the midfielder awaits trial on rape charges