LAS VEGAS (AP) — Back in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in five years and trailing the Florida Panthers less than 10 minutes into Game 1, the Vegas Golden Knights sent a very clear message.
PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic broke a tie with rival Rafael Nadal by reaching the French Open quarterfinals for the record 17th time, never truly in trouble during a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Juan Pablo Varillas on Sunday.
Lightning delayed the start of Saturday’s Northeast Texas FCA Heart of a Champion All-Star Bowl at Longview’s Lobo Stadium, but the stars eventually did get the chance to shine on the field.
WHITE SOX 6, TIGERS 2: CHICAGO (AP) — Jake Burger’s game-ending grand slam handed Liam Hendriks his first win since returning from cancer, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 6-2 on Sunday for a three-game series sweep.
MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Kyle Busch held off Denny Hamlin through a series of late restarts to win the chaotic, caution-filled NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway just outside of St. Louis on Sunday.
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Viktor Hovland handled the toughest stretch at Muirfield Village and delivered three clutch putts at the end to win the Memorial in a playoff over hard-luck Denny McCarthy on Sunday.
DENVER — Gabe Vincent scored 23 points, Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo each had 21 and the Miami Heat evened up the NBA Finals by overcoming a monster effort from Nikola Jokic to beat the Denver Nuggets 111-108 in Game 2 on Sunday night.
ARLINGTON (AP) — Marcus Semien extended MLB’s longest hitting streak this season to 23 games, Jonah Heim homered and drove in five runs, and Texas’ offense kept rolling Sunday in a 12-3 victory that finished a sweep of the Seattle Mariners.
WHITEHOUSE — The Blue Team rallied from an 8-0 deficit to force an 8-8 tie in the Northeast Texas FCA Heart of a Champion All-Star Softball Game.
WHITEHOUSE — The hurlers dominated early, but it was the bats that came out late to make the difference on a warm Friday night at the Whitehouse High School Diamond.
TYLER – Harleton brought a 1-0 Class 2A Region III series advantage to Friday’s game two at Tyler’s CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Mike Carter Field, and ultimately completed the series sweep with an 11-2 win against Douglass.
Eight individuals will represent the Longview-based Distinctive Boxing Team and the rest of East Texas when they compete at the USA Boxing National Junior Olympics and Summer Festival in Lubbock over the next week.
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Justin Suh signed for a 6-under 66 at the Memorial and then made a few stops to speak with the media. His putter stayed with him the entire time, which probably was wise.
LOBO SEASON TICKETS: Reserved season ticket renewals for the Longview Lobo football 2023 season will be sold July 31-Aug. 4.
For the second year in a row, West Rusk teammates Piper Morton and Lilly Waddell shared Most Valuable Player honors with the release of the District 16-3A All-District Softball Team.
“It just means more,” has been the SEC’s slogan for years.
DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets were facing some questions going into their first NBA Finals, and their answers came in resounding fashion.
FRISCO — Tony Pollard doesn’t have to share anymore.
TYLER – Harleton baseball traveled to Tyler’s CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Mike Carter Field for the opening game of the best-of-three Class 2A Region III regional championship series, and held on to top Douglass in a hard-fought 4-1 decision.
OPEN POT TOURNAMENT: The team of Cash Collie and Charlie Islas weighed in a stringer of 21 pounds, 14 ounces to win the Tuesday Night Open Pot Bass Tournament at Martin Creek.
EPPING, N.H. – In the 49 years the NHRA has crowned its series champions based on accumulative points, only two pro drivers have claimed titles without winning a single tour event.
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TYLER — The first of two Northeast Texas FCA All-Star weekends begin today with softball and baseball games at Whitehouse High School.
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Davis Riley opened with a 67 at the Memorial to finish atop the leaderboard after the opening round for the second straight year. And that’s where the similarities end.
Top-seeded Iga Swiatek and No. 4 Elena Rybakina didn’t leave much to chance on Thursday, cruising into the third round of the French Open in Paris.
DETROIT – On occasion, things aren’t what they seem. Wednesday, for example, dawned bright clear and calm; meanwhile, meteorologists spent the pregame at Comerica Park explaining to schoolchildren the fearsome power of the weather. And so it went.
Michael Gallup offers a stark example of how much better his body feels now than it did one year ago.
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Jake Marisnick had two hits and an RBI in his Detroit debut as the Tigers salvaged the finale of a three-game series by edging the visiting Texas Rangers 3-2 on Wednesday afternoon.
Florida programs are back on the college football map in Week 1 of the 2023 season.
Each year on the first weekend in June we begin our celebration of National Fishing and Boating week.
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MARSHALL — Eight teams will start play for the NCAA Division III Softball National Championship on Thursday at Jason Bell Park at Taylor Field.
The Harleton Wildcats recorded 32 straight wins before finally tasting defeat this past weekend in the second game of a regional semifinal playoff series.
(All games at McCombs Field, Austin)
LAMB SIGNS WITH KC: Palestine High School softball standout Haleigh Lamb, a catcher and second baseman, has signed to play softball at Kilgore College.
Field Level Media’s Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.
The Texas Rangers have been one of the biggest surprises of the 2023 season, compiling a 34-19 record. That record ties the Rangers with the Baltimore Orioles for the second-best record in the MLB.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR has agreed with Denny Hamlin.
ATLANTA — Maybe the Celtics go on to win if Jayson Tatum landed a few inches left. Their best player wasn’t the same after rolling his left ankle a few seconds into Game 7. Then again, Boston’s resolve had cracked often during the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs, and the Heat are uniquely su…
DENVER — At long last, the truth can be told: When Nikola Jokic came to America in 2015, his fondest wish was to win a woman’s heart rather than chase a basketball dream.
White Oak junior pitcher Larkin Daniels earned unanimous Most Valuable Player honors, and Hughes Springs and New Diana picked up superlatives with the release of the District 15-3A All-District Softball Team for the 2023 season.
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White Oak senior and Texas Tech signee Gavyn Jones, who blasted 11 home runs to go along with 10 pitching wins, earned Most Valuable Player honors with the release of the District 15-3A All-District Baseball Team for 2023.
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HARLETON BASEBALL: The Harleton Wildcats (33-1) will take on the Douglass Indians (27-10) in a best-of-three Class 2A regional final series starting on Thursday.
Six teams from Texas have earned bids to the NCAA Division I Baseball tournament, the organization announced on Monday.
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DALLAS — Is “Kersplat” a word?
