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  • NHL: Panthers F Matthew Tkachuk’s status uncertain for Game 5

    NHL: Panthers F Matthew Tkachuk’s status uncertain for Game 5


    Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice was not too forthcoming about the health of forward Matthew Tkachuk on Sunday, one day after his team was pushed to the brink of elimination in the Stanley Cup Final.

    Tkachuk was nursing an undisclosed injury and sat out nearly 11 minutes in the third period of the Panthers’ 3-2 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday. He returned to the ice for the final 2:26 of the game.

    “You know what, it’s more important to get rest for the players who aren’t banged up, because they’re going to have to drive this thing,” Maurice said Sunday.

    The Golden Knights hold a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. They will look to clinch their first championship in Game 5 on Tuesday in Las Vegas.

    Tkachuk, 25, has recorded a team-leading 24 points (11 goals, 13 assists) in 20 playoff games. He also posted career-high totals in assists (69) and points (109) in 79 games this season.

    –Field Level Media

  • NHL: Feud over? Brooks Koepka wears Aaron Ekblad jersey

    NHL: Feud over? Brooks Koepka wears Aaron Ekblad jersey


    Star golfer Brooks Koepka and Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad apparently have buried the hatchet.

    Koepka, a South Florida resident and “dedicated fan” of the Panthers, was enthusiastic in his support of his favorite NHL team on Saturday prior to Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final versus the Vegas Golden Knights. He banged the drum to get the crowd going in Sunrise, Fla., all while wearing an Ekblad jersey.

    So, why is that a talking point?

    Well, Koepka made himself somewhat of a spectacle while attending a Panthers’ home game against the New York Rangers on March 25.

    In a video that went viral, Koepka was shown holding the traffic cone after Ekblad was beaten on a goal during the Panthers’ 4-3 loss.

    “He gave up a bad goal,” Koepka said about Ekblad at the time, per GolfWRX. “It was a bad pass in the third. I’m a die-hard P’s fan, and he gave up a bad goal.

    “I just felt like if they didn’t win that game they weren’t going to make the playoffs. Dedicated fan, man.”

    Ekblad responded days later with the following to Sportsnet:

    “We’re not buddies. Never be buddies.”

    Ekblad, 27, is a former Calder Trophy recipient as the NHL’s rookie of the year in 2014-15. He was selected by the Panthers with the first overall pick of the 2014 NHL Draft.

    Koepka, 33, won his fifth major by capturing the 2023 PGA Championship last month.

    The Panthers lost 3-2 on Saturday night and trail 3-1 in the series. The Golden Knights can clinch the Stanley Cup in Game 5 on Tuesday night in Las Vegas.

    –Field Level Media

  • UFC: Julianna Pena rips Amanda Nunes following UFC retirement

    UFC: Julianna Pena rips Amanda Nunes following UFC retirement


    Amanda Nunes and Julianna Pena continued their beef after the former announced her retirement at UFC 289 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

    Pena appeared unpleased with Saturday’s turn of events and claimed over Twitter that she had scared Nunes into retirement.

    The two initially were expected to headline UFC 289 before a rib injury sidelined Pena. Nunes, who is the defending UFC bantamweight and featherweight champion, instead recorded a unanimous decision over fill-in opponent Irene Aldana.

    “I was supposed to beat her tonight again,” Nunes said, per ESPN, in response to Pena’s social media comment. “If it was Julianna Pena tonight, I wouldn’t retire. I wanted to fight somebody I never fought before and then retire.”

    Pena defeated Nunes via submission at UFC 269 on Dec. 11, 2021 before the latter responded less than eight months later with a unanimous decision victory at UFC 277.

    Nunes, 35, finished with a 23-5 record.

    Pena, 33, is 11-5 as a professional.

    –Field Level Media

  • MLB: Reds activate RHP Casey Legumina from injured list

    MLB: Reds activate RHP Casey Legumina from injured list


    The Cincinnati Reds activated Casey Legumina from the 15-day injured list Sunday and optioned fellow right-hander Kevin Herget to Triple-A Louisville.

    Legumina, 25, had been sidelined since sustaining a right ankle contusion during a game against the Miami Marlins on May 13.

    He was drilled in the ankle by a ball off the bat of Yuli Gurriel. Legumina was able to complete the play for an out before departing the game.

    Legumina made his MLB debut on April 15 and is 1-0 with a 4.35 ERA in eight relief appearances this season.

    Herget, 32, is 1-2 with one save and a 5.73 ERA in 13 relief appearances this season for Cincinnati.

    –Field Level Media

  • MLB: Phillies activate 1B/3B Alec Bohm from injured list

    MLB: Phillies activate 1B/3B Alec Bohm from injured list


    The Philadelphia Phillies activated infielder Alec Bohm from the 10-day injured list Sunday.

    Bohm, 26, was out with a left hamstring strain. He is batting .265 with six homers and 37 RBIs in 53 games.

    Bohm has played in 39 games (32 starts) at first base and 20 games (17 starts) at third base this season.

    The Phillies optioned infielder Drew Ellis to Triple-A Lehigh Valley to clear room on the 26-man roster.

    Ellis, 27, batted .222 with two homers and three RBIs in eight games with the Phillies.

    –Field Level Media

  • MLB: White Sox place RHP Liam Hendriks (elbow) on IL

    MLB: White Sox place RHP Liam Hendriks (elbow) on IL


    The Chicago White Sox put reliever Liam Hendriks on the 15-day injured list Sunday with right elbow inflammation.

    Hendriks, 34, is 2-0 with a 5.40 ERA and one save in five appearances since being reinstated from the injured list on May 29.

    The veteran right-hander began the season on the injured list while being treated for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He completed treatment on April 3 and announced he was cancer-free on April 20.

    A three-time All-Star, Hendriks is 33-34 with a 3.82 ERA and 116 saves in 476 games (44 starts) with the Minnesota Twins (2011-13), Kansas City Royals (2014), Toronto Blue Jays (2014-15), Oakland A’s (2016-20) and White Sox.

    Chicago recalled left-hander Tanner Banks from Triple-A Charlotte in a corresponding move.

    Banks, 31, has a 3.38 ERA and no decisions in four appearances out of the White Sox bullpen this season.

    –Field Level Media

  • NHL: Knights hang on to edge Panthers, move within one win of title

    NHL: Knights hang on to edge Panthers, move within one win of title


    When the Vegas Golden Knights came into existence, owner Bill Foley set a goal to win the Stanley Cup within their first six seasons.

    The Golden Knights are one win away from completing that feat after claiming a 3-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night in Sunrise, Fla., in Game 4 of the finals.

    Vegas leads the best-of-seven series 3-1, and will look to clinch its first championship Tuesday at home in Las Vegas.

    “I think everybody knows what’s at stake,” Golden Knights forward Chandler Stephenson told Sportsnet after scoring twice in Saturday’s game. “We’ve got a veteran group, and we know what to do.”

    William Karlsson also scored as Vegas took a 3-0 lead and held on as goaltender Adin Hill made 29 saves, including a couple of clutch stops in the final seconds. Captain Mark Stone collected two assists.

    Teams holding a 3-1 lead in a best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final have won 36 of 37 times. The only team to come back is the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs, who trailed 3-0 to the Detroit Red Wings.

    The Golden Knights reached the Stanley Cup Final in 2017-18, their inaugural season, but lost to the Washington Capitals in five games. The Philadelphia Flyers won the 1974 title in their seventh season, giving the Golden Knights an opportunity to top that achievement.

    “We’ve got two days off, so I think we just enjoy this win, regroup tomorrow just like we did after the loss,” Stone told NHL Network. “You treat it the same way. There’s going to be momentum swings in a game and there’s momentum series in the series. We’ve got a lot of leadership in that group that has been here before, and I think we’ll be ready to go.”

    Brandon Montour and Aleksander Barkov both collected one goal and one assist for the Panthers. Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots for the club, which is one loss away from seeing their Cinderella run end.

    Stephenson sent the Golden Knights off and running when he converted a breakaway 99 seconds into the game, and notched his second goal of the game, and 10th of the playoffs, at 7:28 of the second period.

    They appeared to have the game in hand when Karlsson’s 11th goal of the playoffs made it 3-0 at 11:04 of the second period, but the Panthers clawed back.

    Montour notched his eighth goal of the playoffs when his long shot banked off two defenders and into the net with 3:51 remaining in the second period, and Barkov scored to make it a one-goal game at 3:50 of the third period.

    Florida, which won Game 3 in overtime after a late game-tying goal, couldn’t duplicate that feat despite a frantic late push.

    The Panthers opened the playoffs by erasing a 3-1 series deficit against the Eastern Conference’s top squad during the regular season, the Boston Bruins. Now they will look to do just that against a Vegas squad that was tops in the Western Conference.

    “Just go out there, win one game and force them to come back to Florida. That’s pretty much the message in this room,” said Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk, who saw limited shifts in the third period but would not reveal why.

    “It was the same thing with Boston. … We just thought short-term and get it back to Florida then, and we’re going to do the same thing now.”

    –Field Level Media

  • PGA: C.T. Pan (66) takes 2-shot lead at Canadian Open

    PGA: C.T. Pan (66) takes 2-shot lead at Canadian Open


    C.T. Pan fired a second consecutive 66 to take a two-shot lead after 54 holes at the RBC Canadian Open in Toronto on Saturday.

    Pan sits at 14-under-par 202, two shots ahead of a cadre of six players who are giving chase, including heavyweights Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose.

    England’s Aaron Rai (Saturday 69) and Canadian Nick Taylor are within striking distance in a tie for eighth, three shots back. Taylor fired a low-round 63 to vault 39 places up the leaderboard on moving day.

    Canadian Corey Conners (70) is in solo 10th at 10 under.

    Second-round leader and PGA Tour rookie Carl Yuan of China shot 74 on Saturday and dropped into a tie for 16th at 7 under.

    Pan started strong, carding birdies on his first two holes of the day en route to finishing with seven altogether against one bogey. The 31-year-old from Chinese Taipei has one career tour victory (2019 RBC Heritage).

    Then he finished strong, going birdie-birdie to end his round and hold the 54-hole lead/co-lead for the first time in his 168th start on tour.

    “It’s always cool to see my name on the top of the leaderboard. Not just leaderboards, just to be in contention,” Pan said. “That’s all I want to do before the tournament started. Finished birdie, birdie. That put me in a good spot. But I still got a lot of work to do.”

    Especially with a who’s who of the golfers chasing him.

    England’s Tommy Fleetwood fired a 64 to move up 21 spots, Northern Ireland’s McIlroy shot 66 to move up 10, and England’s Rose carded a 66 to move up 10 spots into a tie for second.

    “I got off to a great start,” McIlroy said. “Three-under through that first nine holes I felt was a really good effort. Kept it going through the first part of the back nine. Then the putter went a little cold on me over those last five holes. But, yeah, overall, it’s great to put myself in with a shot tomorrow. There’s a lot of people up there around the lead, so it’s going to be a fun day.”

    Harry Higgs (67), Mark Hubbard (66) and Andrew Novak (67) are also just two strokes back.

    Higgs is one of four players sitting at T2 who’s seeking his first win on Tour, joining Hubbard, Fleetwood and Novak.

    “I got to remind myself that a chance to win on Sunday, each shot is not life or death,” Higgs said. “Like, I cannot win it by hitting it in the fairway on the first hole. I cannot win it by hitting it close to the flag on first hole. I cannot win it by making a 6-footer on the first hole. Everything ends over there on 18.

    “I’ve got a nice little game plan, but tomorrow’s the hardest day to do it. But I am looking forward to the opportunity to do so.”

    –Field Level Media

  • LPGA: Dani Holmqvist keeps lead at ShopRite LPGA Classic

    LPGA: Dani Holmqvist keeps lead at ShopRite LPGA Classic


    Dani Holmqvist of Sweden fired a 4-under 67 on Saturday to remain atop the leaderboard after two rounds of action at the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Galloway, N.J.

    Holmqvist carded a first-round 64 to take an early lead and held on to it with seven birdies and three bogeys on Saturday at Seaview Golf Club’s Bay Course. She now sits at 11-under 131 for the tournament, one stroke ahead of South Korea’s Hyo Joo Kim, who posted a second-round 65.

    “Just try and do the same thing, as cliche as that sounds,” Holmqvist said of how she plans to handle the final round on Sunday. “Just try and stay in my own bubble and picture the flights and just fall in love with those and just try and execute as good as I can.”

    With her performance, Holmqvist finds herself leading after 36 holes for the first time since the 2020 AIG Women’s Open. However, things quickly took a turn for the worst at that event, and Holmqvist ended up finishing tied for 29th.

    “I hope it turns out better than it did that time,” Holmqvist said. “You know, I think there are so many good and talented players in this field, and it’s going to be low scores. Only thing I can do is try to do the best that I possibly can and, hopefully, that’s enough.”

    Kim stayed in contention by racking up eight birdies against a pair of bogeys on Saturday. South African Ashleigh Buhai was equally as impressive, notching seven birdies and a bogey en route to a 6-under 65 that kept her in third place.

    Brianna Do had seven birdies during a bogey-free showing, giving her the low round of the day at 64. She skyrocketed on the leaderboard, moving up 49 spots into a six-way tie for fourth.

    “I don’t think it’s like really hit me yet because I literally just finished and got out of the scoring tent, so I haven’t really checked scores,” Do said of her positioning. “I got a glimpse of the scoreboard on the last (hole), so I think it’s pretty cool.”

    Joining Do in fourth are Finland’s Matilda Castren (67 on Saturday), Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand (67), German Chiara Noja (67), South Korea’s Jenny Shin (70) and Yan Liu of China (70).

    Defending champion Brooke M. Henderson of Canada shot a 70 on Saturday and is in a tie for 27th at 3-under 139.

    –Field Level Media

  • CHAMP: Paul Broadhurst, Steve Stricker share lead in Madison

    CHAMP: Paul Broadhurst, Steve Stricker share lead in Madison


    Steve Stricker and England’s Paul Broadhurst fired matching 64s on Saturday to share the lead after two rounds of the American Family Insurance Championship in Madison, Wis.

    The pair sit at 15-under-par 129, two strokes ahead of first-round leader Justin Leonard, who shot 69 and dropped to solo third. Leonard broke the course record with a 10-under-par 62 on Friday at University Ridge GC.

    Joe Durant (Saturday 65), Steven Alker (68) and Marco Dawson (68) are tied for fourth place at 11 under. Stephen Ames (65) is five shots back in solo seventh.

    Stricker posted a bogey-free round, carding eight birdies, while Broadhurst overcame an early bogey en route to his round of 8 under. Broadhurst birdied three of his last four holes, including No. 18.

    “Just stayed patient really,” Broadhurst said. “Made a really bad bogey down No. 2 where people are making birdies and eagles.

    “But I played solid all day and then sort of got it going from 7 in, really,” he added. “Just started to hole some putts. I missed a few early on.”

    Stricker, on the other hand, holed six of his birdies on the front nine, including Holes 1 and 2, for opening rounds of 65-64.

    “I was trying to make as many birdies as I could, but yeah, two good rounds, came out of the gate playing well today and birdied the first couple holes, so that’s always a good start, and kept it going on the front,” Stricker said. “Hit a lot of quality shots on that front nine and made some nice putts.”

    Stricker is vying for his fourth win this season. He won each of the first two majors, the Regions Tradition and the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, as part of his three wins.

    –Field Level Media