On Saturday night, Arizona’s Eugenio Suárez joined an illustrious — and quirky — club. Its rarity doesn’t match its significance, however.
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Does the NBA playoffs have a physicality problem? ‘I think it’s gone too far’
With several series getting very physical and the game slowing down, four NBA writers wonder if the league has gone too far.
Continue readingRosenthal: Tigers, Mariners succeeding with patchwork lineups, Cubs thriving at Wrigley
Plus notes on RBI-machine Wilmer Flores and Chandler Simpson, who might be the fastest player in professional baseball.
Continue readingThe NHL playoffs and identifying one burning question for every series
All 16 teams are still alive in the playoffs and things are heating up with seven massive Game 5s coming on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Continue readingMets’ Brandon Nimmo ties franchise record with 9 RBIs
Carlos Delgado had nine RBIs in a game against the New York Yankees in 2008. On Monday, Nimmo matched Delgado’s feat.
Continue readingAnthony Edwards and the complicated pathway to becoming the face of the NBA
Try as he might to avoid it, the spotlight is drawn to Edwards like Coppola’s camera was to Pacino.
Continue readingDevils’ Timo Meier, a controversial collision and the edge between reckless and ‘made for the playoffs’
Meier ran into Frederik Andersen in Game 4 of the teams’ first-round series Sunday, sending the Hurricanes goalie to the injury ward.
Continue readingJalen Brunson was NBA’s top clutch player for a reason. In Game 4, he got the last laugh
At one point Sunday, it was unclear whether Brunson would even finish Game 4. Unfortunately for Detroit, he did.
Continue readingSteph Curry, from ‘a galaxy nobody can touch,’ lifts Warriors with stellar Game 3
With Jimmy Butler out, the burden fell to Steph Curry to carry the Warriors in Game 3. And he did what he’s done so many times before.
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