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The Denver Nuggets are proving why they are the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference. The Nuggets lead their first-round series over the Minnesota Timberwolves 2-0 after their 122-113 win on Wednesday night. The Nuggets were up by as many as 21 points, but the Timberwolves outscored Denver 40-23 …

Brook Lopez scored 25 points, Jrue Holiday added 24 and the hot-shooting Milwaukee Bucks withstood Giannis Antetokounmpo’s absence while trouncing the Miami Heat 138-122 on Wednesday night, tying their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series at a game apiece. The Bucks went 25 of 49 on 3-point attempts to tie the …

The baseball world is Aaron Judge’s, and we’re just living in it. In the top of the first inning in the Bronx Wednesday, there was superstar-on-superstar crime.  On a 3-2 pitch from New York Yankee Jhony Brito in the top of the first inning, Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles …

New York Mets star Max Scherzer was ejected from Wednesday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers after he got into a heated conversation with umpires over a substance on his hands. Scherzer was subjected to a substance check in between innings. Umpires looked closely at the three-time Cy Young Award …

A Houston Astros announcer took a subtle dig at Toronto Blue Jays reliever Anthony Bass during Monday night’s game following the social media storm Bass created when voicing his frustrations about an incident on a United Airlines flight involving his pregnant wife and their two young children.  Bass, who had …

The Winnipeg Jets took a 1-0 series lead over the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday with a 5-1 victory, but it could have cost them forward Morgan Barron for the rest of the series or even the playoffs. Barron took a skate to the face in the first period of …

Brayden Point scored twice and the Tampa Bay Lightning routed the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-3 on Tuesday night in the opening game of the teams’ first-round playoff series. Nikita Kucherov and Corey Perry each had a goal and two assists, and Anthony Cirelli and Ross Colton finished with a goal …

The Phoenix Suns were one loss away from being in serious trouble, and in the first half, that was a legitimate reality. But the homegrown Sun carried his team to their biggest victory of the season, and their title hopes now have a new life. Thanks to Devin Booker’s 38 …

Prior to becoming the highest-paid player in NFL history, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts underwent offseason surgery to remove “hardware” from his ankle, per ESPN. The surgery took place in February following the Eagles’ Super Bowl loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. Hurts suffered a high-ankle sprain during his time …

Ohio State offensive coordinator and former NFL wide receiver Brian Hartline reportedly admitted that he was drinking prior to crashing his ATV on his property in Delaware, Ohio on Sunday.  Hartline had told medics that he was drinking prior to riding the vehicle, according to multiple reports. The Delaware County …