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2026 Cadillac Championship odds, DFS picks: PGA Tour returns to an old staple
The PGA Tour heads back to Florida for the Cadillac Championship at Trump National Doral. The tournament features an elite field of 72 golfers in a no-cut signature event at one of the longest stops on the PGA Tour. Scottie Scheffler headlines the field, but the absence of Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Åberg and Xander Schauffele has to be a bit concerning for the PGA Tour.Advertisement
The draft is complete: What are the Cowboys' biggest questions now?
Several pieces were added to the Dallas Cowboys’ roster puzzle over the weekend. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean everything is set for the upcoming season. As players return to The Star this week for voluntary offseason workouts, some notable questions remain.Let’s take a look at five that top the list.Advertisement
Ravens post-NFL Draft roster breakdown: Depth still needed in several areas
The Baltimore Ravens will announce their expectedly large undrafted free-agent class later this week, which will put their roster at 90-man capacity, or at least close to it. A few back-end roster moves typically take place after the rookie minicamp, which concludes over the weekend.Now that signing veteran free agents no longer factors in the compensatory formula, the Ravens figure to make a move or two on that front, potentially along their defensive line. They are still looking at starting ce...
How David Pastrnak saved the Bruins' season: 'Somehow he always gets it done'
BUFFALO, N.Y. — “That play,” David Pastrnak said after scoring his Game 5 overtime winner, “started long before.”Pastrnak saved the Boston Bruins’ season with a forehand-backhand-forehand beauty on Alex Lyon at 9:14 of OT in his team’s 2-1 win. He almost never got the opportunity to score the winner. Just seconds before, he was on the bench, waiting for Casey Mittelstadt to finish his shift. Elias Lindholm and Morgan Geekie, Mittelstadt’s linemates, had already gotten off.Advertisement
Don Mattingly said he did not want to manage again. Now, he's tasked with saving Phillies
PHILADELPHIA — Don Mattingly emerged from the Phillies dugout around 3:45 p.m., walking alongside Justin Crawford as he took the field. Then Mattingly set up at first base and worked for 15 minutes.It did not look different from any other day this season until Mattingly weaved through the dugout and took his place on the bench, surrounded by 20-plus media members. The microphones descended. The Mattingly era began.Advertisement
Record-setting UDFA Haynes King brings 'tough as hell' quality to Panthers QB group
Georgia Tech coach Brent Key’s phone buzzed Friday with a text from the father of Yellow Jackets quarterback Haynes King. Georgia Tech assistant Chris Weinke, the former Carolina Panthers quarterback, also was copied on the text.“I don’t know what most kids do on draft weekend, but Haynes is out mowing the lawn,” John King wrote to the coaches. “And when he gets done with that he’s gotta weed-eat.”Advertisement
What young NHL players can learn from their superstar playoff opponents
It may not seem like Leo Carlsson has a ton to learn from Leon Draisaitl in this very moment — not when the Anaheim Ducks, a team filled with young and inexperienced players, have pushed the back-to-back Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers to the brink of elimination in Round 1.But even if Anaheim upsets Edmonton in six games, there are still elements of Draisaitl’s game worth delving into. And a playoff series is a unique time to do it.Advertisement
Reds superstar Elly De La Cruz is 'taking the next step'
CINCINNATI — In the other dugout, Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz can appear to be the best player on the planet, especially on a day like Tuesday, when he had a pair of RBI singles, a two-run homer, two steals and two plays that allowed starter Chase Burns to pick up his third win of the season in a 7-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies.Advertisement
Rod Brind'Amour is right: The NHL needs more video review — just not for offside
Eleven days into the NHL playoffs, we are all now familiar with the drill.A terrific back-and-forth game goes the distance, in many cases to overtime, and it ends on a highlight-reel play. But before anyone — players, coaches, fans — can celebrate the big win, all eyes turn to the officials.Will it count? Was anyone’s big toe on the wrong side of the blue line two minutes ago? Can we quickly dissect the play on the iPads on the bench? Is there time to make it to the fridge and back before they s...
Here’s a Celtic worry: In an NBA postseason hinting at upsets, why not the 76ers?
BOSTON — The bonus buzzkill that accompanies any loss by the Boston Celtics, particularly in the playoffs, is the ear-splitting referendum over the value, the purpose, the existence of the 3-point shot.And here we go again. The Celtics connected on just 11 of 39 3-point attempts in their 113-97 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night at TD Garden, which means this opening-round series that a lot of people thought would last just four games (hello there, me), and then five games (hello th...
Ghiroli: After recent MLB manager firings, why would anyone want this job?
Has there ever been a worse time to be a big league manager?In the wake of the Philadelphia Phillies becoming the second team in the past week to fire their skipper, the question isn’t just a sentence in a column. It’s bounced around the game since Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora was shockingly fired — along with five coaches — on Saturday night after just 27 games. Rob Thomson, who the Phillies fired on Tuesday, exited with the best winning percentage (.568) for a Phillies manager since the 19...
How Tom Pohlad is adjusting to urgency while balancing the 162-game season
MINNEAPOLIS — He’s “living and dying” with every pitch, breaking television remotes after the Twins lose and isn’t proud of how, overnight, he’s developed into a superstitious fan. New Twins controlling owner Tom Pohlad is apprehensive enough about changing his team’s fortunes that he sat through miserable rain for all nine innings on Monday night because he refused to vacate his front-row seat after the offense started scoring runs.Advertisement
As Angel Reese returns to Chicago with Dream, Sky work to re-imagine their future
CHICAGO — Billboards of Angel Reese still loom throughout the city. One showing her modeling for Victoria’s Secret’s latest global ad campaign, the words “The Summer of Angel” taking up a quarter of a city block near LaSalle Boulevard and Hubbard Street in the city’s posh River North neighborhood. Her No. 5 black explorer Sky jersey is still available at sporting goods stores across the Chicago area.Advertisement
The NFL keeps drafting tight ends. Here's why college football is about to follow the trend
From the humblest of beginnings, Nate Boerkircher had a modest college career: Without any scholarship offers, he walked on at Nebraska, where he caught 19 passes over four years. He then transferred to Texas A&M for his final college season, and his 19 catches that year made him a solid tight end, but hardly first-round draft pick material.Advertisement
Joel Embiid cancels out Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum in 76ers' Game 5 win: 'He carried us'
BOSTON — Joel Embiid had an appendectomy less than three weeks ago.In the third quarter of his saving the season for the Philadelphia 76ers, he banged knees with Jaylen Brown, had to limp off the floor and went to the locker room, with no guarantees of a return. In the fourth quarter, and in the second half in general, Embiid dominated the Boston Celtics and improbably extended an Eastern Conference first-round series.Advertisement
Here's what a 76-team March Madness field looks like — and why it should worry you
If this most recent NCAA Tournament had featured 76 teams, we’d have seen the first instance of a team one game over .500, Auburn, making the cut.And if that isn’t juicy enough, the Tigers would’ve potentially played at … say, 3 p.m. on a Tuesday. Less than 48 hours after the bracket release.Excited about the NCAA Tournament expanding to 76 teams, yet?Advertisement
Corey Perry is driven by the chase for another Cup title — and plans to keep playing
TAMPA — It was late in the third period Sunday night in Montreal and Tampa Bay Lightning veteran Corey Perry was standing near the end of the bench, making his voice heard.“He was telling us, ‘These will be the biggest five minutes of your lives,'” Lightning teammates Brandon Hagel recalled.Sure, an exaggeration. But as Hagel says, Perry is always trying to pump up his team or share some experienced insight to get his team focused. With the odd timely hit or timely fight, Perry still aggravates...
Thunder are still 'evolving,' and a recent sweep showed how far they've come
PHOENIX — Forgive the Oklahoma City Thunder if their steps toward the bus departing from Mortgage Matchup Center sounded relieved.The first round of the playoffs tastes like an appetizer to an apex predator, but after three first-round sweeps in as many years, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has learned to savor this. The postseason climb only gets steeper.Advertisement
Celtics add to their reputation as a team that loves to make things hard on itself
BOSTON – Compared with some of the Boston Celtics’ recent home-court playoff collapses, Tuesday night was far from the most dramatic.It didn’t exceed Bobby Portis scoring a game-winning put-back layup after Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown collided while trying to rebound a missed free throw. It didn’t top Trae Young completing a double-digit comeback with a pull-up 3-pointer in the final seconds and then walking down the court letting the TD Garden crowd know how cold he was. It didn’t surpass Mik...
Noah Östlund injury looms large as Sabres head back to Boston after Game 5 OT loss
BUFFALO, N.Y. — This had the makings of another memorable night of hockey in Buffalo. The Sabres came into Tuesday’s game with a 3-1 series lead, fresh off a 6-1 beatdown of the Bruins in Game 4. This was a chance to end it in five games and do so on home ice for the franchise’s first playoff series win since 2007.Advertisement