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It’s been quite a ride for the Florida Panthers and their fans as the team has marched to the Stanley Cup Final.

Derrick White scored on a putback with 0.1 seconds left and the Boston Celtics moved to the brink of the greatest comeback in NBA playoffs history, holding off the Miami Heat 104-103 on Saturday night to force a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference finals.

The Boston Celtics are halfway to history, and that alone has gotten them entry into a very small club.

The Miami Heat are looking to close out the Boston Celtics once and for all in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday night.

A person with knowledge of the decision says the Philadelphia 76ers have hired coach Nick Nurse weeks after he was fired by the Toronto Raptors.

A long-awaited proposal to finance a Major League Baseball stadium on the Las Vegas Strip is scheduled for its first public hearing at the Nevada Legislature.

Recent allegations by WNBA player Dearica Hamby that her coach harassed her for being pregnant have shined a renewed spotlight on one of the biggest challenges that female professional athletes face.

IndyCar owner Roger Penske says he is sure series officials will investigate what led to a wheel coming loose during a crash in the Indianapolis 500.

The Heat are playing for their playoff lives Monday night in Boston.

Josef Newgarden walked around Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday as the Indy 500 champion.

Barbora Krejcikova is trying not to think too much about her past two trips to the French Open as she prepares to play her first-round match Tuesday in Paris.

Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic both picked up straight-set victories in the first round of the French Open against opponents ranked outside the Top 100 and making their Grand Slam debuts.

Eury Pérez struck out Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout early in his fourth major league start. He then retired Trout on a long fly to strand two Angels runners with his final pitch, and the big 20-year-old rookie clapped his glove in celebration all the way to the dugout.

Ezequiel Tovar singled through a five-man infield during a ninth-inning storm, lifting Colorado over the Miami Marlins 7-6 Thursday after the Rockies wasted a four-run lead in the top of the inning.

Charlie Blackmon doubled in a four-run fifth inning, Jurickson Profar extended his on-base streak to 31 games and the Colorado Rockies spoiled 20-year-old Eury Pérez’s road debut with a 5-4 victory over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.

Fresh off becoming the youngest pitcher in franchise history May 12 vs. the Cincinnati Reds, 20-year-old right-handed pitcher Eury Pérez earned his first victory Thursday afternoon at loanDepot park, as the Marlins (23-21) notched their second series sweep of the 2023 season by defeating the Washington Nationals (18-26), 5-3.

Jorge Soler hit a go-ahead home run for the second straight game, and the Miami Marlins held off the Washington Nationals for a 4-3 win Wednesday night.

Jorge Soler hit a walk-off two-run homer and the Miami Marlins rallied to beat the Washington Nationals 5-4 on Tuesday night.

David Ruiz had a goal and an assist on Josef Martínez’s go-ahead score before picking up a red card to help Inter Miami hold off the Eastern Conference-leading New England Revolution 2-1 on Saturday night.

Inter Miami has added one of the most prolific scorers in recent MLS history to its roster.

Major League Soccer unveiled Inter Miami CF’s 34-game schedule for the 2023 MLS Regular Season on Tuesday.

Djordje Mihailovic and Lassi Lappalainen scored goals in the first eight minutes and CF Montreal breezed to a 3-1 victory over Inter Miami in a regular-season finale on Sunday.

A major victory was scored for David Beckham and his plan to build a stadium for his MLS team in Miami.