Lauren Theisen

Let this completely neutral observer start by saying it would have been more appropriate if UCLA had won this game. Nothing against Dave McKenna's beloved Texas Tech ; the Bruins just had the coolest highlight.

The crowd at Arena Monterrey belted "Cielito Lindo," and the mariachi band played the hero to the ring.

Before this season, pitching was pretty clearly Shohei Ohtani's secondary talent, and that's not an insult.

If the AL Central is like an apartment building , then the Chicago White Sox spent the last few years as a shut-in neighbor with some smelly, unidentifiable substance leaking out from under their front door. It was best to stay as far away as possible. But after the first few months of the 2026 season, the windows have been cracked and the rooms aired out. If you come knock on the White Sox's door with an open mind, there's a good chance they'll welcome you in and give you an enjoyable evening in their company. And it won't smell nearly at all.

If OG Anunoby's miraculous put-back of Jalen Brunson's long three is the Hand of God , maybe the play before it was the Brain of Squirrel. It was Spurs guard De'Aaron Fox, currently finishing up his ninth year in the NBA, who made a pre-rookie mistake that allowed the Knicks the chance to take the 3-1 series lead.

The story of the 2026 Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes is that of a team that made a lot of smart decisions over a period of many years and was eventually rewarded. Sebastian Aho, drafted in the second round in 2015, has been the foundational forward ever since they started making the playoffs as likeable upstarts back in 2018-19. Head coach Rod Brind'Amour, whose first year on the job coincided with the beginning of their playoff appearance streak, has spearheaded and maintained an effective and attractive style of play in which Carolina consistently outworks their opposition to earn the majority of a game's chances. And while there was no obvious path through the second- and third-round roadblocks that the Canes continuously hit, the more recent moves that they made—signing

For nearly as long as Canadian homes have had televisions, hockey fans have been able to spend their Saturday nights watching the country's teams on the public broadcast channel CBC.

Nobody told me that becoming a fan of the Chicago White Sox meant that I would have to suffer humiliating losses!

The Father's Day crowd in downtown Detroit was likely unanimous in its disappointment that Keider Montero was on the hill for the Tigers. It's nothing personal against Keider, but until a few days prior, this game against the White Sox was looking far more momentous. Justin Verlander, finally healthy again, would be appearing for the first time at home in a Tigers uniform since he was traded to Houston in 2017.

If there is a funnier MLB broadcast duo than Jason Benetti and Andy Dirks, I am not familiar with their work. Regardless of how the Tigers are playing, you can guarantee that Benetti will arrive at the booth ready to pepper his play-by-play with clever one-liners, deep-cut references and an extended bit or two. Of all his rotating partners in his couple years calling Detroit baseball, the modest, folksy Dirks has proven the most able and game to follow along with Benetti and—perhaps occasionally—egg him on.