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Eddie Howe was missing, watching on television from a hospital bed and too ill to activate a telephone line to the home dugout, yet his absence proved irrelevant.
Newcastle’s players were so determined to send their manager a meaningful get-well message that they ultimately put on the sort of show that not merely proved Howe’s hard work on Tyneside is yielding rich rewards but blew Manchester United away.
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Flyers up to 31 goals under Shaw, but lose to Senators in overtime originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Flyers saw another game go to overtime Sunday afternoon and lost to the Senators, 4-3, at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario.
Nicolas Deslauriers, Noah Cates and Garnet Hathaway provided the Flyers’ goals. All three gave the Flyers a lead.
But the Senators responded each time.
Ottawa netted the OT winner on the power play after Travis Sanheim was whistled for interference 19 seconds into the bonus session. Nick Seeler and Cam York both had a gutsy blocked shot before Tim Stutzle scored from the circle.
The Flyers (33-37-10) dropped to 5-1-1 under interim head coach Brad Shaw with two games left. They’ve scored 31 goals through those seven games. Prior to Shaw taking over for the fired John Tortorella, the Flyers went 1-10-1 in their last 12 games and scored just 21 goals.
Over a quarter of the Flyers’ season has featured overtime. Sunday afternoon was the team’s 22nd time in OT. The Flyers dropped to 12-10 after regulation.
Shaw’s club was coming off a 4-3 shootout win Saturday afternoon over the Islanders. The Flyers had a nightmarish time in the second game of back-to-back sets this season, going 1-10-2 while being outscored 56-32.
The Senators (44-30-6) are headed to the playoffs. The Flyers went 1-1-1 against them.
• Ivan Fedotov finished with 21 saves on 25 shots.
In the second period, just 53 seconds after Deslauriers opened the game’s scoring, Stutzle went around Egor Zamula to tie things back up.
Ottawa tied it twice in the third period. Fabian Zetterlund made it 2-2 from the slot as a pass snuck by Jamie Drysdale. On Thomas Chabot’s 3-3 goal, Fedotov lost his stick.
Senators netminder Anton Forsberg stopped 29 of the Flyers’ 32 shots.
• The Flyers ended the weekend with the sixth-best odds in the 2025 NHL draft lottery.
But the standings are tight.
The Flyers are narrowly ahead of the Kraken via the tiebreaker of fewer games played and they’re not far behind the Sabres, Penguins and Ducks, who are all in action Sunday.
The Flyers could finish the season anywhere from the fourth-best odds to the ninth-best odds.
More: The latest NHL standings
• Nikita Grebenkin wasn’t needed in the Flyers’ lineup after being called up from AHL affiliate Lehigh Valley under emergency conditions. Following warmups, he was loaned back to the Phantoms.
The 21-year-old winger has recorded five points (three goals, two assists) over nine games with Lehigh Valley after being acquired by the Flyers in the Scott Laughton trade.
• The Flyers have their final home game of the season Tuesday when they welcome the Blue Jackets (7 p.m. ET/NBCSP).
CHICAGO - Patrick Maroon announced his retirement in March. He did so to Darren Pang during a warmup interview ahead of the Chicago Blackhawks' game against the St. Louis Blues. Maroon is a St. Louis native, and he won the Stanley Cup there, so it was a fitting ending.
Due to his age and contract situation, there has been speculation about Alec Martinez's future, but he has refused to acknowledge it for a long time.
Finally, he did precisely what Maroon did and told Pang that he'd retire at the end of this year. The only difference was that he waited until his final game to say something.
Each player was in the starting lineup for Chicago, who ended up losing to the Winnipeg Jets 5-4 in a shootout. Each of them got their own special video tribute to go with a standing ovation at different points of the game.
Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) on Xcongrats to the one and only Pat Maroon on an incredible career👏
Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) on Xcongratulations to the legendary Alec Martinez on a phenomenal career!👏Imagine telling a Chicago sports fan 10 years ago that Patrick Maroon and Alec Martinez would receive incredible love from a Blackhawks crowd at their retirement.
After the game was over, the Jets stayed out to offer handshakes and well wishes to these two players before they hit the showers. Hockey is great for a lot of reasons, but this level of sportsmanship is one of the reasons it's the best.
NHL (@NHL) on XAll class from the @NHLJets as they pay their respects to Pat Maroon and Alec Martinez. 👏
The two of them announced that tonight would be their final NHL games.Both Martinez and Maroon won the Stanley Cup three times in their career. Before ending up together in Chicago, their teams had some intense battles over the years in the Western Conference. Now, they were happy to hang them up together.
"I'm so happy that I got to share with Marty tonight," Maroon said on retiring alongside Martinez and being celebrated by the hometown crowd.
Coming in, Maroon's retirement was the only topic on everyone's mind when it came to players leaving the game for good. Martinez changed that narrative right before puck drop.
"If we both have to hang them up, it's pretty cool we could do it together," Martinez said when asked the same question about sharing this night with Maroon.
The mutual respect between these two teammates is off the charts. It is evident by their embrace right before they left the ice following the kind gesture by Winnipeg.
Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) on Xgoodnight Hawks fans❤️"They're just awesome human beings," said interim head coach Anders Sorensen on Patrick Maroon and Alec Martinez after the game was over. This came after joking about them being in the plans to go during the shootout. You'd have to assume that the shootout went pretty deep if either of them took a shot.
The Blackhawks have two more games but they are both on the road. Maroon and Martinez will not participate in those matches. Closing out their high-end careers at the same time in front of the home crowd was their loud exit.
"The future is bright," Maroon said of the Blackhawks going forward. He played a key role in helping some of the young players grow their games both on and off the ice. Having veteran mentors like that is important which made Maroon an important piece to this team. He excelled in that role.
It's hard to predict Alec Martinez's future in hockey beyond playing. However, it is almost a lock that Maroon will be around the game a lot. Whether that is in hockey ops somewhere or the media side of things, don't worry about never seeing him again.
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Kings ready to ‘lock in' vs. Mavs with play-in homecourt secured originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Programming Note: Tune into “Kings Pregame Live” at 6:30 p.m. PT on Wednesday on NBC Sports California before the Kings and Mavericks tip-off. Immediately after the final buzzer, tune back in for “Kings Postgame Live.”
SACRAMENTO – Turns out the Kings will have at least one more opportunity to light the beam in the state’s capital this season.
Having already secured a place in the No. 9 vs. No. 10 matchup in the first round of the NBA play-in tournament bracket next week, the Kings were in position to make sure that game would be played at Golden 1 Center and did just that against the Phoenix Suns on Sunday.
“It’s huge from the standpoint of it’s a homecourt advantage,” Keon Ellis said following Sacramento’s 109-98 win over a short-handed Phoenix team. “You don’t have to travel or go anywhere else. Play in front of your home crowd, a familiar place [and] you got the fans behind you.”
That the Kings are even in the play-in bracket is commendable considering all the drama the team faced this season.
There was the early-season shake-up when Mike Brown was fired 31 games into the season, only a few months after the unanimous 2022-23 NBA Coach of the Year was rewarded with a hefty contract extension.
Point guard De’Aaron Fox, once thought to be the face of the franchise in Sacramento, was traded away to the San Antonio Spurs not long after that.
“Now we are, one at a time, two wins away from getting to the next step of our journey,” interim Kings coach Doug Christie said. “Very proud of the fight, the determination that they showed in the face of a lot of different adversity that went on this year. That’s a big credit to them. Congratulations to them, the organization and our city.”
Sunday’s win sent a loud G1C crowd home happy. Odds are that the place will be a lot more lively and raucous on Wednesday against the Dallas Mavericks.
For good reason, too.
The Kings are trying to get into the NBA playoffs for the second time in 19 years. Under Brown’s lead during the 2022-23 season, Sacramento was eliminated in a thrilling seven-game series with the four-time NBA champion Golden State Warriors.
Last season, the Kings flipped the script and beat the Warriors at home in the first round of the play-in bracket then lost to the Pelicans in New Orleans and were eliminated from the postseason.
Thus the importance of securing homecourt for Wednesday’s game against the Mavericks.
“It’s not over,” Christie said. “I think when it’s over, we’re headed home with the trophy and we can all celebrate. But now you can’t. You can’t breathe in these moments. This is a time to stay locked in. There’s going to be things that we need to lock in on.
“Mediocrity is not going to be effective in this moment. We got to step up our game.”
The Kings won all three games against the Mavericks this season, including twice in Dallas at American Airlines Center. The Kings went 2-2 against the Mavericks last season, losing twice to Dallas at Golden 1 Center and winning two on the road.
Ellis pointed out that facing a win-or-go-home situation in one game is a lot more daunting than a seven-game series.
“In the playoffs, you lose one you still have three more losses before you’re out,” Ellis said. “But in a game like Wednesday, that’s your one and only shot. Everything has to line up and connect for us because there’s no second chance after that.”
Tre Holloman will be heading to North Carolina State, leaving Michigan State basketball after entering the transfer portal on April 1.
Ex-Red Sox prospect breaks up Crochet's no-hit bid in eighth inning originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Boston Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet was five outs away from pitching a no-hitter Sunday against his former team. Then, one of the prospects shipped to the Chicago White Sox in the blockbuster offseason trade between the two clubs stepped to the plate.
Chase Meidroth, who made his MLB debut against Boston on Friday, broke up Crochet’s no-hit bid with a one-out single in the eighth inning. The knock forced Crochet out of the game, and he exited to a standing ovation from the Rate Field crowd:
Garrett Crochet loses his no-hit bid in the 8th inning and exits to a standing ovation from the crowd in Chicago. 👏 pic.twitter.com/c8mUcNJyit
— MLB (@MLB) April 13, 2025
Crochet was flat-out filthy in his fourth start of the season, allowing only one earned run on the one hit with 11 strikeouts and one walk. The stellar outing lowered his ERA to 1.38.
Garrett Crochet has racked up 11 strikeouts through 7 sparkling no-hit innings! pic.twitter.com/htvuA7DxyE
— MLB (@MLB) April 13, 2025
Garrett Whitlock replaced Crochet in the eighth inning, allowing one run to score before escaping a jam. It got scary for the Red Sox, who dropped the first two games of their series vs. the lowly White Sox, but they finished on a high note with a much-needed 3-1 victory.
Boston (8-9) will look to snap out of its recent funk when it visits the Tampa Bay Rays (6-8) for a three-game series starting Monday.
Mathieu van der Poel overcame a bottle thrown at his face, a puncture and a fierce challenge by the world champion, Tadej Pogacar, to claim his third straight victory in the Queen of the Classics.
The debutant Pogacar, who was looking to become the first Tour de France winner to also prevail in the “Hell of the North” since Bernard Hinault in 1981, overcooked a turn and lost his balance on a cobbled section, leaving his rival clear one week after taming the Dutchman on the Tour of Flanders.
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The New York Rangers announced they have recalled defenseman Matthew Robertson from their AHL affiliate Hartford Wolf Pack.
Robertson recorded one goal and 24 assists in 60 games with Hartford this season.
The 24-year-old has been a key cog on the Hartford blue line for four seasons, totalling 11 goals and 80 points in 250 career AHL games.
A second round pick of the Rangers in 2019, Robertson was a highly touted prospect who was never able to crack the Rangers roster despite being recalled multiple times.
UPDATE: #NYR has recalled defenseman Matthew Robertson from the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack. pic.twitter.com/giG1uugTFV
— Hartford Wolf Pack (@WolfPackAHL) April 13, 2025
The Edmonton, Alta., native will be a restricted free agent at the end of the season.
The Rangers were officially eliminated from NHL playoff contention yesterday and the Wolf Pack are going to miss the Calder Cup Playoffs, allowing Robertson to gain some experience and make his NHL debut in a low stakes environment.
Check out The Hockey News' New York Rangers site for more updates on the team.
The Ottawa Senators host the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday afternoon in their 80th game of the season. As of Saturday night, the Sens are pretty much locked in as the Eastern Conference’s first Wild Card playoff qualifier.
After the Montreal Canadiens’ 1-0 overtime loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday, the best the Habs can do is tie Ottawa in the final standings, but they can't catch the Senators in regulation wins, which is the first tiebreaker. The Sens can still catch the Panthers for third place, but they'd need to win their last three while Florida wins their last two in regulation.
So, beyond continuing good habits and playing the right way, the Senators have nothing to play for in their final three games. But for winger Nick Cousins, it’s about getting back up to speed. He’s expected to play on Sunday for the first time since his knee injury in January.
The two clubs have split the season series so far. The Flyers took the first meeting, earning a 5–4 overtime win in November. The Senators rebounded with a 5–2 victory in Philadelphia last month.
The Senators won a feisty 5-2 contest at home on Friday night against the Montreal Canadiens. Shane Pinto scored twice and cracked the 20 goal mark for the second time in his career. Pinto, Ridly Greig, and Michael Amadio, have been fantastic of late on both sides of the puck.
The Sens home record is 25–11–2, and everybody's working for the weekends. They're on a run of 14–2-1 on Saturdays and Sundays.
The Flyers are enjoying the so-called new coach bump. With a 4–3 shootout win over the New York Islanders on Saturday, they’re 5-1 since the firing of John Tortorella. Brad Shaw has been running the bench in the interim and making a good first impression on GM Daniel Briere. Notably, as a player, Shaw remains the only person to have ever captained both the Ottawa 67s and the Ottawa Senators.
Former Habs first-rounder Ryan Poehling is suddenly playing out of his mind with 13 points in his last 10 games, including 9 since the coaching change.
With the Senators all but clinched as the Wild Card 1 team, they will play the winner of the Atlantic Division and that will now be either Toronto or Tampa Bay. If the Leafs beat Carolina on Sunday night and Tampa loses to Buffalo, we’ll officially have our first Battle of Ontario playoff series in 21 years.
Sunday’s faceoff with the Flyers is at 1 pm.
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What to know as Celtics prepare for first round of playoffs originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
With the regular season in the books, the Boston Celtics will sit back and await their opponent for the first round of the NBA playoffs.
The C’s wrapped up their 2024-25 campaign with a 61-21 record after securing a 93-86 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday. They went 64-18 during their 2024 NBA championship season.
Boston enters the postseason as the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference. The Cleveland Cavaliers earned the No. 1 seed with a 65-17 record.
As the No. 2 seed, the Celtics will begin their playoff run against the No. 7 seed in the East. More on their potential first-round opponent and when the first round is scheduled to begin below:
The No. 2 seed Celtics will meet either the Orlando Magic or the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs. The Magic and Hawks will compete for the No. 7 seed on Tuesday.
Boston went 1-2 against both teams during the regular season.
The Celtics’ Game 1 showdown vs. the Magic or Hawks at TD Garden will take place on either April 19 or 20. The tip-off time is TBD.
Jaylen Brown has been bothered by a knee issue in recent weeks, but it doesn’t sound like it will keep the Celtics star from suiting up when the playoffs start. C’s coach Joe Mazzulla said Sunday he is “100 percent” confident Brown will be ready to go:
What we learned as Warriors seal play-in fate with OT loss to Clippers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Programming Note: Tune into “Warriors Pregame Live” at 6 p.m. PT on Tuesday on NBC Sports Bay Area before the Warriors and Grizzlies tip-off. Immediately after the final buzzer, tune back in for “Warriors Postgame Live.”
SAN FRANCISCO – Game 82 of the 2024-25 NBA regular season wasn’t exactly a win or go home for the Warriors, but it certainly had a playoff feel Sunday at Chase Center.
Win, and the Warriors were guaranteed the No. 6 NBA playoff seed and a first-round matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers. Lose, and the Warriors dropped to the No. 7 seed, hosting an NBA play-in tournament game on their home court.
The drama. The suspense. Sports were at their finest, and the Warriors were outlasted 124-119 in an overtime loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.
Jimmy Butler played nearly flawless basketball for the Warriors (30 points, nine assists, 12-of-20 shooting). Steph Curry, fighting off a right thumb injury, started off extremely slow but scored 21 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter and overtime. Brandin Podziemski was a team-high plus-14, giving Golden State 19 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two steals.
Curry also had a season-high eight turnovers.
On the other side, Kawhi Leonard (33 points, six rebounds, seven assists, three steals, 13-of-19 shooting), James Harden (38 points, seven rebounds and 10 assists) and Ivica Zubac (22 points, 17 rebounds) were sensational.
While Zubac hauled in 17 rebounds of his own, the Warriors only grabbed 25 as a team. Podziemski had seven rebounds, but the rest of Golden State’s starters had seven. The Clippers finished with 17 more rebounds than the Warriors, and eight more second-chance points.
Here are three takeaways from a wild final game of the regular season.
With his right thumb padded and wrapped in athletic tape, Curry wasn’t going let another injury concern deter him from playing the regular-season finale. Whether it was pain, discomfort or something else, Curry was off early on. He scored five points in the first quarter, but had three bad turnovers and already was whistled for two fouls.
The Warriors then went on a 22-9 run without him before he came back during the second quarter. Curry scored eight points in the second quarter, bringing him to 13, but he was a minus-15 in 15 first-half minutes.
As Butler continued to carry the Warriors, Curry only scored two points in the third quarter and was down to a minus-16 entering the fourth. The Warriors trailed by one point going into the fourth, needing any extra juice Curry could muster to give them a final jolt. He entered with nine minutes left and the Warriors down by four points.
Curry hit a deep three with a little under eight minutes remaining to cut the deficit to four points. A fire was lit. Curry exploded for an absurd 18 points in the fourth quarter, putting on a cinematic show for all to enjoy.
WARDELL FOR 3 💦 pic.twitter.com/YZ8Xp6ZVUG
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) April 13, 2025
They stood shoulder-to-shoulder at center court for the opening tipoff. Not all eyes gravitated to Butler and Leonard, but the two players completely change the outlook of their respective teams. The Warriors had lost all three of their previous games against the Clippers this season, though none included either player.
Butler kicked into get-into-the-playoffs mode right away, scoring 10 first-quarter points. Only two of those points were from the free-throw line, where Butler has lived since joining the Warriors at the NBA trade deadline. He went 4-of-6 shooting and even threw down two dunks.
JIMMY JAM 💥 pic.twitter.com/HIyxIY6KhJ
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) April 13, 2025
ANOTHER Jimmy Jam ‼pic.twitter.com/Qrvkhh9Lcy
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) April 13, 2025
Butler and Leonard undoubtedly were the two best players on the floor. Each looked spry and determined to bring their team a victory. Butler was up to 13 points and seven assists by halftime, but Leonard was even better. In 21 minutes, Leonard was a plus-12 with 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting and had four rebounds and four assists.
Leonard had 25 points going into the fourth quarter, and Butler was at 24. Butler opened the quarter nailing a turnaround jumper, but was outscored 8-6 by Leonard between the fourth quarter and overtime.
Is there one? In this game, with so many implications, Jonathan Kuminga was an afterthought. He started the game staying loose on the stationary bike, and then watched the rest from the bench.
Buddy Hield was the first player off the bench, something that isn’t new or out of the ordinary. But the next player coach Steve Kerr usually points to is Kuminga to replace Butler. It wasn’t. Gary Payton II checked in as Butler took a seat.
Kerr has said recently the three-man combination of Draymond Green, Butler and Kuminga doesn’t work, and the numbers show he’s right. They’ve spent 38 minutes on the floor together over three games and have a minus-24.9 net rating with a 97.5 offensive rating and 122.4 defensive rating. The Warriors coach also said after Golden State’s win in Portland on Friday night that the team’s offense has lacked flow and rhythm the past few weeks.
That just so happens to coincide with Kuminga’s return from a badly sprained ankle. Kuminga’s athleticism is second to none on the Warriors. His impact was loud and obvious when the Warriors beat the Lakers 10 days ago, scoring an efficient 18 points off the bench with nine rebounds, four assists and a blocked shot.
Kuminga theoretically raises the Warriors’ ceiling. Kerr doesn’t care about hypotheticals, only winning basketball on that particular day.
NBA playoff bracket set for 2025: Here all the matchups entering the postseason originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
After a grueling regular season, it’s time to crown a champion.
The 2024-25 NBA regular season concluded on Sunday after nearly six months of non-stop action.
The upcoming playoffs will feature all of the best teams from across the league, including the defending champion Boston Celtics and 68-win Oklahoma City Thunder.
How do the seeds stack up in each conference? Who will compete in the Play-In Tournament? And what is the bracket looking like? Here’s everything to know entering the postseason:
The 2025 NBA playoffs tip off on Saturday, April 19, with Game 1 of four first-round series’ being held.
The remaining four series will play Game 1 on Sunday, April 20.
The top six seeds in each conference are locked into the playoffs, which means matchups for four of the eight first-round series are set. The bottom two seeds in each conference will be determined in the Play-In Tournament.
Here are the seeds and matchups for both conferences:
EAST
WEST
The Play-In Tournament will feature the seventh through 10th seeds in each conference.
The No. 7 seeds will face the No. 8 seeds, with the winners moving to the first-round against the No. 2 seeds. The losers will face the winner of the No. 9 vs. No. 10 games, with the winners of those games moving on to face the No. 1 seeds. Here’s the Play-In Tournament matchups:
EAST
WEST
The NBA playoffs will air on ESPN, ABC, TNT and NBA TV. The exact partners for each series and game are still to be determined.
For the 23rd consecutive season dating back to 2003, the NBA Finals will be broadcasted on ABC.
Troy transfer forward Jackson Fields entered the transfer portal looking for the right fit. Fields, 6-foot-8, 210-pounds, committed to the Mountaineers in large part because of the culture that new head coach Ross Hodge is bringing over from his time at North Texas. Fields was able to cultivate a strong relationship with both Hodge and his coaching staff led by assistant Mike Randle by being on multiple calls with them to discuss his fit in the program.
Warriors vs. Grizzlies NBA play-in set after Golden State's loss to LA Clippers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Programming Note: Tune into “Warriors Pregame Live” at 6 p.m. PT on Tuesday on NBC Sports Bay Area before the Warriors and Grizzlies tip-off. Immediately after the final buzzer, tune back in for “Warriors Postgame Live.”
The Warriors didn’t take care of business Sunday, and now they will have to deal with the NBA play-in tournament again.
Golden State’s crushing season-finale 124-119 overtime loss to the LA Clippers at Chase Center means the Warriors will host the Memphis Grizzlies in the No. 7 vs. No. 8 play-in game at 7 p.m. PT on Tuesday night.
Steph Curry led the way with 36 points and Jimmy Butler finished with 30, but that wasn’t enough to overcome big performances from Clippers stars James Harden, Kawhi Leonard and Ivica Zubac.
The winner of the Warriors-Grizzlies game will advance to take on the No. 2-seeded Houston Rockets in the first round.
The loser of the Golden State-Memphis game will host the winner of the No. 9 vs. No. 10 game between the Sacramento Kings and Dallas Mavericks on Friday.
Steph Curry and Co. won three of the four regular-season matchups against the Grizzlies, with the most recent coming April 1 in Memphis, thanks to a 52-point eruption from the two-time NBA MVP.
The Warriors and Grizzlies previously met in the 2021 play-in tournament, with Memphis winning the elimination game to end Golden State’s season.
Golden State, winless in three prior play-in games, is hoping for a different result this time.
Games between the Warriors and Grizzlies always are intense, and Tuesday’s showdown should be no different.
