Hampshire and Nottinghamshire stole a march on champions Surrey in a fine first round of matches
Walking through the warm, not even watery, sunshine of St John’s Wood with only the still leafless trees to betray the date, I suspected there would be runs in the first round of the County Championship – and so it proved.
Continue reading...Its a Paul Skenes' Tuesday! The Pirates (3-7) to to get things back on track as their ace takes the mound against the St. Louis Cardinals (4-5).
Sonny Gray is slated to take the mound for St. Louis against Paul Skenes for Pittsburgh
Monday saw the Pirates double up the Cardinals, 8-4. Andrew McCutchen, Joey Bart, and Isiah Kiner-Falefa each drove in a pair of runs for Pittsburgh and Carmen Mlodzinski gave up just a single run over five innings to earn his first win of the season.
Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two.
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Its Tuesday, April 8 and the Yankees (6-3) are in Detroit to take on the Tigers (5 4) in Game 2 of their series.
Carlos Carrasco is slated to take the mound for New York against Tarik Skubal for Detroit
Game 1 of the series went to the Tigers yesterday as Casey Mize (2-0) pitched six innings of one run ball. Andy Ibanez cracked his first home run of the season to drive in three runs and pace the Detroit attack. Carlos Rodon (1-2) gave up five earned runs in six innings to take the loss for the Yankees. Aaron Judge did drive in his eighteenth run of the season.
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Nuggets fire head coach Michael Malone and GM Calvin Booth in stunning move originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Another Western Conference playoff contender is making a coaching change.
Just weeks after the Memphis Grizzlies moved on from Taylor Jenkins, the Denver Nuggets are firing Michael Malone.
ESPN’s Shams Charania first reported the news on Tuesday, and later added that general manager Calvin Booth has also been fired. Assistant coach David Adelman, who has worked for Malone since 2017, will serve as the interim head coach. The team later confirmed Charnaia’s reports in a press release.
Malone led the Nuggets to their only championship less than two years ago in 2025. He had been Denver’s head coach since 2015, compiling a 471-327 record with 44 playoff wins over that span.
Booth took over as Nuggets general manager in 2022 when Tim Connelly left for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Despite winning the title in his first season at the helm, many of the roster moves that set up the victory were made by Connelly.
This season has started to unravel for the Nuggets in recent weeks, with the team going 3-7 in their last 10 games. Denver has lost four straight games to fall to 47-32, good for fourth in the West — but tied with the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth seeds in the loss column.
Three-time MVP Nikola Jokic has never played for another coach since being drafted, his rookie season was Malone’s first in Denver.
The Nuggets have three games left in the regular season — Wednesday at the Sacramento Kings, Friday against the Grizzlies and Sunday at the Houston Rockets.
Nuggets fire coach Malone, GM Booth in shocking move originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Another Western Conference playoff contender is making a coaching change.
Just weeks after the Memphis Grizzlies moved on from Taylor Jenkins, the Denver Nuggets are firing Michael Malone.
ESPN’s Shams Charania first reported the news on Tuesday, and later added that general manager Calvin Booth has also been fired. Assistant coach David Adelman, who has worked for Malone since 2017, will serve as the interim head coach. The team later confirmed Charnaia’s reports in a press release.
Malone led the Nuggets to their only championship less than two years ago in 2025. He had been Denver’s head coach since 2015, compiling a 471-327 record with 44 playoff wins over that span.
Booth took over as Nuggets general manager in 2022 when Tim Connelly left for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Despite winning the title in his first season at the helm, many of the roster moves that set up the victory were made by Connelly.
This season has started to unravel for the Nuggets in recent weeks, with the team going 3-7 in their last 10 games. Denver has lost four straight games to fall to 47-32, good for fourth in the West — but tied with the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth seeds in the loss column.
Three-time MVP Nikola Jokic has never played for another coach since being drafted, his rookie season was Malone’s first in Denver.
The Nuggets have three games left in the regular season — Wednesday at the Sacramento Kings, Friday against the Grizzlies and Sunday at the Houston Rockets.
After Sunday night’s game, the Montreal Canadiens found themselves with a six-point lead over two teams in the wild card race: the New York Rangers and the Detroit Red Wings. The latter will be in town on Tuesday night for a crucial duel with the Habs. It will be the fourth and final game of the season between the two sides, and the stakes have never been higher.
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The Red Wings won the last meeting 4-2 in January, but the Canadiens won both of the December back-to-back games by scores of 4-3 and 5-1. Montreal has won its last five games, while Detroit is running a two-game winning streak. The Habs have a 5-3-2 record in the previous 10 games, while the Wings are 5-4-1.
Montreal had a day off yesterday, so there’s been no update yet on the availability of either Emil Heinman or David Savard. As for the starter, Jakub Dobes was great on Sunday night, but Samuel Montembeault remains the number one goaltender and should be back in the net. He has a 3-1-2 record against the Wings with a 2.97 goals-against average and a .902 save percentage. As for Dobes, he has never faced them.
Detroit has already confirmed that Cam Talbot will be in the net on Tuesday night. He has a 9-3-1 record, a 1.61 GAA, and an excellent .940 SP. It looks like the Canadiens will have their work cut out for them.
Wings got one they HAD to get. #Panthers didn't score until 39.9 left in the 3rd. Cam Talbot was AMAZING at times. Made 32 saves. Paul Maurice, who coached Detroit Jr. Red Wings 30 years ago, gave it a whirl but N0 DICE. Final 6 games begins with #Canadiens IN Montreal Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/SoAmLpbJXZ
— Parker andTheMan (@parkerandtheman) April 7, 2025
Up front, Brendan Gallagher is the Canadiens’ most prolific scorer against Detroit with 30 points in 36 games, followed by Patrik Laine, who has 21 points in 23 games, and Nick Suzuki with 14 points in 18 games. The Wings would do well to keep a close eye on Lane Hutson, who is now tied with Chris Chelios for the most points by a Canadiens’ rookie defenseman with 64. Expect the roof to come off the arena if the rookie does break the record; he has become a fan favourite in no time.
On the other side, Patrick Kane has 22 points in 27 games, followed by Dylan Larkin with 21 points in 33 tilts and Alex DeBrincat with 19 points in 18 games.
The Red Wings have won six of the last ten games against the Canadiens, with Montreal grabbing the other four. The Habs have five games left, while the Wings have six. A regulation loss on Tuesday night would be disastrous for the Wings; it would put the Canadiens eight points ahead of them, with only 10 points up for grabs on the season. It wouldn’t mean a mathematical elimination but would make the prospect even more likely. As for the Canadiens, they'll try to win a sixth game in a row for the first time this season.
According to Moneypuck, the Canadiens currently have an 87.2% chance of making the playoffs, whereas the Wings’ odds are only 5.6%. That’s an uphill battle if there ever was one.
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The men's college basketball season may have just ended, but it's never too early to look ahead. Our projections for next season's Top 25.
The game was played how Houston wanted it. But it was Florida - with another signature comeback - that fought its way to a national title.
The end of March Madness arrived on Monday. Here are scores, highlights and more from Florida and Houston's NCAA Tournament championship game:
Former Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe's NFL draft prospects are impossible to predict. That's because he's a huge project on the next level.
On a day when a judge heard arguments that will shape the future of college sports, some things never change: March Madness drama remains unbeaten.
The final buzzer in San Antonio closed a drama that ended with confetti and Gator chomps — a thrill-a-minute NCAA title for the Florida Gators that reminded us all of what's so good about the games these college athletes play. The clock is ticking.
The Sacramento Kings boosted their NBA post-season hopes with a 127-117 win at the Detroit Pistons.
Zach LaVine scored 43 points and DeMar DeRozan 37 for the Kings, who came from 18 points down to secure a third successive victory.
They remain ninth in the Western Conference, one win ahead of the Dallas Mavericks.
Teams finishing from seventh to 10th qualify for the play-in tournament, which runs from 15-18 April.
The only side who can deny the Kings are the 11th-placed Phoenix Suns, who have three fewer wins with four regular-season games remaining.
The Miami Heat, assured of a play-in place in the East, won 117-105 at home against the already eliminated Philadelphia 76ers, who suffered a 12th successive defeat.
Houston seemed to be in a perfect spot to capture the title, but Walter Clayton Jr. showed up on defense when it mattered most.
