The Boston Celtics love to shoot 3-pointers, and they set NBA history with the deep ball Friday. Boston now owns the NBA record for most 3-pointers in a season. The previous record set by the Golden State Warriors in 2022-23 was shattered when guard Payton Pritchard hit a 3-pointer with just under four minutes left against the Phoenix Suns in the ...
Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has tied Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goal record. Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky’s record of 894 career goals, which has stood since 1999. The Washington captain, who scored twice on Friday to tie the record, has 41 goals this season and has six games left to get one more and become the NHL’s ...
TAMPA, Fla. — MiLaysia Fulwiley now knows how her South Carolina teammates feel when she pulls off highlight-worthy plays. When freshman forward Joyce Edwards grabbed a defensive rebound in the middle of an 11-0 run for the Gamecocks on Friday, Fulwiley watched in awe. Edwards dribbled through traffic down the court at Amalie Arena, unshaken by the pressure. There wasn’t ...
The defending World Series champions are no longer undefeated. The Los Angeles Dodgers suffered their first loss of the season Friday as the Philadelphia Phillies won the opener of their three-game series to end Los Angeles’ hot start to the season. Philadelphia grabbed the lead in the bottom of the first inning thanks to Trea Turner capitalizing off a throwing ...
UConn forward Sarah Strong has had a strong freshman campaign. She has looked far from a rookie in her first 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament. She had a team-leading 22 points, eight rebounds and one assist in No. 2 UConn’s 85-51 Final Four win over No. 1 UCLA on Friday, which marks the the largest margin of victory in a Final ...
One of the best wide receivers of the last 20 years is calling it a career. Seven-time Pro Bowl wideout Julio Jones announced his retirement Friday via video on the social media app ‘Squad.’ Jones last played for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2023 in the last stop of a 13-year career. He retires as the NFL’s active leader in career ...
The 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament all comes down to this. The national championship will be played between South Carolina and UConn. The No. 1 seed South Carolina Gamecocks defeated Texas in the Final Four to advance in the women’s March Madness bracket. Their opponent, the 2-seed UConn Huskies, took down UCLA in the semifinal. Here’s how our experts see the national championship game ...
Paige Bueckers’ chase for a national championship ring is still on. Bueckers and the UConn women’s basketball team knocked off Lauren Betts and No. 1 overall seed UCLA 85-51 in their Final Four matchup on Friday. While Bueckers had a quiet night by her standards — 16 points — Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd combined to score 41 points. The Huskies ...
Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goal record Friday night with two scores against the Chicago Blackhawks. ‘The Great One’ was in the building, with festivities planned for if Ovechkin surpassed Gretzky’s 894 career goals. Monumental Sports Network spoke with the Hockey Hall of Famer shortly after Ovechkin matched his record with a power-play goal in ...
Alex Ovechkin scored his 894th career goal Friday evening in the Washington Capitals’ 5-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks to tie Wayne Gretzky for most goals in NHL history. His next goal will put him ahead of Gretzky as the league’s all-time best goal scorer. After the goal, his second of the game against the Chicago Blackhawks, the Washington Capitals’ ...