🏀 Basketball

Timberwolves takeaways from Game 3: The game had barely begun and the Thunder was done

After they appeared overmatched in the first two games of the Western Conference finals in Oklahoma City, the Wolves came back home and thrashed the Thunder 143-101 on Saturday at Target Center. They made a loud statement that this series isn’t over, despite how the first two games played out. The Wolves led 34-14 after the first quarter and they never let Oklahoma City back in it.

Anthony Edwards led the Wolves with 30 and Julius Randle had 24. The Thunder limited Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to 14 points and four free throw attempts. The Thunder shot 40.7% compared to the Wolves’ 57.3%, and th

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🏒 Hockey

Bruins agree to 2-year contract extension with GM

The Boston Bruins and general manager Don Sweeney have put pen to paper and agreed on a new two-year deal to keep him in Boston until the 2027-28 season. Sweeney was named to the position in 2015-16 and has served as the general manager for the last 10 years.

Sweeney was the recipient of the NHL General Manager of the Year award for the 2018-19 season and also served as GM for Canada during the 4 Nations Face-Off in February. Now, he's facing some of his biggest challenges yet as he continues his job as the head of the Bruins franchise.

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⚾️ Baseball

Why the 2025 Colorado Rockies are every bookmaker's nightmare

ESPN BET reports that Colorado has attracted the least moneyline bets of any MLB team this season, while the team playing against the Rockies are a top-three most-bet team on almost any given day. For Colorado's most recent series with the Philadelphia Phillies, the visiting Phillies were the sportsbook's most-backed MLB team of the day in three of those four games and the second-most backed in the other.

"We need the Rockies on a daily basis," Caesars Sportsbook lead MLB trader Eric Biggio told ESPN. "Especially if they're in a standalone spot where there's not much other stuff going on, we have to really push the price out to a good level to get any kind of money on the Rockies."

Cruz's annihilates 122.9 mph HR, hardest-hit ball in Statcast Era

Oneil Cruz hit a ball so hard on Sunday it broke his own record in the blink of an eye. The Pirates outfielder absolutely crushed a solo home run with a 122.9 mph exit velocity to lead off the third inning against the Brewers at PNC Park.

The scalding drive broke the MLB record for the hardest-hit batted ball in the Statcast era (since 2015), which Cruz set on a 122.4 mph single on Aug. 24, 2022. The previous record for the hardest-hit home run was 121.7 mph by Giancarlo Stanton on Aug. 9, 2018.

The home run was Cruz's 11th of the season, and it came off a Logan Henderson fastball that reached only 92.2 mph. It soared 432 feet down the right-field line and landed in the Allegheny River.

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🏈 Football

NFL’s Tush Push Was Almost Banned

On Wednesday, a proposed ban of the play – in which players line up behind the quarterback to provide a push on an unstoppable sneak – failed to receive the 24 needed votes at the NFL’s owners meeting. According to ESPN, 22 teams voted to ban the tactical battering ram, while 10 teams opposed the proposal.

Last month, the NFL tabled discussions on the Packers’ original pitch, which sought specifically to stuff the tush push. After ESPN’s Kalyn Kahler reported that April’s vote was split 16-16, the Packers produced a revised proposal this week that prohibited pushing or pulling a ball carrier anywhere on the field.

The cited concerns were – seriously – player safety and pace of play.