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Charles Krupa/AP/APJayson Tatum had 25 points and 10 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 113-98 on to advance to the Eastern Conference finals for the third straight season, where they will face either the Indiana Pacers or the New York Knicks. -
If you’re a fan of the American version of the TV show The Office, you likely remember an episode where Michael Scott makes all his employees do a celebrity roast of him. Not surprisingly, it doesn’t go as planned and ends up something of an unmitigated disaster with a lot of hurt feelings.
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WAMC Sports Report 4/17/24: Smejkal gets 1st goal, Senators beat Bruins 3-1 in regular-season finaleJiri Smejkal scored his first career goal midway through the second period and Jakob Chychrun scored less than a minute later as the Ottawa Senators beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 in the regular-season finale for both teams. -
Caitlin Clark has been selected with the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever. -
Scottie Scheffler is the Masters champion for the second time in three years. -
O.J. Simpson has died of cancer. Simpson, who starred for the Buffalo Bills in the 1970s, was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but wound up in prison years later in an unrelated case died in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, his attorney confirmed to TMZ. -
The start of the Masters has been delayed by at least one hour because of bad weather. The first round was scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. local time with Erik van Rooyen and Jake Knapp going out in the first group. The Masters says that "the first round will not begin before 9 a.m,” and that gate openings at Augusta National have also been delayed. Storms, heavy rain and strong winds have been forecast. -
I feel like I write some version of this topic every couple of years, only with a different sport and a different city. It might be St. Louis, or the Nets, or the Raiders.
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Jalen Brunson scored 45 in his second straight 40-point game, and the New York Knicks beat the Chicago Bulls 128-117. -
UConn delivered the latest of its suffocating basketball beatdowns, smothering Purdue for a 75-60 victory to become the first team since 2007 to capture back-to-back national championships. -
Coach Dawn Staley and South Carolina have completed their perfect season, ending Caitlin Clark’s historic college career with an 87-75 win over Iowa in the NCAA championship game. -
WAMC Sports Report 4/5/24: Alonso's 9th inning HR sends Mets past Tigers 2-1 in nightcap for 1st winPete Alonso launched a tying homer leading off the ninth inning, Tyrone Taylor lined a game-winning single and the New York Mets — after going 13 innings without a hit — rallying past the Detroit Tigers 2-1 for their first victory of the season and a doubleheader split - avoiding opening 0-6 for the first time since their second season in 1963.
