The Kings trail the Colorado Avalanche 3-0 in their first-round series heading into Sunday’s Game 4. Los Angeles was down 3-0 to the San Jose Sharks in the first round of the 2014 postseason before rallying for the win. They went on to capture the Cup. “You’ve got to be loose now,” Kings interim coach …
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Paolo Banchero and Desmond Bane each scored 25 points, and the Orlando Magic blew a 17-point fourth-quarter lead before rallying to beat the Detroit Pistons 113-105 on Saturday for a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round series. Banchero had 12 rebounds and nine assists. Franz Wagner scored 17 points for …
Manchester City is headed to a fourth straight FA Cup final after surviving a scare to beat second-division Southampton 2-1 at Wembley on Saturday. Nico Gonzalez’s 87th-minute winner completed a comeback after going a goal down. Victory kept up City’s bid for a domestic treble of trophies, having won the English League Cup and racing …
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jermod McCoy’s lengthy wait to hear his name called at the NFL draft came to a quick end on Saturday. The Las Vegas Raiders selected the Tennessee cornerback with the first pick of the fourth round, taking a small gamble that McCoy will return to form after missing all of last season …
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Steve O’Donnell wants to bring some fun back to NASCAR, which he calls a “badass American sport.” O’Donnell was introduced as the sanctioning body’s chief executive officer at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday and vowed to “make some moves” that will return the storied racing series to its roots. “We lost that …
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government said Saturday that two U.S. federal agents recently killed in a car crash in the country’s northern region were not authorized to participate in operations in Mexico. The role of the two CIA agents who were returning from destroying a clandestine drug lab in the northern Mexican state of …
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Former Idaho Gov. and U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has died at age 74, his family said in a written statement Saturday. Kempthorne died Friday evening in Boise, the statement said. No cause was given, but he had been diagnosed with colon cancer last year. “Beyond his public service, he was …
NEW YORK (AP) — Caitlin Clark was excited to get back on the court Saturday and play in a WNBA game, even if it was just the preseason. Indiana’s star played in her first game for the Fever in nine months after injuries derailed her second season, limiting her to 13 games. “This isn’t a …
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Renegade opened Saturday as the morning line favorite for the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby, which is set for May 2. The colt trained by Todd Pletcher and set to be ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr. is 4-1 after drawing the inside No. 1 post on the rail in the …
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will not take his seat in parliament following a landslide election loss this month, and will instead focus on rebuilding his nationalist-populist political community, he announced Saturday in a video on social media. Hungary’s April 12 election brought an end to Orbán’s 16 years in …