For Alex Ovechkin, the goal in Sunday’s game came just like so many before it did — on the power play, from the top of the left faceoff circle, a powerful shot right to the goal. But this one was history. For the Washington Capitals star, this 895th goal of his regular season career makes him the…
Far-right French leader Marine Le Pen was handed a four-year prison sentence and banned from holding public office for five years by a French court Monday, in what could be the biggest setback for her political cause in a generation. Until this week, Le Pen had looked like the likeliest winner in France’s next presidential election set…
The NBA is a “young man’s league” is one of the most inarguable truisms in team sports, and 79 years of his history tells us it’s particularly accurate when the youth is long, athletic, frisky – and, of course, talented. That combination is high on the list of issues the Warriors, who have the…
Washington, D.C.’s cherry blossom season has begun, with cherry trees just one step away from peak bloom. The National Park Service, on Sunday, announced the capital’s famed cherry trees have reached “stage 5 – Puffy White” with blossom starting to show.NPS wrote on X, “Now we’re just waiting on them to open.” “Peak Bloom…
The Texas Centre for the Missing said that a Houston man who went missing as a teen more than eight years ago has been discovered safe. A missing persons flier said that Rudolph “Rudy” Farias IV had been missing since March 6, 2015. After discovering him lifeless and covered in wounds and bruises outside of…
Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez said he is ready to accept whatever sentence is handed down by a Santa Clara County judge on March 24. “The way that I handled things is not the way to do it. We cannot put the law in our own hands. I already pled guilty. I know what…
Authorities say 39-year-old suffered an injury after jumping a fence when fleeing police and later died in the hospital A rapper signed to fellow lyricists Future and Waka Flocka Flame died on his 39th birthday in his home town of Atlanta after injuring his leg while running from police and jumping fences, according to authorities…
Walter Clayton Jr. has been the star for Florida, and while he’s led the Gators to the men’s Final Four for the first time since 2014, the senior guard could have been in Gainesville much earlier in his college career. The only difference is he would’ve been wearing cleats and sporting the iconic orange helmet with the…
Monday, March 31 is Cesar Chavez’s birthday and Cesar Chavez Day, which will be marked in Denver with closed offices in honor of his life. Cesar Chavez Day was proclaimed a federal commemorative holiday in 2014 and honors the activist’s legacy in the civil rights and labor movement during his life. Chavez formed the National Farm Workers…
Tuesday night, Nikola Joki became the first player to ever get a triple-double, helping the Denver Nuggets defeat the Phoenix Suns by a score of 118-102 in Game 5 of their Western Conference semifinal series. Denver currently leads the best-of-seven series 3-2 and needs one more win to progress to the next round. With…