Author: Bradley Tachco

Coming into game six, Connor McDavid had only one point in the last three games. That changed on Saturday night in game 6. McDavid had three points as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 to force a game seven in the Western Conference Semi-Finals. “I was just hoping to be part of a win. We had all 20 guys going,” McDavid said. “We’re looking forward to it [game 7]. We’re both playing really good hockey right now, in enemy territory; it’s a great chance for our guys to come together and go in there and get it done.”…

The last time a major golf tournament was held at Louisville’s legendary Valhalla Golf Club Tiger Woods missed the cut. He’s done it again at the PGA Championship, shooting a 77 today, finishing at plus-seven, tied for 133rd place. Tiger says he will play the U.S. Open next month at Pinehurst beginning on June 13. “Just keep fighting,” Woods said. “Keep the pedal on, keep fighting, keep grinding, keep working hard at posting the best score that I can possibly post today. That’s all I can do. It’s going to be a lot, but I’m going to fight until the…

In game four, the Edmonton Oilers scored a last-second goal to win the game; Thursday night, it was the Vancouver Canucks turn. J.T. Miller scored with 32 seconds left in the third period, giving the Canucks a 3-2 win over the Oilers. Vancouver now has a three-games-to-two lead in the Western Conference Semi-Finals. “I thought we deserved to win the game today.” Miller said, “Once we got our legs under us, we really played well. The second period was our best period in a while, and I thought we carried that over to the third. sometimes, it takes a while…

Tiger Woods finished the first round at the PGA Championship at one over par, shooting a 72. He is 10 shots behind the leader Xander Schauffele at Valhalla Golf Course in Louisville, Kentucky. Woods was one under after 16 holes, but he bogeyed the last two holes to finish at one over. The winner of 15 majors said he’s still got some work to do to get his game back to where it needs to be to have a chance of winning another. “It’s just the competitive flow,” he said. “It took me probably three holes to get back into…

Evander Kane gets a lot of criticism from every corner of the hockey world, but Tuesday night, he showed just why he can be so valuable. His strong forecheck kept the puck in the zone and allowed Evan Bouchard to score with 38 seconds left in the third period. That goal gave the Edmonton Oilers a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks. Oilers’ forward Leon Draisaitl said the winning goal was the result of Evander Kane’s hard work. “He goes in, forechecks hard, and that goal is all Kaner.” Both Bouchard and Draisaitl had a goal and an assist. The…

The NHL suspended Vancouver Canucks defenseman Carson Soucy for one game for his cross-check to Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid’s face. It happened during a scrum at the end of game three Sunday night in the Western Conference Semi-Finals in Edmonton. The NHL Department of Player Safety said, “Soucy chooses to raise his stick to an unacceptably high level and delivers a two-handed blow which lands directly to his opponent’s head.” Nikita Zadorov was fined $5,000 for the cross-check he delivered to Connor McDavid from behind during the incident. After the game, McDavid said, “It’s a tough game. They’ve got…

Remember the name Arturs Šilovs. The third-string goalie shut down the high-powered Edmonton Oilers offense to give the Vancouver Canucks the win 4-3. Šilovs made 41 saves to give Vancouver a two games to one lead in the Western Conference Semi-Finals in Edmonton on Sunday night. In the third period, the 24-year-old Latvian net-minder faced an onslaught by one of the best offensive teams in the NHL. He credited his teammates for the win, “I just felt confident; the guys had my back like game one,” Šilovs said. “Everyone was resilient and blocking shots and the great danger chances our…

Los Angeles Dodgers Designated Hitter Shohei Ohtani was held out of the lineup on Sunday due to what the Dodgers call “lower back tightness.” Ohtani complained about his back in the game against the San Diego Padres on Saturday night. Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts said it happened sometime in the seventh inning, and he doesn’t believe the injury is serious. “Right now, it’s [the injury] minimal, precautionary for sure,” Roberts said. “His back tightened up, so it was just one of those things that I got word before his fourth at-bat…so being up 5-0, we didn’t want to push it.”…

There is no doubt that Jerry Rice is the greatest wide receiver in the history of the National Football League and maybe its greatest player ever. No one has more receiving yards, touchdowns, or receptions than Rice. So when he says he’s unhappy about something in the game, we all take notice. Jerry Rice’s son, Brenden, was taken in the seventh round of this year’s NFL draft in Detroit last month by the Los Angeles Chargers. Brenden said it was “very frustrating” to wait so long, but his father was a bit more animated. “My dad was hot,” Rice laughed…

Overtime was needed Friday night to get a winner in game two of the Western Conference Semi-Finals (or, as they’re calling it in the great white north, the Canadian Championship). Edmonton Oilers defenseman Evan Bouchard threw a puck toward the net, and it hit Vancouver Canucks defenseman Ian Cole’s stick and went in to give the Edmonton Oilers a 4-3 victory. “The goalie played good, I just tried to get it to the net,” Bouchard said, “luckily it was their guy that tipped it.” The assists went to Connor McDavid, who had a goal and three assists, and Leon Draisaitl,…

If you don’t know the name Paul Skenes, you soon will. He’s the number-one pitching prospect in baseball. The Pittsburgh Pirates called him up this week, and he will start his first major league game Saturday against the Chicago Cubs at 4:05 p.m. EDT. Even if you’re not a Pirates fan, this is a game you’ll want to watch. 21-year-old Paul Skenes is a big man with a big arm. He stands six feet six inches tall, weighs 235 pounds, and can paint the corners at more than 100 mph consistently. Skenes was the number-one pick in the 2023 draft…

The Vancouver Canucks scored only 13 goals in six games in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Head coach Rick Tocchet said 13 probably wouldn’t get it done against Edmonton. He was right. The Canucks scored three straight goals in the third period to beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 in game one of the Western Conference Semi-Finals. The game-winner came from Conor Garland as he beat Stuart Skinner through the five-hole with six minutes left in the third. “I don’t have the strongest shot. I just try to freeze goalies from time to time,” Garland said after the…

The Los Angeles Dodgers are hot—I mean white hot. I guess that’s what happens when you spend $1 billion on free agents in the offseason. The team has won six in a row and 13 out of its last 15 games. In those 15 games, the Dodgers have outscored their opponents 107-21 and hit 27 home runs. The Dodgers face the Miami Marlins again tonight and are going for their second straight series sweep. This start shouldn’t surprise anyone. Those free-agent signings—Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto—are both having spectacular springs. Yamamoto went a full eight innings on Tuesday night against…

On Friday night, June 10, 2022, Los Angeles Dodgers starter Walker Buehler walked off the mound in San Francisco and wouldn’t throw another pitch in the Major Leagues for nearly two years. Monday will end the long rehab nightmare after his second career Tommy John surgery. Buehler started Monday against the Miami Marlins, who have only nine wins in their first 31 games. He looked rusty as he gave up three runs and six hits. But he had four strikeouts, and his fastball was back in the 97-mph range. Buehler was Elite After Winning the 2020 World Series http://gty.im/1239733676 On…

A frantic last two minutes of game five left the Los Angeles Kings one goal short as the Edmonton Oilers eliminated the Kings four games to one. The Oilers took game five 4-3 at Rogers Centre in Edmonton, Albert on Wednesday night. Connor McDavid had two assists in the game and 11 total points in the series. Leon Draisaitl had two goals. “It’s always been my goal to be a big-time player,” Draisaitl said, “for the most part I think I’ve done that in my career, hopefully, I can keep it going.” The difference in this series was special teams.…

The Los Angeles Dodgers game at the Arizona Diamondbacks was delayed for just about two hours by bees, yes, you read that correctly. A giant bee colony formed on the safety net behind the home plate. A Phoenix-area pest control expert thought he was done with his work for the day when he received the call. Matt Hilton, the branch manager of Blue Sky Pest Control, saved the day. He removed the bees and received a standing ovation from the crowd. None of the bees were harmed. Hilton said, “I was actually at my son’s last t-ball game of the…

Former Denver Broncos All-Pro Cornerback Chris Harris Jr. told a Denver newspaper that he has retired from the National Football League. Harris did not play last year, his last full season in the NFL was 2022 when he played for the New Orleans Saints. “I just waited a year and I stayed in shape, but I realized that everybody was pretty much moving on with the younger players, the younger wave,” Harris told the Denver Gazette in an article posted on Tuesday. “So I thought it would be great to just call it an end.” Harris played with Aqib Talib…

You have to figure out if you hold the Edmonton Oilers to one goal, you’ve got a shot that is better than average for winning the game. But this is the NHL playoffs, where anything can happen. Edmonton beat the Los Angeles Kings 1-0 at Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles. The Kings were dominant in this game. They outshot Edmonton 33-13, but Stuart Skinner stopped all of them for his first career Stanley Cup Playoff shutout. “You have to really make a good play to beat him right now,” Oilers center Mattais Janmark said, “it’s obviously great for us…

A huge hit on Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane changed this series on Friday night. Los Angeles Kings defenseman Andreas Englund laid Kane out in the neutral zone with a blind-side hit. Kane never saw him coming. He scored a goal and assisted on his Gordie Howe hat-trick when he dropped the gloves with Englund. In total, 92 penalty minutes were handed out in the third period of game three. Leon Draisaitl had two goals and one assist, and Zach Hyman had two goals to lead the Oilers over the Kings 6-1. Edmonton now leads the series two games to…

If you’re a fan of the Buffalo Bills you have disappointment to spare. Bills fans were anxious about the draft, and everyone thought they were going to move up to get a top wide receiver. General Manager Brandon Beane shocked fans again and moved down, twice, completely out of the first round. The curious part of what the Bills did was to allow back-to-back Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs to move up. With that pick the Chiefs got a wide receiver they desperately need. The Bills also desperately need wide receivers. Beane shocked the world when he traded Stefon…