Brent Seabrook’s slap shot beat Tuukka Rask with 9:51 gone in overtime and the Blackhawks beat the Bruins 6-5 on Wednesday night to send the Stanley Cup finals back to Chicago tied at two games apiece.

So close to being eliminated that they noticed officials bringing yellow tape out to block off the court for the Spurs’ trophy presentation, the Heat hit a couple of big 3-pointers, got some defensive stops, and did everything else that makes great teams champions.

The Boston Bruins won the battles in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden. Their reward was a 2-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks and a 2-1 lead in the series. Faceoffs are a kind of battle, and the Bruins won 40 out of 56 of those tonight. That’s a success rate [...]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Across three NBA championships and more than 100 playoff victories together, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili have built a bond most teammates will never share. Ginobili broke out of a slump in a big way with 24 points and 10 assists in his first start of the season, and [...]

Arizona wasn’t happy with the punishment that was doled out, but that’s the price of playing beanball. In a way, that’s MLB’s message here. It’s why Kennedy’s suspension was a heavy-handed 10 games. And if we’re reading this correctly, the league is saying the Dodgers were provoked into the melee. It certainly appeared as though [...]

Riding big performances from their three All-Stars, the Heat tied the NBA Finals with a 109-93 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night in Game 4.

CHICAGO (AP) — Of course, it was Andrew Shaw. The pesky little forward always gets up when he’s knocked down. Shaw skated in front of the goal at the right time, deflecting Dave Bolland’s tip into the net for the winning score in the Chicago Blackhawks’ 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins in the fifth-longest [...]

The Night of the Unsung Spurs were set up by one of the most coveted players of the last 20 years, Tim Duncan. The Spurs’ foundation made his mark on Game 3 even though they looked deeper than ever while thrashing the Miami Heat 113-77 to take a 2-1 series lead in the NBA Finals.