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Panthers are back in the Stanley Cup Final after losing in the title round last year

SUNRISE, Fla. — The 2023 Stanley Cup Final had just ended, the Vegas Golden Knights were celebrating their championship and a heartbroken bunch of Florida Panthers were taking off their skates for the final time that season. In that moment, standing in the locker room, Aaron Ekblad made a vow. “We’ll find a way to come back next year,” the veteran defenseman said. Look, it’s not exactly uncommon for some semblance of that to be said by the team that gets a championship shot and falls short. But these Panthers actually delivered on that promise — a rarity in hockey. ...

75-year-old John Force races to record 157th NHRA win

EPPING, N.H. (AP) — John Force raced to his record 157th NHRA victory Sunday at age 75, beating teammate Austin Prock in the Funny Car final at the NHRA New England Nationals. Force had a 4.081-second run at 319.29 mph in his Chevrolet Camaro SS, while Prock ran a 4.096 at 316.38. “We had a good race car and what keeps me alive is driving this hot rod and all these fans,” Force said. “We all work together as a team and that’s what is most important. I wouldn’t be here without this team of guys.” Force won for the second time this season and the third time at New ...

Cindric claims victory in NASCAR Cup series after Blaney runs out of gas

Associated Press MADISON, Ill. — Austin Cindric emerged as the surprise winner of the NASCAR Cup series race Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway when teammate Ryan Blaney ran out of gas while leading on the final lap. Blaney, the reigning NASCAR Cup series champion, appeared to be on his way to his first win of the season after fighting off a challenge from Christopher Bell, who had his own car trouble in the closing laps. Cindric, who had pitted just one lap after Blaney, took advantage of the situation and notched his second career victory. The other came in the 2022 ...

Tsitsipas eases into the French Open fourth round; Swiatek, Gauff advance

PARIS (AP) — Stefanos Tsitsipas was in a reflective mood after beating Zhang Zhizhen 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 to reach the fourth round of the French Open on Friday. The 2021 runner-up says tennis plays a fundamental part in shaping his thinking. “I get the feeling that without tennis my life would have been so much different, with regards to challenging myself and setting personal goals for myself,” Tsitsipas said. “Tennis helps me fill out those dreams and fulfil my deepest desires as a human being.” The ninth-seeded Tsitsipas, who won the Monte Carlo Masters in April, feels his ...

Surfers get ‘best waves of our lives’ at dress rehearsal for Olympic venue

After days of barreling along the huge waves of Tahiti’s island paradise, French Polynesian surfer Vahine Fierro has even more reason to look forward to this summer’s Olympics. Fierro and Italo Ferreira of Brazil won the World Surf League Championship Tour event in Teahupoʻo on Tahiti this week as surfers got a taste of the tropical venue that will host the surfing events for the Paris Olympics. While Fierro is from these parts, even she was impressed. “Thank you Teahupoʻo for sending me the best waves of my life,” Fierro said. The event garnered the attention of the ...

Ryan Fox, Robert MacIntyre share lead in RBC Canadian Open

HAMILTON, Ontario (AP) — Ryan Fox closed with a 14-foot birdie putt late Friday afternoon for a 6-under 64 and a share of the second-round lead with Robert MacIntyre in the RBC Canadian Open. Finishing on the front nine at Hamilton Golf and Country Club, Fox birdied the par-5 fourth and par-4 fifth, then rebounded from a bogey on the par-3 sixth with the birdie on the par-4 ninth. The 37-year-old New Zealander is winless in 47 career PGA Tour starts. “I drove it great, I hit may irons really well and had a few more putts drop today,” said Fox, the the son of former New Zealand ...