Alex Pietrangelo had the eventual winner as the St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game 7 on Wednesday night to win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history.

Gambling on sports has never been more high-stakes or more accessible. But with the invasion of Europe-based companies in the game, the pros are feeling squeezed and routinely getting banned from plying their trade. Is this the end of the sharp?

We rank the top 25 female football players who are set to take over at the Women's World Cup 2019 in France. Simply, they are the best of the best.

Rafael Nadal maintains his stranglehold on the French Open by beating Dominic Thiem in four sets to lift a 12th men's singles title.

Scientists analysed runners taking part in a 3,000 mile run.

A group of champion female squash players slammed the Spanish tournament they won as sexist after being given vibrators as a prize. The incident took place after the winner of the Asturias Squash Championship 2019, Elisabet Sado Garriga, received her prize along with runner-up Olaya Fernandez Lence.

There's very little about Kawhi Leonard that screams "mindfulness guru," but as the Toronto Raptors gathered on the bench during a timeout in the midst of the team's big 26-3 run in the second half, he told his teammates, "Enjoy the moment, stay here, stay together, we're good," according to Raptors guard Norman Powell.

And it's pretty much Amazon-proof. For now.

The official culprit last season was the weather, which Major League Baseball cited as a big reason for a 4 percent slide in attendance over the previous year. This season? Well, attendance is down once again — only this time there are new excuses.

In the wake of a girl being hit by a foul ball at Minute Maid Park, some players would like to see more netting to protect fans

Olympic track cyclist Kelly Catlin, who helped the U.S. women’s pursuit team win the silver medal at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016, died Friday.

That’s an average of 14 wrongly called strikes and balls in one baseball game.

Sport is a special domain, but it is not immune from the law and human rights. We're yet to see if the United Nations Human Rights Council will take further steps following this new ruling.

Tyler Kepner loves baseball, and his book will make you love it too. His history of the game uses stories of career-making pitches as the narrative structure.

Rafael Nadal is right back where he wants to be.

Are you ready for the upcoming summer season? Our team picked up top 10 the most effective fitness apps for your consideration! Choose the app, install and dive into the world of fitness and workouts.

Mark Leibovich spent years digging under the skin of Washington, D.C.’s power brokers. When he turned his attention to the world of pro football for a new book, he found an awfully familiar set of characters.

New Jersey bookmaker FanDuel declined to honor a $110 bet on the Broncos on Sunday that would have paid more than $82,000, due to an error in the oddsmaking process, the company said.

Canadian athletes are not mincing their words when it comes to the World Anti-Doping Agency's decision to reinstate Russia's drug-testing program after a nearly three-year suspension over its widespread, state-sponsored doping scheme.

The Detroit Red Wings have the worst record (1-6-2) in the NHL after nine games, fulfilling the expectations of many who believed they'd be one of the league's worst teams as they rebuild. There may have been no greater harbinger of that futility than the newly established threshold for free curly fries in Detroit.

This is Kara Eaker, who got the highest score on beam and who, with Simone Biles, Morgan Hurd, Riley McCusker, Ragan Smith and Grace McCallum helped the US team get yet another gold medal.

The new franchise, which is expected to begin playing in 2021, will give the league 32 teams and balance the conferences at 16 teams apiece.

Sports video games strive for realism by closely replicating real-life players, but digitally reproducing their tattoos has led to court fights over ownership rights.

Hungarian Margit Korondi, bronze winner at the Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games.

For more than three decades, kiss cams have been seen as a lighthearted, silly part of the sports fan experience. But in our current cultural environment, the gimmick raises questions about inclusiveness, pressure, and consent.

This is Victoria Mata, a Mexican gymnast, competing on beam at the 2017 Gymnastics Mexican Open.

A day after Turkish prosecutors issued an international warrant for his arrest, NBA star Enes Kanter skipped a game in London, citing fears he could be killed by the Turkish government.

Rivera, the closer who helped the Yankees win five World Series, became the first player to be elected unanimously.

CBS rejected a 60-second Super Bowl ad promoting the federal legalization of medical marijuana. The ad features three people with health issues who say that medical marijuana helped them: Austin, a Florence, CO, boy with Dravet syndrome (a type of epilepsy); Greg Kazmierczak, a man from Buffalo, NY, who has had three back surgeries and was on opioids for 15 years; and Ryan Miller, an Oakland, CA, former Army infantry officer who lost his leg due to a combat injury.

or Mike Kelly, a high school football coach in Manassas Park, Virginia, early August usually means anticipation and excitement. But last year, he had a problem. Practices at Manassas Park High School were drawing only 15 players – a tiny number for a sport in which rosters often exceed 50 athletes. Concluding that Kelly’s team was too undermanned to compete safely, the school cancelled its varsity football season, instead playing a junior varsity schedule.

Through images and personal essays by longtime New York Times writers, a vivid look at the man who made baseball truly American.

The New England Patriots are playing in the Super Bowl. Again. This will be the Patriots’ 10th Super Bowl appearance since 1996. The 2018 season was the 18th consecutive year in which the Patriots have finished above .500. The Patriots have gone to the playoffs all but five times in the past 24 years. That is 80% of the time. No other American football team has ever accomplished this feat. Edward DeBartolo Jr.’s (1980s-1990s) San Francisco 49ers are a distant second. The 49ers went to the playoffs 15 times in DeBartolo’s 23-year tenure. That was 65% of the time.

The talks represent a significant step for a sport that has seen rising acrimony between owners and players over the slow pace of the past two free agent markets.