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The National Hockey League Stanley Cup Playoffs got underway on Saturday, but one of the biggest news items was an injury. According to the Associated Press, Colorado Avalanche announced that left winger Jonathan Drouin of Ste-Agathe, Quebec will miss...

Sweden’s Armand Duplantis has broken his own world record in the men’s pole vault. The 24-year-old had set the World Record on Saturday at a Diamond League event in Xiamen, China, when he had a jump of 6.24 metres.
When did Duplantis’s prior World Record take place?...

The Arizona Diamondbacks tied a franchise record for most hits in a single game. They accomplished the feat with 22 in a 17-1 Diamondbacks romp over the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California.
Who collected the 22 hits?
Second baseman Ketel Marte of Nizao, Dominican Republic, led the Diamondbacks with four hits. First baseman Christian Walker of Norristown, Pennsylvania and designated hitter/shortstop Blaze Alexander of Cape Coral, Florida had three hits each. The Diamondbacks...

Michael McDowell’s qualifying runs this season have swung the pendulum. The NASCAR Cup Series driver has five top-nine starts. Twice, he started in the low teens and three times he began P27 or worse. From one edge to the other.
McDowell’s hot lap of 182.022 mph Saturday edged Austin Cindric (181.739 mph) to earn the pole position for Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway....