(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Friday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Detroit 111 Indiana 106
Final Philadelphia 125 Cleveland 119
Final Atlanta 117 Washington 114
Final Orlando 103 Toronto 97
Final Milwaukee 118 Chicago 112
Final Minnesota 138 Oklahoma City 101
Final New Orleans 124 Utah 90
Final Denver 116 Houston 101
Final Phoenix 115 New York 114
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final N-Y Rangers 3 New Jersey 1
Final OT Los Angeles 4 Columbus 3
Final Buffalo 5 Minnesota 4
Final Tampa Bay 3 Detroit 1
Final OT Carolina 3 Pittsburgh 2
Final OT Dallas 4 Winnipeg 3
Final Vegas 5 Anaheim 4
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final (22)Murray St. 88 SE Missouri 74
(NEW YORK) — Ukrainian tennis star Sergiy Stakhovsky is known for representing his nation on the court, but now he’s preparing to do the same on the battlefield.
“I just had this strong feeling that I have to do it,” Stakhovsky said in an interview on ABC News Live on Thursday.
Stakhovsky was vacationing with his family in Dubai when Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. Almost immediately, he made the tough decision to say goodbye to his wife and children to defend their country. He’s become a member of the army reservists, helping to protect Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
“I didn’t really say goodbye to the kids. I just kissed them goodbye, and I said that I’ll be right back. They were watching cartoons and reading books, not really paying attention,” Stakhovsky said, explaining they were unaware of why their father was leaving their trip early.
Stakhovsky said leaving his wife was more difficult because as soon as the war started, she was able to tell he wanted to leave and fight.
“We didn’t have an open discussion about it. But she had that feeling and I just didn’t want to bring up the topic way too early, too, we were on vacation. Right now, it’s something she understands and she accepted. And I hope I’ll have a chance to ask for forgiveness in person,” said Stakhovsky.
Leaving loved ones to fight for Ukraine is a scene thousands have been forced to face over the last eight days. While women and children fleeing the nation have been able to cross the border and find safety in neighboring countries, men ages 18 to 60 have had to pick up a weapon and fight.
Because Stakhovsky was on vacation and already outside the country, he could have stayed back with his family. But he said he thought of his brother, father and the other people fighting for freedom and made the decision to drive back home, into a war zone.
Stakhovsky said it was “one of the toughest decisions” he’s made with no obvious right answer. He feels guilty for leaving his family, but, he said, “If I stayed I would have felt guilt that I left my father and brother in Ukraine.”
“Crossing the border was a tough choice because I knew that’s the point where, you know, you don’t go back,” he said. “But by driving through Ukraine, driving through the country, seeing all the people coming into groups, doing their own resistance units with hunting guns, barricading the roads, it’s really inspirational.”
Stakhovsky retired from professional tennis at the Australian Open in January. He won four career singles titles and four doubles titles and had a career-high singles ranking of No. 31 in the world in 2010. Now, he’s learning to use military weapons to protect a nation under attack.
“I feel I am not prepared enough, that’s for sure. But I guess no one is prepared enough,” Stakhovsky said, talking on Zoom while hunkering down with fellow soldiers in Kyiv.
He said having Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zeleskyy “willing to go the distance and willing to risk his life staying in the capital while being surrounded by troops of Russia” is helping push him and the other reservationists forward.
He believes his troop is the last to join the reserves and they hope they don’t have to fight, but if the moment comes, he said he’s ready to do whatever it takes to help protect the freedom of Ukrainians.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Atlanta 130, Chicago 124
Boston 120, Memphis 107
Miami 113, Brooklyn 107
Detroit 108, Toronto 106
Dallas 122, Golden State 113
Sacramento 115, San Antonio 112
LA Clippers 132, LA Lakers 111
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Washington 4, Carolina 0
Minnesota 5, Philadelphia 4
Pittsburgh 5, Tampa Bay 1
Florida 3, Ottawa 0
Vancouver 4, NY Islanders 3
Chicago 4, Edmonton 3 (OT)
Arizona 2, Colorado 1
Boston 5, Vegas 2
Montreal 5, Calgary 4 (OT)
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Arizona 81, Stanford 69
Kansas 72, TCU 68
Houston 84, Temple 46
Illinois 60, Penn St. 55
Ohio St. 80, Michigan St. 69
Iowa 82, Michigan 71
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Charlotte 119, Cleveland 98
Indiana 122, Orlando 114 (OT)
Philadelphia 123, New York 108
New Orleans 125, Sacramento 95
Milwaukee 120, Miami 119
Utah 132, Houston 127 (OT)
Oklahoma City 119, Denver 107
Phoenix 120, Portland 90
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Buffalo 5, Toronto 1
NY Rangers 5, St. Louis 3
Dallas 4, Los Angeles 3
Seattle 4, Nashville 3
(NEW YORK) — Despite an extended deadline, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association were not able to agree on a new collective bargaining agreement on Tuesday.
After more than 16 hours at the negotiating table Monday, the league pushed the deadline to Tuesday at 5 p.m. ET in the hopes of reaching a deal. But players rejected the league’s final proposal before time ran out.
Without a new CBA, MLB will not begin its regular season as planned on March 31. Instead, the league announced that each team’s first two series of the regular season will not be played and that Spring Training games will begin no earlier than March 12.
“I had hoped against hope that I would not have to be in the position of canceling games,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a letter to baseball fans. “We worked hard to avoid an outcome that is bad for our fans, bad for our players and bad for our clubs.”
“I want to assure our fans that our failure to reach an agreement was not due to a lack of effort on the part of either party. The Players came here for nine days, worked hard and tried to make a deal. I appreciate their effort,” he added.
Manfred said the league is “prepared to continue negotiations.”
“We have been informed that the MLBPA is headed back to New York meaning that no agreement is possible until at least Thursday,” he noted.
He added, “The Clubs and our owners fully understand just how important it is to our millions of fans that we get the game on the field as soon as possible. To that end, we want to bargain and we want a deal with the Players Association as quickly as possible.”
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Washington 116, Detroit 113
Toronto 109, Brooklyn 108
Boston 107, Atlanta 98
LA Clippers 113, Houston 100
Minnesota 129, Golden State 114
Dallas 109, LA Lakers 104
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Edmonton 3, Philadelphia 0
Columbus 4, New Jersey 3
Tampa Bay 5, Ottawa 2
Detroit 4, Carolina 3 (OT)
Calgary 5, Minnesota 1
Winnipeg 8, Montreal 4
Colorado 5, NY Islanders 3
Vegas 3, San Jose 1
Anaheim 4, Boston 3
(SAN JOSE, Calif.) — Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was arrested Monday for attempted murder after a shooting in San Jose, California Monday.
Police said one male gunshot victim was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Authorities identified Velasquez as the shooter on Tuesday, according to ESPN. A San Jose Police Twitter account indicates the motive for the shooting is still under investigation.
Velasquez was booked into Santa Clara County jail, where he is being held without bail. A court appearance has been set for Wednesday.
Now retired from MMA, Velasquez, 39, is considered to be one of the top heavyweight UFC fighters of all time, according to ESPN. Most recently, he had been coaching at American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose.
(NEW YORK) — After more than 16 hours at the negotiating table Monday, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association still have not reached a new collective bargaining agreement.
But the two sides have not yet thrown in the towel on reaching a deal to allow the regular season to begin as planned on March 31.
The league has extended the deadline for a new CBA to Tuesday at 5 p.m. ET. Both sides are expected to resume talks at 11 a.m. ET.
ABC News’ Will Reeve appeared on Good Morning America Tuesday with the latest on the talks:
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Pittsburgh at Baltimore (Canceled)
Philadelphia at Boston (Canceled)
Atlanta at Detroit (Canceled)
Washington at Houston (Canceled)
Arizona at Kansas City (Canceled)
Seattle at LA Dodgers (Canceled)
Cincinnati at LA Angels (Canceled)
Oakland at San Diego (Canceled)
Colorado at Texas (Canceled)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota at Tampa Bay (Canceled)
Chi White Sox at Cleveland (Canceled)
Toronto at NY Yankees (Canceled)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Miami at St. Louis (Canceled)
St. Louis at NY Mets (Canceled)
Milwaukee at San Francisco (Canceled)
Chi Cubs at Arizona (Canceled)
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Orlando 119, Indiana 103
Minnesota 127, Cleveland 122
Toronto 133, Brooklyn 97
Miami 112, Chicago 99
Memphis 118, San Antonio 105
Sacramento 131, Oklahoma City 110
Milwaukee 130, Charlotte 106
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
New Jersey 7, Vancouver 2
Toronto 5, Washington 3
Boston 7, Los Angeles 0
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Baylor 68, Texas 61
Texas Tech 73, Kansas St. 68
Iowa 82, Northwestern 61
UCLA 77, Washington 66
(NEW YORK) — The International Olympic Committee on Monday said its executive board is recommending prohibiting athletes and officials from Russia and Belarus in international competitions.
The recommendation is “to protect the integrity of global sports competitions and for the safety of all the participants,” the IOC said in a statement.
The recommendation comes just three days after the IOC urged sports federations across the globe to move or cancel any events they were planning to hold in Russia or Belarus.
The move was prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last week, which violated the Olympic Truce. Belarus also breached the truce by supporting the Russian government.
“The current war in Ukraine,” the IOC said in its statement Monday, “puts the Olympic Movement in a dilemma. While athletes from Russia and Belarus would be able to continue to participate in sports events, many athletes from Ukraine are prevented from doing so because of the attack on their country.”
“This is a dilemma which cannot be solved,” the committee continued, adding that after carefully considering the situation it issued its latest recommendation with “a heavy heart.”
