Steve Gardner

3 days ago | palmbeachpost.com | Steve Gardner

The 2025 NBA playoffs continue Monday, with a pair of Game 2 matchups. The home teams in both series are off to good starts and will look to take 2-0 leads in the best-of-seven affair. The New York Knicks used a 21-0 run in the fourth quarter to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in their series opener against the Detroit Pistons. Jalen Brunson led the way with 34 points in New York's 123-112 victory on Saturday night.

3 days ago | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Steve Gardner

Editor's note: Follow along for the latest updates from the Boston Marathon with USA TODAY Sports live coverage. Defending Boston Marathon men's champion Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia will not repeat in 2025. Lemma, 34, surged to an early lead and held off the rest of the field to win last year's race, but he experienced issues with his leg around the 17-mile point as he fell off the pace on Monday. Television coverage showed Lemma stepping off the road and attempting to stretch out his leg.

4 days ago | usatoday.com | Steve Gardner

The Boston Marathon, held annually on the third Monday in April, is one of the six major marathons in the world, attracting both professional and recreational runners. The Marathon also includes para-athletic divisions and a wheelchair division, where athletes compete using racing wheelchairs. The course begins at Hopkinton State Park and meanders its way into downtown Boston, covering a total distance of 26.2 miles to the iconic finish line on Boylston Street.

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Steve Gardner

Former college football coach Lee Corso had what could best be described as a moderately successful career in his chosen profession. Over 15 seasons as a college head coach and one year in the pros with the short-lived USFL, Corso's teams had an overall record of 78 wins, 98 losses and six ties. After such an undistinguished tenure and without a job at age 50, one might think it would be time for Corso to get out of the football business. But ...

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Steve Gardner

This specific thing happened early Sunday at the Masters that let Jack Nicklaus know Rory McIlroy was ‘ticked’COLUMBUS, Ohio — When Rory McIlroy pulled out his driver on the third hole in Sunday’s final round of the Masters, Jack Nicklaus figured that either anger or desperation already had overcome the Northern Irishman and that he had discarded his carefully conceived pre-tournament plan. Nicklaus was …