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Golden Knights beat Hurricanes 5-4 in 2OT in Game 3 after blowing 4-goal lead

Matthew Givone — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:11:22 +0000

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A four-goal lead in what has been a wacky, compelling and highly entertaining Stanley Cup Final nearly wasn’t enough for the Golden Knights on Saturday night.

A four-goal, third-period rally by the Hurricanes nearly made NHL history and in process sent shockwaves through T-Mobile Arena.

And this game ended in a way perhaps befitting all the craziness, a shot from Vegas defenseman Shea Theodore off the skate of Brandon Bussi — the backup goalie put in the game in the third period after not playing for two months — that went into the net at 5:38 of double overtime to give the Golden Knights a 5-4 victory over Carolina.

“I have experienced a lot of games in playoffs,” Golden Knights coach John Tortorella said. “I haven’t experienced one like this.”

Almost overlooked was the four-point night by Vegas’ Mitch Marner, who also produced the fastest hat trick in Cup Final history.

The Golden Knights took a 2-1 series lead. The teams take two days off before meeting in Game 4 on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. Teams with a 2-1 series lead went on to win the Cup 46 of 57 times, or 80.7%.

Carolina had been 6-0 in overtime this postseason. The Hurricanes were trying to become the first team to win after trailing by at least four goals in the third period, but now clubs in that situation are 0-109.

“We just left our foot off the gas,” Theodore said on the ABC broadcast. “I think we have to be sharper in the third, but I liked the resiliency out of our group. I liked the way we started that second overtime, and I felt like we were more on our toes.”

This was the 10th time the first three games of a Cup Final were decided by a point. The last time was in 2016 between Pittsburgh and San Jose.

The Golden Knights seemed to have it in hand after scoring four times in the second, including a natural hat trick by Marner.

But Jordan Martinook, Taylor Hall and Jordan Staal scored goals for the Hurricanes. Their goals, occurring 39 seconds apart, are the fastest three in a Cup Final game.

Andrei Svechnikov jammed in a puck on a six-on-four power play with 1:42 left to force overtime.

“I love that we feel like we can come back from anything, but you can’t put yourself in a hole like we did,” Martinook said. “The second period, for them to come out like that and take total control of the game, it’s something that can’t happen, especially this time.”

Marner’s scoring outburst came over a 6:10 stretch of the second period, and he had four points in the period. He had the secondary assist on Tomas Hertl’s goal midway through the period.

The last time a player had four points in a period of the Cup final was in 1919 when Frank Foyston of the Seattle Metropolitans pulled off that feat.

Marner nearly added to the total in the third period, but failed to capitalize on a breakaway and a penalty shot. Those missed chances came back to bite the Golden Knights.

The Hurricanes made the comeback after changing goalies to open the third, going with Bussi, who made 18 saves. Frederik Andersen had given up those four goals on 16 shots.

Carolina also rallied without forward and former Golden Knight William Carrier, who had an upper-body injury in the second period.

Vegas’ Carter Hart stopped 29 shots.

Vegas twice thought it took the lead early in the second period, but the Hurricanes successfully challenged both goals to keep the game scoreless.

The Golden Knights received a major boost when defenseman Brayden McNabb took the ice. He took a puck in the face in the first period Thursday night at Carolina and didn’t return to the game. McNabb, who had on a cage to protect his face, is Vegas’ best defensive defenseman. He was on the first defensive pair with Theodore.

MLB Saturday Scoreboard & Sunday Schedule

Matthew Givone — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:06:30 +0000

INTERLEAGUE

Final	Chi White Sox	6	Philadelphia	3
Final	Miami	4	Tampa Bay	3
Final	L.A. Dodgers	9	L.A. Angels	2

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Final	Seattle	4	Detroit	0
Final	Kansas City	3	Minnesota	2
Final	Toronto	6	Baltimore	4
Final	Houston	13	Athletics	2
Final	Cleveland	6	Texas	0

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final	St. Louis	6	Cincinnati	5
Final	Chi Cubs	3	San Francisco	2
Final	Atlanta	6	Pittsburgh	3
Final	Washington	6	Arizona	1
Final	Milwaukee	7	Colorado	1
Final	San Diego	3	N.Y. Mets	2

Today’s games:

INTERLEAGUE

Chi White Sox	at	Philadelphia	12:35 p.m.
Tampa Bay	at	Miami	12:40 p.m.
L.A. Angels	at	L.A. Dodgers	3:10 p.m.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Boston	at	N.Y. Yankees	12:35 p.m.
Baltimore	at	Toronto	12:37 p.m.
Seattle	at	Detroit	12:40 p.m.
Athletics	at	Houston	1:10 p.m.
Kansas City	at	Minnesota	1:10 p.m.
Cleveland	at	Texas	1:35 p.m.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Pittsburgh	at	Atlanta	12:35 p.m.
Cincinnati	at	St. Louis	1:15 p.m.
Milwaukee	at	Colorado	2:10 p.m.
Washington	at	Arizona	2:15 p.m.
N.Y. Mets	at	San Diego	3:10 p.m.
San Francisco	at	Chi Cubs	7:30 p.m.

WNBA Saturday Scores & Sunday Schedule

Matthew Givone — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:53:44 +0000

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final	Minnesota	88	Seattle	68
Final	Las Vegas	84	Golden State	79
Final	Atlanta	109	Washington	77
Final	New York	83	Indiana	75

Today’s games:

	Chicago	at	Toronto	2 p.m.
	Portland	at	Los Angeles	6 p.m.

Wrestling matches provide an action-packed story time at US libraries

Matthew Givone — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:39:43 +0000

BENICIA, Calif. (AP) — The handwritten sign at a Northern California public library warned patrons to expect more noise than usual. That warning quickly proved to be an understatement as professional wrestlers, accompanied by booming music, thundered into the reading space and jumped into a ring flanked by row upon row of bookshelves.

Dozens of children and adults greeted the theatrics with hoots and hollers at the Benicia Public Library in Benicia, California.

Welcome to “Lucha Libro,” a high-energy, action-packed story time that is bringing live wrestling matches to libraries across the U.S. to promote literacy. Founded in 2024, “Lucha Libro” plays off the name of the popular Mexican-inspired sport of Lucha Libre. Libro means book in Spanish.

Libraries are typically sedate places, but the wrestlers did not hold back. They body slammed their opponents and aerial kicked each other in the chest.

Among the brawny wrestlers was “Llama Jack,” sporting a black mask with furry ears, who read “Llama Llama Time to Share,” before being interrupted by his rivals barging into the ring. He took them down in minutes and then finished the story.

Over 40 events are planned this year at libraries from California to New Jersey. One of the most popular wrestlers on the circuit is the fighting librarian, “Richard Shhnary.”

The idea started in 2024 when Lucha Libro’s CEO, Jerry Rocha, and co-founder, Victor Dwight, were approached to put on a show at a local library, Rocha said in an email. Dwight wrestles as “Victor Von Richter.”

A year later, Lucha Libro debuted at the Benicia library.

Two worlds that were never meant to cross paths have since collided in the most spectacular way, Rocha said.

Wemby misses at the end, Knicks beat Spurs 105-104 for 2-0 lead in NBA Finals

Matthew Givone — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:34:01 +0000

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Go crazy, New York. Or, perhaps more accurately, crazier.

The red-hot Knicks are going home, two wins away from an NBA championship that the capital of the world has been waiting to see for generations.

Jalen Brunson hit a go-ahead free throw with 9.5 seconds left after a turnover by Victor Wembanyama moments earlier, then Wembanyama missed a jumper at the end of New York’s 105-104 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night for a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals.

“What a ballgame,” Knicks coach Mike Brown marveled.

Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points and 13 rebounds, while Brunson and Mikal Bridges each scored 20 for the Knicks. They have won 13 straight, the second-longest streak by any team in NBA playoff history.

“New York City showed up,” Towns said. “The fans showed up. The energy showed up. And we found a way to get it done.”

The Knicks are now just the third team to win the first two games of a finals on the road, joining Michael Jordan and the 1993 Chicago Bulls, and Hakeem Olajuwon and the 1995 Houston Rockets.

Both of those teams won championships, the Bulls needing six games to oust the Phoenix Suns, the Rockets going home after winning those first two games in Orlando and sweeping the Magic. The Knicks, seeking their first championship since 1973, are in position to join them.

Wembanyama, after a very quiet first half, scored 29. De’Aaron Fox had 20 for San Antonio.

“We can’t change the past,” Wembanyama said, “We’re already thinking about Game 3.”

The series now shifts to New York. Game 3 is at Madison Square Garden on Monday night.

President Donald Trump — a native New Yorker — plans on attending Monday. And ticket prices on the secondary market, for the worst seats at MSG, were approaching $9,000 apiece on Friday night, with Knicks fans evidently willing to pay tippy-top dollar just to be in the building as the team nears what would be its first championship in 53 years.

The Spurs were down 14 midway through the fourth and came all the way back — scoring the next 14 points to tie the game. Wembanyama’s three-point play with 57 seconds left gave the Spurs their first lead in nearly two full quarters, putting San Antonio up 104-102.

“We showed tremendous desperation, urgency and competitive response,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. “Hopefully we can try to bottle that up … and try to play to that same level.”

But the Knicks got the last three, Brunson — the hero of Game 1 for the Knicks — getting them all.

Brunson scored on the next possession, just his seventh basket in 24 shots on the night, and the game was tied. Wembanyama missed a long jumper, OG Anunoby got the rebound for New York with 30 seconds left, the Knicks called time and the stage was set.

The Spurs got a stop, but Wembanyama threw the ball away. Brunson got fouled, the Knicks had the lead back and before long Spurs fans were filing out of the arena — possibly for the final time this season.

The Spurs called time with 7.5 seconds remaining. Fox took the inbound pass, then set up Wembanyama for a jumper that would have won it. The shot bounced off the rim, and it was over.

“We had to get a stop. We hadn’t gotten a stop all quarter,” Towns said.

They got their stop. Next stop: New York, where the hottest team in basketball knows an NBA title is just two wins away.

NHL Stanley Cup Finals Game 3 Saturday Schedule

Matthew Givone — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:29:57 +0000

STANLEY CUP FINALS GAME 3

Carolina

Las Vegas

7 p.m.

MLB Friday Scoreboard & Saturday Schedule

Matthew Givone — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:26:41 +0000

INTERLEAGUE

Final	Philadelphia	8	Chi White Sox	6
Final	Tampa Bay	6	Miami	0
Final	L.A. Dodgers	1	L.A. Angels	0

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Final	Detroit	7	Seattle	3
Final	Boston	5	N.Y. Yankees	3
Final	Baltimore	13	Toronto	3
Final	Houston	5	Athletics	1
Final	Minnesota	5	Kansas City	3
Final	Texas	3	Cleveland	2

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final	San Francisco	18	Chi Cubs	3
Final	Atlanta	6	Pittsburgh	3
Final	St Louis	10	Cincinnati	3
Final	Milwaukee	9	Colorado	7
Final	Washington	14	Arizona	1
Final	N.Y. Mets	5	San Diego	0

Today’s games:

INTERLEAGUE

Chi White Sox	at	Philadelphia	3:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay	at	Miami	3:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels	at	L.A. Dodgers	9:10 p.m.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Seattle	at	Detroit	12:10 p.m.
Kansas City	at	Minnesota	1:10 p.m.
Baltimore	at	Toronto	2:07 p.m.
Athletics	at	Houston	3:10 p.m.
Cleveland	at	Texas	6:35 p.m.
Boston	at	N.Y. Yankees	6:35 p.m.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cincinnati	at	St. Louis	1:15 p.m.
San Francisco	at	Chi Cubs	1:20 p.m.
Pittsburgh	at	Atlanta	3:10 p.m.
Washington	at	Arizona	3:10 p.m.
Milwaukee	at	Colorado	8:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets	at	San Diego	9:10 p.m.

WNBA Friday Scores & Saturday Schedule

Matthew Givone — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:09:39 +0000

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final	Chicago	85	Connecticut	80
Final	Phoenix	78	Portland	72
Final	Dallas	104	Los Angeles	96

Today’s games:

Seattle	at	Minnesota	12 p.m.
Golden State	at	Las Vegas	2 p.m.
Washington	at	Atlanta	5 p.m.
Indiana	at	New York	7 p.m.

NBA Playoffs Monday Scoreboard & Tuesday Schedule

Matthew Givone — Tue, 26 May 2026 12:59:43 +0000

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final

New York

130

Cleveland

TODAY’S GAMES:

San Antonio

Oklahoma City

7:30 p.m.

NHL Postseason Monday Scoreboard & Tuesday Schedule

Matthew Givone — Tue, 26 May 2026 12:58:22 +0000

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final

Carolina

Montreal

TODAY’S GAMES:

Colorado

Las Vegas

8 p.m.