Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL opener

Virat Kohli scored 59 not out off 36 balls as Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Kolkata Knight Riders by seven wickets Saturday in the opening game of the Indian Premier League. The star batter hit four fours and three sixes as Bengaluru chased down the defending champions’ 174-8 with 22 balls to spare. Phil Salt scored 56 off 31 balls, adding 95 off 51 balls with Kohli in a whirlwind opening stand that powered Bengaluru’s total of 177-3 in 16.2 overs.

BREAKING: Canucks’ Quinn Hughes Hits 400 Points Against The Rangers

Only five months after becoming the third-fastest defenseman to reach 300 career assists, Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes has hit 400 points in his NHL career. His 400th point came off Dakota Joshua’s 1–0 goal against the New York Rangers. He reaches the 400-point mark with 421 games played, averaging a nearly point per game rate throughout his career.

Heat, Riley turn talk to good deeds amid ‘tough stretch’ punishing reality of 10-game losing streak

MIAMI – For a moment, basketball moved to the background, something particularly difficult to do amid a 10-game losing streak. Instead, when Miami Heat President Pat Riley spoke Saturday at Kaseya Center, it only was about the $321,900 raised by the team’s annual Family Festival, the event that allowed Riley and his team to take a few hours away from the struggle that continues. Still, Riley …