Stanley Cup Finals: Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens 5-1 in Game 1

The Montreal Canadiens faced the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals from the Amalie Arena on Monday night. Tampa Bay’s Yanni Gourde scored to help the Lightning take a 1-0 series lead in the championship round against the Canadiens, giving the Lightning a dominating 5-1 in Game 1.  The Lightning …

Wimbledon 2021: Americans Sloane Stephens, Frances Tiafoe score upsets on Day 1

Americans Frances Tiafoe and Sloane Stephens began Day 1 at Wimbledon with upsets Monday. Tiafoe upstaged men’s No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Stephens ousted women’s No. 10 Petra Kvitova. Tiafoe earned the first upset of the day with a straight-sets win over Tsitsipas in 2 hours, 2 minutes. Tiafoe has never advanced past the quarterfinal …

Kelsea Ballerini announces her debut poetry collection, ‘Feel Your Way Through’

Kelsea Ballerini has announced her first-ever collection of poems, called Feel Your Way Through, which will be published in November. The new book of poetry finds Kelsea navigating her way through youth and into womanhood, with Kelsea explaining: “I’ve realized that some feelings can’t be turned into a song, so I’ve started writing poems. Just like …

Sam Hunt drops unreleased single “Came the Closest”

Sam Hunt previewed an unreleased track on Instagram, tentatively titled “Came The Closest,” described as an emotional ballad.  Hunt posted the audio clip along with the caption: “This is a rough acoustic demo of a new song called “Came the Closest” Hunt’s last full-length album, Southside, was released in April 2020, containing his hit songs …

Jonny Lee Miller joins ‘The Crown’ Season 5, portraying U.K. Prime Minister John Major

Jonny Lee Miller has been cast in  Netflix’s “The Crown” portraying British politician John Major, who led the country from 1990 to 1997. News of Miller’s casting was announced on The Crown‘s Twitter account. Miller joins a lineup including Imelda Staunton taking over from Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth, Lesley Manville swapping shoes with Helena Bonham-Carter …

Jamie Lynn Spears breaks her silence to show support for sister Britney Spears

Just days after Britney Spears made an emotional plea to a Los Angeles judge to terminate her conservatorship, her younger sister Jamie Lynn Spears broke her silence, saying that she wants nothing but happiness for her sister and that she always has and “always will” support Britney. Jamie Lynn said in the video message shared …

President Biden orders U.S. airstrikes on Iran-backed militias in Iraq-Syria border region

President Joe Biden has directed airstrikes on Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region in response to unmanned aerial vehicle attacks. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in a statement Sunday that U.S. military forces conducted the “defensive precision airstrikes” against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the region on Sunday evening. Kirby, …

Death toll rises to nine in Florida condo collapse as search continues

Nine people have been confirmed dead in the aftermath of the collapse of a 12-story condominium complex in Surfside, Florida three days ago. Miami-Dade Mayor Danielle Levine Cava announced during a Sunday morning news conference in Seaside, that four additional bodies had been recovered from the rubble and one person had died at a hospital …

Serena Williams to skip Summer Olympics in Japan

Tennis star Serena Williams said Sunday she won’t compete at the Summer Olympics in Japan. The 39-year-old declined to offer a specific reason for her decision to not travel to Tokyo. Williams told reporters at Wimbledon, which is set to begin this week: “I’m actually not on the Olympic list, not that I’m aware of. …

Harris English defeats Kramer Hickok in 8-Hole Playoff at 2021 Travelers Championship

Harris English birdied on the eighth sudden-death playoff hole –hole No. 80 –to defeat Kramer Hickok and capture his fourth career PGA Tour victory, and his second of 2021.  The eight-hole playoff is tied for the second-longest in PGA history (sudden-death format). Marc Leishman finished third, one stroke off the lead. Abraham Ancer was fourth …