The Capitals Purge Their Past, One Win at a Time

By BEN SHPIGEL from NYT Sports Washington’s Game 3 victory in the Stanley Cup finals was a continuation of the team’s spring-long purge of cumulative angst and despair.https://nyti.ms/2szCEFP

Serena Williams Advances to Meet Maria Sharapova in Fourth Round

By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY from NYT Sports Williams defeated 11th-seeded Julia Görges, 6-3, 6-4, on Saturday at the French Open, her finest performance yet of her comeback season.https://nyti.ms/2LhYl4K

2018 French Open: Sharapova and Muguruza Cruise Into Fourth Round

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Sharapova needed only 59 minutes to oust No. 6-seeded Karolina Pliskova, 6-2, 6-1, on Saturday, while Muguruza needed 62 to beat Samantha Stosur.https://nyti.ms/2J5IFoU

Florida Panthers Hear Echoes of Their Early Years in the Golden Knights

By GERALD NARCISO from NYT Sports Florida, with its quick success in the 1990s, was the standard-bearer for N.H.L. expansion teams before Vegas came along. But the excitement came and went.https://nyti.ms/2JnXDG4

At 69, This Coach Lives on the Front Line of Baseball’s Revolution

By TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports As the pitching coach for the Houston Astros, the most data-driven team in the game, Brent Strom has embraced the era of analytics in a way that many members of his generation have not.https://nyti.ms/2kEy59I

Kei Nishikori Beats Giles Simon at French Open

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Second-seeded Alexander Zverev is into the fourth round for the first time.https://nyti.ms/2szcWBd

What Was J.R. Smith Thinking?

By VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports Game tied. A clutch rebound. Then a dribble to nowhere that will go down as an all-time N.B.A. finals blunder.https://nyti.ms/2LcCfkb