The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO–Andrew Landry won the Valero Texas Open yesterday for his first PGA Tour victory, pulling away with early birdies and holding on with par saves. The 30-year-old Texan, busy at home in Austin with the recent birth of the family’s first child, parred the final seven […]
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The Associated PressDan Gelston PHILADELPHIA–Sidney Crosby tormented the Flyers just as he has from the start of his NHL career. Kris Letang and Evgeni Malkin were clutch when needed in pivotal games. And Matt Murray? Oh, just two shutouts and the type of outings that show more zeros on the […]
By Scott Orgera The Associated Press Forget Fenway Park David Price and the Boston Red Sox are feeling every bit at home at the Flush Factory. And in Houston, George Springer and the Astros are just as likely to be talking Boogie Bombs as balls and strikes. Why is Xander […]
The Associated PressTom Withers CLEVELAND–The situation was dire, requiring playoff dominance. LeBron James delivered. No surprise there. Taking matters into his own hands, James scored 46 points and added 12 rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers bounced back from a poor performance in the series-opener by holding off the Indiana Pacers […]
The Associated Press NEW YORK–Six outs away from getting swept at home by Washington, the N.Y. Mets stunned their NL East rivals with a nine-run rally instead. Yoenis Cespedes launched a grand slam for his second key hit of the eighth inning–capping a colossal outburst that propelled the Mets past […]
The Canadian PressGregory Strong TORONTO–Toronto outfielder Teoscar Hernandez hit the cover off the ball as a September call-up last year. He’s doing it again this year since coming up from ‘AAA’ Buffalo and has made a strong case for remaining with the Blue Jays despite their crowded outfield situation. Hernandez […]
The Associated PressDan Gelston PHILADELPHIA–Sidney Crosby passed Mario Lemieux in Pittsburgh’s record book and pushed the Philadelphia Flyers to the brink of elimination. Flyers fans booed the goal–and the ones that stuck around for the end belted a familiar refrain: “Fire Hakstol! Fire Hakstol!” Crosby scored his fifth goal of […]
The Associated PressSteve Reed BRISTOL, Tenn.–Kyle Busch was all smiles and Kyle Larson was all scowls. Busch passed Larson with five laps to go at Bristol Motor Speedway yesterday afternoon to win his second-straight Cup Series race, culminating a rain-delayed weekend when temperatures dipped into the high 30s F. Busch […]
The Associated PressBen Walker NEW YORK–The “shear” power of Bryce Harper was startling. The late comeback by the Washington Nationals? Yep, that was shocking, too. Harper hit an eye-popping, broken-bat homer early, then grounded a key single during a six-run surge in the eighth inning that sent the Nationals past […]
The Canadian PressJoshua Clipperton TORONTO–Embarrassed and desperate after getting steamrolled by the Boston Bruins through six ugly playoff periods, the Toronto Maple Leafs had a point to prove last night. His name sitting comfortably at the top of that list, Auston Matthews responded in a big way. The centre scored […]
The Canadian PressLori Ewing TORONTO–Lucas Nogueira had played about eight minutes each in 49 games during the regular season. And when Raptors’ coach Dwane Casey called his name with the game on the line Saturday night, Nogueira was sitting in his usual spot near the end of the bench, slurping […]
The Associated PressPete Iacobelli HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C.–Early on, Satoshi Kodaira was thinking only of playing well enough yesterday to make it to next week’s PGA Tour stop. Those worries are over for the 28-year-old from Japan, who rallied from six shots behind to win the RBC Heritage in a […]
