The Associated Press CLEVELAND–The Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays will try again in a couple of weeks. The teams will play a traditional doubleheader starting at 1:10 p.m. on May 3 at Progressive Field after their series finale was postponed by rain yesterday. The game was called about four […]
National Sports
The Associated PressSteve Reed BRISTOL, Tenn.–Kyle Larson will have to wait another day to try to capture his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season. The race at Bristol Motor Speedway was postponed until today because of heavy rain with Larson out in front. Racing was halted three times […]
The Canadian PressJess Myers ST. PAUL, Minn.–Blake Wheeler didn’t see the same intensity from his team last night that the Winnipeg Jets displayed over the first two games of their first-round playoff series. That stung them in a Game 3 loss to the Minnesota Wild. Minnesota scored four second-period goals […]
The Canadian PressJudy Owen WINNIPEG–Joe Morrow felt a bit like he was wearing glass slippers instead of skates last night. The Jets’ defenceman scored at 12:47 of the third period to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild in Game 1 of their first-round NHL […]
The Associated PressDavid Ginsburg BALTIMORE–The Baltimore Orioles finally put on an offensive show at Camden Yards–one that manager Buck Showalter hopes will be repeated many times this summer. Jonathan Schoop drove in two runs, and Kevin Gausman pitched six effective innings, as the Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 […]
The Associated Press MIAMI–The N.Y. Mets are winning even when they can’t get a hit against the opposing starter. Miami Marlins’ lefty Jarlin Garcia was pulled after pitching six hitless innings in his first major-league start yesterday and the Mets rallied to take advantage of a strong season debut by […]
The Associated PressPete Iacobelli HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C.–Dustin Johnson is not satisfied with his Masters’ history, no matter how many top-10 finishes he posts at Augusta National. The top-ranked Johnson wound up 10th in last week’s major–his third-straight appearance in the top 10 on the challenging layout. “I definitely expect […]
The Associated PressTim Reynolds MIAMI–Here were the two primary goals for the Miami Heat on the final night of the regular season: beat the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference and get Wayne Ellington into the team record book. Done, and done. Ellington scored a career-high 32 points while […]
The Associated PressDavid Ginsburg BALTIMORE–With one swing of the bat, Josh Donaldson turned a tight duel into a blowout and sent the historically-meagre crowd at Camden Yards scurrying toward the exits. Donaldson hit his fourth career grand slam, and Steve Pearce homered for the third-straight game, as the Toronto Blue […]
The Associated PressNoah Trister DETROIT–On the second night of a back-to-back, with first place in the Eastern Conference already wrapped up, the Toronto Raptors easily could have packed it in after falling behind by 17 points. That’s not what coach Dwane Casey wanted. “We are taking these last games seriously […]
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG–Connor Hellebuyck is going to try to make sure his golfing buddy, Devan Dubnyk, hits the links before he does this spring. The goalies became friends while training and playing golf together last summer. But that friendship is on hold now that their teams are foes in […]
The Associated PressDoug Ferguson AUGUSTA, Ga.–The tepid applause that greeted Patrick Reed on the first tee made it clear he wasn’t the people’s choice. All he cared about was being the Masters champion. He turned back an early move by Rory McIlroy and a late charge by Rickie Fowler. Most […]
