The Canadian PressBill Beacon MONTREAL–Max Schrock tripled in a three-run eighth inning as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 in pre-season baseball yesterday. A crowd of 25,335 turned out at Olympic Stadium for the first of a two-game set to close out the pre-season, with the […]
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The Canadian PressDarrin Bauming WINNIPEG–Captain Blake Wheeler wasn’t certain at the beginning of the season if his Winnipeg Jets would contend for a playoff spot. Now he has his answer. The Jets clinched a berth in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 5-4 shootout win over the Nashville Predators last […]
The Canadian PressNeil Davidson TORONTO–Despite winning 20 of their last 24 games and sitting atop the Eastern Conference, the Toronto Raptors are doing a little soul-searching these days. A 117-106 loss yesterday to the L.A. Clippers was the Raptors’ third defeat in five games. And that stretch included a 116-112 […]
The Canadian PressGregory Strong NORTH BAY, Ont.–Canada’s Jennifer Jones won tight games, blowouts, and even pulled out some victories that easily could have been losses at the world women’s curling championship. She found a new way to win in yesterday’s final by catching a remarkable break in an extra end. […]
By Aaron Beard The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — Welcome to a Final Four filled with past national champions just the way the NCAA selection committee drew it up, right? OK, maybe not. Sure, there’s plenty of the expected with 1-seed Villanova making it to San Antonio in pursuit of […]
The Associated PressTom Withers CLEVELAND–The standings show the Eastern Conference’s top team plays in Canada. The best player remains in Cleveland, Ohio–and LeBron James reminded Toronto he’s king. Playing without five teammates and his coach, James scored 35 points and added 17 assists–his last setting up a late three-pointer by […]
The Associated PressDoug Ferguson AUSTIN, Tex.–Rory McIlroy put together another flawless back nine, running off five-straight birdies. This time, it wasn’t enough. Former U.S. Amateur champion Peter Uihlein built a 5-up lead against McIlroy and held off his late charge with enough key shots of his own in a 2-and-1 […]
The Associated PressWill Graves PITTSBURGH–Sidney Crosby doesn’t really have an explanation for how he does what he does. He just does it. So if you’re looking for clarity on how the Pittsburgh Penguins’ star managed to knock a pass from Jake Guentzel out of the air, then deflect it forward […]
The Canadian PressGregory Strong NORTH BAY, Ont.–South Korea’s EunJung Kim and the Olympic darling “Garlic Girls” used a pressure-heavy style to reach the podium at the Winter Games. It didn’t work against Canada’s Jennifer Jones yesterday at the world women’s curling championship. Jones knocked off the Pyeongchang silver-medallists 8-4, then […]
By John Kekis The Associated Press Back to the madness of March and the Sweet 16, starring Loyola-Chicago, Kansas State, Syracuse and whatever other underdog you might want to throw in there ‚Äî maybe Florida State or Texas A&M. For drama, look no further than the South Region, where the […]
The Canadian PressBill Beacon MONTREAL–The Florida Panthers are inching closer to a playoff spot. Roberto Luongo’s 28-save shutout lifted the Panthers to a 2-0 victory over the injury-riddled Montreal Canadiens last night. It left them three points back of New Jersey for the eighth and last Eastern Conference playoff spot, […]
The Associated PressDoug Ferguson AUSTIN, Tex.–Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed go from being partners to opponents in match play. Spieth and Reed, who have a 7-2-2 record as partners in the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup, were drawn in the same four-man group last night for the Dell Technologies Match […]
