The Canadian PressGregory Strong TORONTO–The Toronto Blue Jays didn’t wait long to respond after Joe Smith blew his first save of the season last night. Tampa Bay scored three runs off the Toronto reliever to tie the game in the eighth inning. But Russell Martin then led off the bottom […]
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The Associated PressJanie McCauley OAKLAND, Calif.–As a fresh NBA champions cap sat a tad off-kilter on his head, Kevin Durant embraced his mother, Wanda. Then he moved across the podium and hugged Stephen Curry before accepting his shiny MVP trophy–holding out his arms and hoisting it for everyone to see. […]
The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS–Having Mitch Haniger batting high in the lineup again ought to be a lift for the Seattle Mariners in this up-and-down season. The names hardly mattered with the way they were hitting at Minnesota last night. Nelson Cruz drove in four runs, and Haniger had four hits, […]
The Canadian PressMelissa Couto The Toronto Blue Jays had watched Logan Warmoth progress from a teenager who went undrafted out of high school three years ago to a top-ranked shortstop in the NCAA this season. So when Steve Sanders, Toronto’s director of amateur scouting, saw that Warmoth still was available […]
The Associated PressEddie Pells ERIN, Wis.–Remember last year, when Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson played a round for the ages–trading birdies and spectacular shots until Stenson finally came away with the British Open title? The U.S. Open won’t be like that. First off, barring a long rain delay on Thursday, […]
The Associated PressJanie McCauley OAKLAND, Calif.–A year ago for Game 5 of the NBA Finals, Golden State general manager Bob Myers sat alongside suspended forward Draymond Green next-door to Oracle Arena in a suite at the Oakland Athletics’ game. Myers told Green: Let’s not do this again. Tonight, the Warriors […]
The Canadian Press EDMONTON–Stampeders’ head coach Dave Dickenson liked what he saw in his Canadian quarterback’s late-game poise. Calgary native Andrew Buckley ran in one touchdown, and passed for another in the fourth quarter, as the Stampeders finished pre-season play with a perfect 2-0 record–defeating the Edmonton Eskimos 36-35 yesterday […]
The Associated PressTim Booth SEATTLE–Over three days that felt more like home games, the Toronto Blue Jays got depth from its starting pitching and, of course, another handful of home runs to find themselves back on the cusp of finally reaching the break-even mark. Josh Donaldson hit a two-run homer […]
The Associated Press LONG POND, Pa.–Ryan Blaney was stationed in “Victory Lane” with a headset on as a guest pit reporter just the day before at Pocono Raceway. But to get there again, on his own in the No. 21 Ford, he’d have to zip past a pair of hardened […]
The Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn.–The first few shots of Daniel Berger’s final round didn’t give much clue that his second-straight victory at the St. Jude Classic was only a few hours away. He hit his drive on No. 1 into the rough, sent his next shot into the rough far […]
The Canadian PressDarren Desaulniers OTTAWA–Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ coach Kent Austin didn’t worry about wins or losses last night, which was a good thing. Ray Early kicked a 37-yard field goal with 68 seconds left to give the Ottawa Redblacks a 30-29 win over the Tiger-Cats, who had a nine-point lead with […]
The Associated PressTim Booth SEATTLE–Robinson Cano regularly makes the difficult look routine. So when Seattle’s star and one of the best defensive second basemen in baseball makes two errors on one play, it’s a shocking moment. “I should’ve made that play, I’ve made that play before,” Cano noted. “It’s part […]
