The Canadian PressDonna Spencer EDMONTON–Ducks’ captain Ryan Getzlaf was a one-man wrecking crew in Anaheim’s 4-3 overtime win over the Edmonton Oilers last night. Getzlaf scored twice and assisted on two goals, including Jakob Silfverberg’s OT winner just 45 seconds in, to even up their best-of-seven series at 2-2. “If […]
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The Associated PressRonald Blum NEW YORK–Surrounded at his locker after another eye-turning performance, Aaron Judge thought for a few seconds when asked if he had ever been this hot at the plate. “Maybe T-ball,” he replied, widening his smile. The 6’7″ rookie sensation hit another long drive for his major […]
The Associated Press WASHINGTON–Jacob Turner never imagined his first win in Washington would come like this. Turner pitched four innings of scoreless relief to save a depleted bullpen, and Ryan Zimmerman doubled in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning, as the Nationals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1 last night. […]
The Associated PressWill Graves PITTSBURGH–A shot from the point by Washington’s Kevin Shattenkirk salvaged–or at the very least extended–his team’s season. A far different kind of shot may end up determining the outcome of a playoff series growing more contentious by the shift. Shattenkirk’s goal 3:13 into overtime lifted the […]
The Canadian PressLori Ewing CLEVELAND–Last night’s game was less than three minutes old when LeBron James threw down a monstrous alley-oop dunk, tossed spectacularly off the backboard by Kyrie Irving. The showy play set the tone for the night–another Game 1 loss for the Toronto Raptors and another thrashing in […]
The Associated PressBen Walker NEW YORK–A rare two-run sacrifice fly. Plenty of pop and pitching. Plus, a three-game winning streak for the first time in what’s been a rugged season. It all had Toronto manager John Gibbons feeling pretty frisky–so much so, he phoned into the team’s fan reaction radio […]
The Associated Press AVONDALE, La.–The team of Cameron Smith and Jonas Blixt won the Zurich Classic on the fourth playoff hole today, capturing a new-format tournament that had been held over a day because of darkness. Smith hit a 58-yard approach shot within three-and-a-half feet of the pin, and the […]
The Canadian PressMelissa Couto TORONTO–Aaron Sanchez looked down at his finger and saw the blood a handful of pitches into his start. All he could think about then was finishing the inning. So he did. Sanchez threw 13 pitches, erasing a five-pitch lead-off walk with a strikeout and a double […]
The Canadian PressDonna Spencer EDMONTON–The Anaheim Ducks rode a fast start to a 6-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers and got back into their playoff series yesterday. The Oilers still lead the best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final series 2-1. Edmonton won twice in the Honda Center to kick off the matchup. […]
The Associated Press LOS ANGELES–The only thing stopping Gordon Hayward in the playoffs was a case of food poisoning. Utah’s all-star forward averaged 23.7 points–breaking out for a career-high 40 in Game 3–over seven games to propel the Jazz into the second round of the playoffs with a 104-91 victory […]
The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va.–Joey Logano smiled as if he’d stolen something and got away with it, and that wasn’t far from the truth. Logano passed distracted and dominant Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski on one restart, then pulled away on another with about 20 laps to go to win […]
The Canadian PressJonas Siegel OTTAWA–Erik Karlsson was hoping for a good bounce and got a great one. Karlsson’s shot from an almost impossible angle beat Henrik Lundqvist with less than five minutes to go in regulation time and snatched Game 1 for the Ottawa Senators last night. The 26-year-old’s first […]
