The Associated Press ST. LOUIS–It took a little while for the St. Louis Cardinals’ bats to get going during yesterday’s day-night doubleheader against the Toronto Blue Jays. Once they did, they made a big difference. After rallying late to win the first game, backed by Randal Grichuk’s ninth-inning homer and […]
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The Associated PressGenaro C. Armas MILWAUKEE–The Toronto Raptors keep getting themselves into tough situations in the playoffs. They hope their resilience helps make them stronger as they get ready to face the Cleveland Cavaliers again. At the very least, the Raptors will need to get better at holding onto big […]
The Associated Press AVONDALE, La.–Jordan Spieth showed off his stellar short game. Ryan Palmer contributed momentum-saving par putts. They turned out to be quite the team yesterday in the Zurich Classic–the first official team event on the PGA Tour in 36 years. Spieth hit a bump-and-run from 100 feet to […]
The Associated Press ARLINGTON, Tex.–Delino DeShields provided a spark at the top of the lineup. Ryan Rua and Shin-Soo Choo topped off a big finish with some late long balls. Rua hit his first career grand slam while Choo connected for a three-run homer in Texas’ eight-run eighth, leading the […]
The Canadian PressNeil Davidson TORONTO–Raptors’ coach Dwane Casey expects Game 6 in Milwaukee to be a 48-minute dogfight tonight as Toronto looks to close out its first-round playoff series against the young, athletic Bucks. “Our No. 1 thing [tonight] is to go in with a warrior’s mentality,” Casey told reporters […]
The Canadian Press VANCOUVER–A chat towards the end of his playing career planted a seed in Travis Green’s mind. The veteran centre already had thought about staying in hockey after retirement when a conversation with Paul Maurice, then his head coach with the Toronto Maple Leafs, really got him thinking. […]
The Associated Press DENVER–Good luck navigating through the top five of Washington’s lineup these days. It’s definitely a pick-your-poison sort of situation. Trea Turner nearly hit for the cycle for a second-straight night, finishing a triple shy, while Bryce Harper had four more hits to up his average to .432 […]
The Canadian PressDan Greenspan ANAHEIM, Calif.–Adam Larsson doesn’t think much of his shot. At least, that’s the way teammate Mark Letestu tells it. The shocked crowd at Honda Center probably would disagree with that assessment. Larsson scored his second goal with 4:40 to go, and Letestu had two power-play goals, […]
The Associated PressBrett Martel AVONDALE, La.–It has the feel of a guys’ weekend out in New Orleans for Bubba Watson, Jordan Spieth, and a host of fellow PGA Tour stars at the new team event the Zurich Classic has become. Watson expects the revamped format in the “Big Easy,” which […]
The Canadian PressLori Ewing TORONTO–Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan were delighted to yield the spotlight to Norman Powell for a night. Powell scored a career playoff-high 25 points on an array of dunks and long bombs to lift the Raptors to a 118-93 blowout of the Milwaukee Bucks last night. […]
The Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif.–Cameron Maybin stood at third base in the tie game, eyed the infield playing in, and then immediately broke on contact. He dove head-first into home, slid his out-stretched left hand around catcher Russell Martin’s tag, and scored what proved the final run last night in […]
The Canadian PressDean Bennett EDMONTON–In the forthcoming battle of Orange Crush versus Orange County, the Edmonton Oilers say they no longer can be characterized as “green.” “We’ve got playoff experience now. We just went through a round,” centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins said yesterday after practice at Rogers Place. “It gives usa […]
