The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif.—Like everyone else, Draymond Green only could watch as LeBron James and Kyrie Irving sent the NBA Finals back to Cleveland. And it became abundantly clear just how much the Golden State Warriors need their fiery forward after they were buried by Cleveland’s dynamic duo. James […]
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The Associated Press BROOKLYN, Mich.—Joey Logano plopped into a seat, getting a much-needed break, when the 26-year-old driver found out he was just a part of history. Logano pulled away from the pack to win the FireKeepers Casino 400 and was followed by 20-year-old Chase Elliott and 23-year-old Kyle Larson—the […]
The Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Killing time during a three-hour rain delay yesterday, Phil Mickelson ribbed Daniel Berger about having won the PGA Tour rookie-of-the-year award without a victory. That was a bit of a sore spot for the ultra-competitive 23-year-old Floridian. Berger answered once the thunderstorms ended by winning the […]
The Canadian PressNeil Davidson TORONTO—Blue Jays’ reliever Jason Grilli says he’s still getting used to the American League East. “It’s like a heavyweight boxing match every night,” noted the 39-year-old right-hander, who joined the Jays in late May from Atlanta. “No big lead is big enough from the sounds of […]
The Canadian PressNeil DavidsonNeil Stevens In a country where hockey is king, Gordie Howe ruled for decades. A Canadian icon, Howe grew up in the Great Depression playing hockey on prairie ponds—on hand-me-down or jerry-rigged skates. He went on to become “Mr. Hockey”—a tough and durable customer who could fight […]
The Associated Press DETROIT—For the first time since last summer, R.A. Dickey won consecutive starts. On a day when Dickey couldn’t consistently do anything with his knuckleball, his Toronto teammates scored seven runs in the first five innings in a 7-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers yesterday afternoon. “That was […]
The Associated Press CLEVELAND—It’s been the post-season of blowouts. The NBA Finals have been no different. There was a 63-point turnaround from Game 2 to Game 3 in a span of about 72 hours. Try to make sense of this: the Cleveland Cavaliers had their entire roster available to start […]
The Associated Press LONG POND, Pa.—Kurt Busch felt like a game show contestant who had to beat the clock to win a prize. Told his Chevrolet was two laps shy of having enough fuel for the finishing push, Busch did all he could to save, scrimp, and stretch over the […]
The Canadian PressJonas Siegel SAN JOSE, Calif.—The lane was visible only to Phil Kessel—the player who just may be the Conn Smythe favourite. Situated from his usual spot on the left-half wall of the Pittsburgh power play, Kessel zipped a pass beyond competing sticks and bodies to teammate Evgeni Malkin […]
The Associated PressJon Krawczynski OAKLAND, Calif.—Kevin Love lay on the court grabbing the back of his head after taking an elbow from Harrison Barnes. The Cleveland Cavaliers’ forward tried to gut it out before pulling himself from the game. But the woozy Love wasn’t the only Cavalier who looked to […]
The Associated Press PARIS—A French Open champion at long last, and the first man in nearly a half-century to win four-consecutive major championships, Novak Djokovic grabbed a racket and etched a heart in the very red clay that had given him such heartache in the past. Then when he finally […]
The Canadian PressLori Ewing CLEVELAND—With two-and-a-half minutes to go in the first half last night, Toronto’s all-star guard Kyle Lowry beat a hasty exit for the locker-room. He’d just missed a pair of three-pointers and wanted to “decompress” for the second half. Turned out, the second half was too late. […]
