The Canadian PressCarol Schram ST. PETERSBURG, Russia—Canada kept its title defence alive at the world hockey championship with a 6-0 quarter-final win over Sweden yesterday. Mark Scheifele and Mark Stone each had a goal and two assists as Canadians rebounded from a 4-0 shutout loss in their round-robin finale against […]
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The Canadian PressGregory Strong TORONTO—Two blowout losses, a series sweep, and a losing streak that’s showing no signs of ending. The Blue Jays left Toronto after another loss to Tampa Bay last night searching for answers and hoping a return to the road will help them end a nasty funk. […]
The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif.—Outside his locker-room, first-year Oklahoma City coach Billy Donovan received a round of handshakes and hugs for pulling off something no other team has this post-season. The Thunder beat the defending champs at Oracle Arena. Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and Oklahoma City dazzled in the fourth […]
The Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia—The United States advanced to the quarter-finals of the hockey world championship today despite a 3-2 overtime loss to Slovakia. Slovakia would have qualified instead of the Americans with a win in regulation time, but the U.S. earned a point for forcing overtime—enough to secure […]
The Associated PressSchuyler Dixon ARLINGTON, Tex.—Jose Bautista slid hard into second base, stood up, and found himself face-to-face with Rougned Odor. Next thing the Toronto slugger knew, he was rattled by a punch to the jaw that sent his batting helmet and sunglasses flying. A feud simmering since Bautista’s bat […]
The Associated Press DOVER, Del.—Matt Kenseth held off Kyle Larson in a thrilling run down the stretch to win a wreck-filled race yesterday at Dover International Speedway. Kenseth snapped a 17-race winless skid with his 37th career victory—and denied Larson his first win. “I got digging the best I could […]
The Associated PressR.B. Fallstrom ST. LOUIS—Once again, Brian Elliott was the star of the show. And his latest performance gave his St. Louis Blues’ teammates plenty of comfort knowing he had their back. “When your goalie is your best player, it gives you a great chance of winning, and that […]
The Associated Press LOS ANGELES—Clayton Kershaw is on a winning roll—and doing it ever so efficiently. He tossed a three-hitter while Yasmani Grandal belted a three-run homer to help the L.A. Dodgers blank the N.Y. Mets 5-0 last night for a split of the four-game series. “It was special,” said […]
The Associated PressDoug Ferguson PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.—One birdie led to two more before Jason Day even hit his stride, and his round kept getting better until the world’s No. 1 player was in the record book and in the lead yesterday at The Players Championship. He putted for birdie […]
The Associated PressStephen Hawkins DALLAS—The captain and the kid are going to the Western Conference final with the St. Louis Blues. St. Louis did more than survive Game 7 this time. The Blues routed the top-seeded Dallas Stars 6-1 last night to advance to their first Western Conference final since […]
The Canadian PressLori Ewing MIAMI—With no Jonas Valanciunas and virtually no DeMar DeRozan, the last thing the Toronto Raptors needed was to lose Kyle Lowry. But Lowry had to watch from the bench after fouling out as the Raptors fell 94-87 to the Miami Heat in overtime last night that […]
The Associated PressBeth Harris LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The racing world wondered if there was a worthy successor to last year’s Triple Crown champion American Pharoah. Enter Nyquist. The bay colt who lacks any distinctive markings won the Kentucky Derby by 1 1/4 lengths on Saturday, improving to 8-0 in his career as […]
