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Red Sox LF Tyler O’Neill leaves game against Guardians after collision with teammate
By The Associated Press on April 15th, 2024
BOSTON (AP) – Boston left fielder Tyler O’Neill had to leave the game against the Cleveland Guardians on Monday in the eighth inning after colliding with third baseman Rafael Devers when the two were chasing a shallow pop-up. Devers made the catch as O’Neill collided with him. The pair went to the ground. O’Neill, who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blue Jays reinstate Jansen from injured list, option fellow catcher Serven to minors
By The Canadian Press on April 15th, 2024
TORONTO – The Toronto Blue Jays have reinstated catcher Danny Jansen from the 10-day injured list and optioned catcher Brian Serven to Triple-A Buffalo. Jansen was active for the opener of a three-game series against the New York Yankees on Monday night at Rogers Centre, the Blue Jays said in a release. The 29-year-old backstop ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto Raptors looking forward to next season after 2023-24 ruined by ‘bad luck’
By John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press on April 15th, 2024
TORONTO – This was supposed to be Scottie Barnes’s season. Toronto made a series of trades through December and January that effectively made Barnes the face of the franchise and he was named to his first-ever NBA all-star game in February. The retooled Raptors started to click with Barnes at the centre of head coach ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Edmonton captain McDavid set to return from injury as Oilers welcome Sharks
By Steven Sandor, The Canadian Press on April 15th, 2024
EDMONTON – Connor McDavid’s quest to become the fourth player in NHL history to record 100 assists in a season was set to resume Monday night. The Oilers said McDavid would be in the lineup for the their game against the visiting San Jose Sharks after Edmonton’s captain missed three games with a nagging lower-body ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Leafs’ Matthews, Preds’ Josi, Flames’ Kadri named NHL’s three stars of the week
By The Canadian Press on April 15th, 2024
Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews, Nashville Predators defenceman Roman Josi and Calgary Flames centre Nazem Kadri have been named the NHL’s three stars of the week. Matthews led the league with five goals and added two assists in four games last week. He scored in all four of Toronto’s games to extend his goal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Need a player to root for? Pavelski, Burns, Giordano among veterans who haven’t won the Stanley Cup
By Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press on April 15th, 2024
Joe Pavelski and Brent Burns made the playoffs seven times together as teammates in San Jose, reaching the conference finals and getting all the way to the Stanley Cup Final in 2016 under Peter DeBoer. Zach Parise captained New Jersey to the final in 2012. All those runs ended in defeat. Pavelski and Ryan Suter ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ethiopia’s Sisay Lemma wins Boston Marathon in runaway. Kenya’s Hellen Obiri repeats in women’s race
By Jimmy Golen, The Associated Press on April 15th, 2024
BOSTON (AP) – Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia set a blistering pace and held on to win the Boston Marathon on Monday, running alone through most of the course to finish in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 17 seconds – the 10th fastest time in the race’s 128-year history. Hellen Obiri defended her title in the women’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ethiopia’s Sisay Lemma wins Boston Marathon in runaway. Hug wins 7th wheelchair race despite crash
By Jimmy Golen, The Associated Press on April 15th, 2024
BOSTON (AP) – Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia set a blistering pace and held on to win the Boston Marathon on Monday, running alone through most of the course to finish in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 17 seconds – the 10th fastest time in the race’s 128-year history. The 2021 London champion, Lemma arrived in Boston ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hug recovers from crash for 7th Boston Marathon wheelchair title. Rainbow-Cooper takes women’s race
By Jimmy Golen, The Associated Press on April 15th, 2024
BOSTON (AP) – Switzerland’s Marcel Hug righted himself after crashing into a barrier when he took a turn too fast and still coasted to a course record in the Boston Marathon on Monday, winning the men’s wheelchair race for the seventh time. Hug already had a four-minute lead about 18 miles in when reached the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Switzerland’s Hug recovers from crash to win 7th men’s wheelchair race at Boston Marathon
By Jimmy Golen, The Associated Press on April 15th, 2024
BOSTON (AP) – Switzerland’s Marcel Hug righted himself after crashing into a barrier when he took a turn too fast and still coasted to a course record in the Boston Marathon on Monday, winning the men’s wheelchair race for the sixth time. Hug already had a four-minute lead about 18 miles in when reached the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Paris prepares for 100-day countdown to the Olympics. It wants to rekindle love for the Games
By John Leicester, The Associated Press on April 15th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – In Paris’ outskirts, a bright-eyed young girl is eager for the Olympic and Paralympic Games to end. That’s because the swimming club where 10-year-old Lyla Kebbi trains will inherit an Olympic pool. It will be dismantled after the Games and trucked from the Olympic race venue in Paris’ high-rise business district to ... Read More »
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