National Sports
Rays’ Kameron Misner becomes first player to hit first big league homer as walk-off on opening day
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Kameron Misner gave the Tampa Bay Rays the perfect housewarming gift: a game-ending home run. Forced from Tropicana Field by Hurricane Milton, the Rays are playing home games across the bay this season at Steinbrenner Field, the New York Yankees’ spring training headquarters. Leading off the ninth inning in Friday’s opener ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UConn coach Geno Auriemma says super regional format for women’s March Madness ‘ruined the game’
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2025
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — UConn coach Geno Auriemma complained Friday about the women’s NCAA Tournament format that once again has sent the Huskies across the country. And possibly back again. UConn is playing in the Spokane Region, facing Oklahoma in the Sweet 16 on Saturday night. If the Huskies can win the region, they’ll travel ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Juan Soto slugs first homer for New York Mets against Astros
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2025
HOUSTON (AP) — Juan Soto hit his first home run with the New York Mets on Friday night, connecting in the third inning against the Houston Astros. With two out and no one on, Soto drove a 1-2 pitch from Hunter Brown deep to right to give New York a 3-0 lead. The 26-year-old Soto ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U.S. skip Dropkin says his team would be ‘energized’ if booed at men’s curling worlds
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2025
MOOSE JAW, Sask. — With booing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” the norm at Canadian sports events in the wake of heightened tension with the U.S., organizers of the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship are taking steps to try to avoid such a scenario at the Temple Gardens Centre. Over the course of the nine-day competition, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MiLaysia Fulwiley responds to tongue-lashing by coach and leads South Carolina into the Elite Eight
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2025
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Dawn Staley has seen a lot of growth in South Carolina star guard MiLaysia Fulwiley over the last few months. The Gamecocks coach wasn’t happy with the way the sophomore was playing on either end of the court on Friday, so she lit into her in the third quarter. In the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Texas Tech prepares for top-seeded Florida in the Elite Eight following March Madness comeback
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As gratifying as it was to engineer a memorable March Madness comeback, Texas Tech knows there’s an even tougher task ahead if the Red Raiders want to reach the Final Four. Standing in Texas Tech’s way is one of the deepest and most complete teams in the country in a matchup ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rays’ Josh Lowe gets hurt on opening day, injures oblique for third time in 13 months
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Josh Lowe hurt his right oblique in the Tampa Bay Rays opener Friday, one year after the injury caused him to miss 46 games. Lowe grounded out in his first at-bat and felt discomfort when he fouled off a sweeper on the sixth pitch of his fifth-inning plate appearance against Colorado’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pirates place second baseman Nick Gonzales on IL with broken ankle
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2025
MIAMI (AP) — The Pirates placed second baseman Nick Gonzales on the 10-day injured list with a “non-displaced fracture of the left ankle,” Pittsburgh manager Derek Shelton said Friday. Gonzales was originally injured in spring training when he fouled a ball off his ankle. He hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coen Carr gets 1st career start for Michigan State in homecoming at Sweet 16
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2025
ATLANTA (AP) — Coen Carr got his first career start for Michigan State in a homecoming at the NCAA Tournament’s South Region semifinals on Friday night. Carr, a native of suburban Stockbridge, took the opening tipoff for the second-seeded Spartans as they faced Mississippi in the Sweet 16. The 6-foot-6 forward got the nod ahead ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stephen Curry returns from 2-game absence to the Warriors’ lineup against the Pelicans
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Stephen Curry is back in Golden State’s lineup for the Warriors’ road game Friday night against the New Orleans Pelicans. Curry, who has averaged 24.2 points this season, missed the Warriors’ previous two games because of a left pelvic contusion. The injury occurred during a victory over Toronto on March 20 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cal Raleigh hopes new deal leads to spending rest of his career with the Mariners
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2025
SEATTLE (AP) — Cal Raleigh began his major league career with the Seattle Mariners. He has no interest in going anywhere else. The 28-year-old catcher finalized a $105 million, six-year contract with Seattle this week. The deal superseded a $5.6 million, one-year agreement on Jan. 9 to avoid salary arbitration. “This is the only place ... Read More »
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