National Sports
Stanford softball team sets NCAA attendance record playing in football stadium vs. rival California
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Playing in Stanford’s football stadium, the school’s softball home game against rival California set the NCAA attendance record Saturday with a crowd of 13,207. That surpassed the mark of 12,566 from the first day of the 2024 Women’s College World Series last May 30 in Oklahoma City. The regular-season record had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Knicks use a 21-0 run in the 4th quarter to beat the Pistons 123-112 in Game 1
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 34 points, Cam Payne had 11 of his 14 in the fourth quarter and the New York Knicks stunned the Detroit Pistons with a 21-0 run in the final period to rally for a 123-112 victory Saturday night in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. Karl-Anthony Towns ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Angels’ Taylor Ward says his baserunning gaffe will `probably never happen again’
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Taylor Ward committed a baserunning gaffe that was embarrassing but not costly for the Los Angeles Angels in a 2-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Ward grounded into what he thought was a 5-4-3 double play in the eighth inning Friday night, taking a wide turn around first base and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oregon community college coach and player killed when truck crashes into bus carrying softball team
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon college softball team traveling from a game was involved in a two-vehicle crash that killed an athlete and coach, authorities said Saturday. The driver of a pickup truck crossed a centerline and crashed head-on into a bus carrying 10 members of the Umpqua Community College softball team Friday night ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Angels’ Taylor Ward says his baserunning gaffe `probably never happen again’
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Taylor Ward committed a baserunning gaffe that was embarrassing but not costly for the Los Angeles Angels in a 2-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Ward grounded into what he thought was a 5-4-3 double play in the eighth inning Friday night, taking a wide turn around first base and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Berríos takes exception to Mariners relaying pitching signals
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
TORONTO — Even though 30 months have elapsed and the rosters have been altered since they met in the 2022 American League wild-card series, there still are bitter feelings between the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners. That was evident in an emotional afternoon at Rogers Centre on Saturday when Blue Jays starter Jose Berríos ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!José Berríos and Cal Raleigh exchange angry words over suspected pitch tipping incident
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
TORONTO (AP) — Blue Jays right-hander José Berríos suspected Seattle’s Cal Raleigh was relaying pitch information to his Mariners teammates and wanted the hard-hitting catcher to know what he thought of it. Berríos exchanged angry words with Raleigh as he walked back to the dugout at the end of the fourth inning of Saturday’s 8-4, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sanders has no time to enjoy moment of jersey ceremony for son, Hunter as he focuses on spring game
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Deion Sanders didn’t get a chance to fully enjoy the moment as his son, Shedeur, and his just-like-a-son, Travis Hunter, had their jerseys retired Saturday before the spring game. The Colorado coach had too many other obligations — checking out his new QBs, watching special teams and making sure the product ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Missouri State football standout Todric McGee dies at 21
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Missouri State safety Todric McGee died early Saturday from what authorities say was a possible accidental and self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 21. Cris Swaters, spokesperson for the Springfield Police Department, said officers responding to a request for a wellness check found McGee at his home Friday morning. “He was transported ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Westbrook fuels Nuggets’ comeback to edge Clippers 112-110 in OT in teams’ NBA playoff opener
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
DENVER (AP) — Russell Westbrook, whose late-game follies hung over the Denver Nuggets as they navigated the stunning dismissals of coach Michael Malone and GM Calvin Booth on the eve of the playoffs, came up clutch against his former team in crunch time Saturday. “That’s who he is,” Nikola Jokic said after watching Westbrook hit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Williams blows 4-run lead in 9th, Rays beat Yankees 10-8 on Aranda’s 2-run homer in 10th
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brandon Lowe tied the score with a two-run single in a four-run ninth inning off Devin Williams, Jonathan Aranda hit a two-run homer in the 10th and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Yankees 10-8 Saturday to stop New York’s five-game winning streak. Williams, an All-Star closer acquired from Milwaukee during ... Read More »
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