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Stars skid into NHL playoffs on 7-game losing streak and have season on the line again
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
The Dallas Stars have skidded into the playoffs on a seven-game losing streak. Mason Marchment and other players say that skid doesn’t matter, and coach Pete DeBoer knows that the Stars will ultimately be judged on what they do in the playoffs. “No concern,” Marchment said. “We’re not going to worry about the regular season. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian featherweight Gavin Tucker added to UFC 315 card in Montreal in May
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
Canadian featherweight Gavin (Guv’nor) Tucker has been added to the UFC 315 card in Montreal for a bout with South Korean JeongYeong (Korean Tiger) Lee. Tucker is the sixth Canadian on the May 10 card at the Bell Centre. It’s the UFC’s first show in Montreal since UFC 186 in April 2015 when then-flyweight champion ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tre’Davious White rejoining Bills after agreeing to 1-year, $6.8 million deal, his agent tells AP
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Cornerback Tre’Davious White is rejoining the Buffalo Bills after agreeing to a one-year contract worth up to $6.8 million, the player’s agent told The Associated Press on Thursday. Agent Kevin Conner confirmed the agreement, which was first reported by ESPN. The 30-year-old White returns to Buffalo a year after being ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada explores options in 9-1 quarterfinal win over Japan in women’s world hockey
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE — Canada’s chemistry experiment continued into the medal games at the women’s world hockey championship, although Sarah Fillier found her scoring touch in Canada’s 9-1 quarterfinal win over Japan on Thursday. Fillier, the tournament’s MVP two years ago in Brampton, Ont., scored her first two goals of the championship. Jennifer Gardiner, who was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Strawberry says MLB needs to focus on developing and marketing the game within the inner cities
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Darryl Strawberry says Major League Baseball needs to focus on developing and marketing the game within the inner cities in order for the percentage of Black players to rise substantially. “They have academies everywhere else, but they don’t have the attraction for what inner cities are all about,” Strawberry said Thursday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cristopher Sánchez strikes out career-high 12 for Phillies in 6-4 win over Giants
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cristopher Sánchez struck out a career-high 12 over seven innings, and the Philadelphia Phillies scored five runs in the first as they beat the San Francisco Giants 6-4 on Thursday for a four-game split. Sánchez (2-0) allowed three runs — two earned — four hits and one walk. His previous strikeout high ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Joel Dahmen sets course record with 62 and leads in Dominican Republic
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic (AP) — Joel Dahmen was eight shots behind before he even teed off Thursday, and then set the course record with a 10-under 62 to take a two-shot lead in the Corales Puntacana Championship. Dahmen, whose lone PGA Tour victory was four years ago at this opposite-field tournament in the Dominican ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jets’ Hellebuyck, Blues’ Binnington set for sequel of goalie duel in playoffs
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
WINNIPEG — If hockey fans enjoyed the duel between the pipes in the 4 Nations Face-Off final, a sequel of sorts is just around the corner. Winnipeg Jets star goaltender Connor Hellebuyck and St. Louis Blues veteran Jordan Binnington are feature performers when the teams’ first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs begins Saturday. Binnington ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US to play Czechs at women’s ice hockey worlds. Canada vs. Finland in other semifinal game
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
CESKE BUDEJOVICE, Czech Republic (AP) — Jennifer Gardiner and Sarah Fillier both struck twice and Canada grabbed a spot in the semifinals at the women’s ice hockey world championship by routing Japan 9-1 on Thursday. Canada will play Finland for a spot in the final, and the United States will meet host Czech Republic in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Yankees are visitors for the first time in their spring training home
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The New York Yankees are visitors in their spring training home for the first time. New York was back at Steinbrenner Field for a four-game series against the displaced Tampa Bay Rays, who are using their AL East rival’s ballpark for their home games this season. “I bumped into (Rays manager) ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A shaken Magic coach Jamahl Mosley reacts to Florida State shooting: ‘Lives are more important’
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
Jamahl Mosley had things to say after the Orlando Magic finished practice on Thursday. They were not about basketball. Upon hearing the news of Thursday’s shooting at Florida State University, with investigators saying two people were killed and six others injured, Mosley’s mind immediately shifted away from playoff preparations. To him, thoughts of the upcoming ... Read More »
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