Woll solid, Giordano scores in return from injury as Maple Leafs top Capitals 5-1
By Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
TORONTO – Joseph Woll made 24 saves in a bounceback performance and Mark Giordano scored following a long injury absence as the Toronto Maple Leafs cruised past the Washington Capitals 5-1 on Thursday. Tyler Bertuzzi, with two goals to give him six in his last seven games, Conner Dewar and Bobby McMann provided the rest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blue Jays play long ball, rip Rays 8-2 in season opener
By Fred Goodall, The Associated Press on March 28th, 2024
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Vladimir Guerrero Jr. lingered coming out of the batter’s box long enough to watch a towering drive off his bat sail well over the centre-field wall. Then he broke into a home run trot. The sixth-inning shot – part of a five-run rally that helped Toronto beat Tampa Bay 8-2 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Scheffler shoots impressive 5 under, trails by one at Houston Open
By The Associated Press on March 28th, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) – Scottie Scheffler had his 28th consecutive round under par to start the year, a 5-under 65 on Thursday that left him one shot behind Taylor Moore and Wilson Furr in the Houston Open. Scheffler also extended his streak to 49 holes without a bogey dating to the third round of The Players ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jays play long ball to open season with 8-2 win over Rays
By Fred Goodall, The Associated Press on March 28th, 2024
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – George Springer, Cavan Biggio and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered Thursday to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a season-opening 8-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Alejandro Kirk and Bo Bichette drove in two runs apiece for the Blue Jays, who scored five times in the sixth inning after being ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Correction to March 27 story on NCAA basketball team hiring Canadian coach Dave Smart
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
In a March 27 story on Canadian basketball coach Dave Smart being hired by the Pacific Tigers of NCAA Division 1, The Canadian Press incorrectly spelled Pacific director of athletics Adam Tschuor’s last name as “Tschor.” The story also stated that Smart has won five Pat O’Brien Awards as the top coach at Carleton University. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sting coach Letang, assistant suspended by OHL for abuse of officials
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
TORONTO – The Ontario Hockey League has suspended Sarnia Sting head coach Alan Letang three games and assistant coach Micheal Haley two games for conduct demeaning to game officials. The Sting have also been fined $2,500. Letang and Haley were both ejected from Sarnia’s 4-2 loss to visiting Saginaw last Friday after receiving game misconducts ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec minister to order probe after complaint about QMJHL English-only playoff garb
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
MONTREAL – Quebec’s French language minister says he’ll ask the province’s language watchdog to investigate after the leader of the Parti Québécois complained about a lack of French on a QMJHL team’s playoff garb. On Wednesday night, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon complained on X, formerly Twitter, about T-shirts and hoodies reading “Gilles-Courteau Trophy playoffs” worn by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Abuse-Free Sport registry made public by Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner has made public a registry of people barred or provisionally suspended from participating in sport. The establishment of a public searchable database of individuals who have been sanctioned under the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent Abuse and Maltreatment in Sport (UCCMS), or whose eligibility to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C.’s James Paxton gets a spot on the Dodgers’ active roster. He also gets a $2 million bonus
By The Associated Press on March 28th, 2024
LOS ANGELES – James Paxton is getting a $2 million bonus for being on the Los Angeles Dodgers’ active roster for their home opener Thursday, raising his guaranteed pay to $9 million with the chance to earn another $4 million based on starts. The 35-year-old left-hander from Ladner, B.C. was on the Dodgers’ roster announced ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Veteran Harris has no doubts that he’ll be ready for the start of Riders camp
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
Trevor Harris has no doubts regarding whether he’ll be ready to go when the Saskatchewan Roughriders open training camp in May. The veteran quarterback missed most of the 2023 season – his first with Saskatchewan – with a significant knee injury. But Harris told reporters Thursday he could have returned at about 70 per cent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Closer Romano one of four Blue Jays placed on injured list ahead of season opener
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Blue Jays placed closer Jordan Romano on the 15-day injured list Thursday with right elbow inflammation, one of four Toronto players to start the 2024 regular season on the IL. The team announced its 26-man active roster ahead of the season opener at Tampa Bay and also confirmed that right-handers ... Read More »
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