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Sweeney and Carpenter each homer and combine to drive in 11 as Tigers pound Angels 13-1
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Trey Sweeney and Kerry Carpenter each homered and had four hits, and they combined to drive in 11 runs as the Detroit Tigers pounded the Los Angeles Angels 13-1 on Sunday to win three of four in the series. After Sweeney singled in the first run off Jack Kochanowicz (1-5) in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Soccer organizations might have to cover care costs for ex-players with dementia
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Soccer organizations in Britain could be forced to pay toward the care costs of ex-players who have suffered brain conditions caused by heading balls, under proposals to be tabled in Parliament. Campaigners are drafting amendments to the Football Governance Bill with the aim of treating it as an “industrial injuries issue” and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jays’ failure to generate offence costly in close series with Guardians
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
TORONTO — Manager John Schneider has faith the Toronto Blue Jays offence will emerge from its early-season funk. The Blue Jays dropped the final two outings of their three-game set against the Cleveland Guardians because of a lack of clutch hitting. Schneider’s lineup left a whopping 25 runners on base in the series, including nine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!QMJHL playoffs: Cataractes beat Oceanic 5-1, force Game 7 showdown on Tuesday
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
SHAWINIGAN — Jiri Klima scored twice and the Shawinigan Cataractes forced a Game 7 showdown in their Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoff series with a 5-1 win over the visiting Rimouski Oceanic on Sunday. Vince Elie, Louis-Philippe Fontaine and Jordan Forget also scored for the Cataractes, who outshot the visitors 30-22 at Centre Gervais ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Caitlin Clark returns to Iowa in Fever’s preseason game against Brazil despite leg injury
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark made the shot everyone came to see. Clark stopped late in the third quarter of Sunday’s WNBA preseason game between the Indiana Fever and the Brazilian national team and launched a 3-pointer near the “22” logo on Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena court. It was the spot where she hit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and young Thunder to face Nikola Jokic and experienced Nuggets in West semis
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the young Oklahoma City Thunder must go through a Denver Nuggets team that already has done it all if they want to cap off their fantastic regular season with an NBA championship. Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray led the Nuggets to the title in 2023, and they helped ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!White Sox OF Andrew Benintendi departs because of left calf tightness
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi left Sunday’s win over the Houston Astros because of left calf tightness. Benintendi went 0 for 3, but he reached on an error in the fifth. He scored on Josh Rojas’ bases-loaded walk with two down. Brooks Baldwin hit for Benintendi in the sixth, then remained ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Texas Rangers fire offensive coordinator Donnie Ecker after extended struggles
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers have fired offensive coordinator Donnie Ecker after the team’s extended struggles scoring runs. The decision was announced after the Rangers won 8-1 on Sunday in their series finale against AL West-leading Seattle. Even with that outburst, the Rangers (17-18) were last in the American League with 113 runs. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kentucky Derby averages 17.7 million viewers, giving NBC its most-watched Run for the Roses
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Sovereignty’s win in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby averaged 17.7 million fans on NBC and Peacock, the largest audience for the Run for the Roses since 1989 and the biggest since NBC took over the rights in 2001. It was a 6% increase over last year according to Nielsen and Adobe Analytics. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Scottie Scheffler matches PGA Tour scoring record in big win at Nelson. DeChambeau wins in LIV Golf
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Scottie Scheffler matched the PGA Tour’s 72-hole scoring record on Sunday, finishing at 253 and running away for an eight-shot victory at his hometown CJ Cup Byron Nelson. Scheffler closed with an 8-under 63 to finish at 31 under par, tying the mark set by Justin Thomas at the 2017 Sony ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Willy Adames homers twice to help the Giants beat the lowly Rockies 9-3
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Willy Adames homered twice and drove in three runs, helping the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 9-3 on Sunday. Adames hit a solo homer in each of his first two at-bats for his eighth career multihomer game. He just missed another homer in the fifth when he hit an ... Read More »
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