PITTSBURGH — The hostilities were renewed before the teams even took the ice. An hour before the puck dropped on Game 1 of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers’ first-round rivalry revival Saturday night, the fans started streaming into PPG Paints Arena, packing the stands with black-and-gold sweaters of every vintage. A few minutes in, a …
PHOENIX — Nathan Lukes has quietly grinded through the first three weeks of the season in more ways than one. So, when his pinch-hit single snuck through the right side Friday night to end an 0-for-23 slide, and the Toronto Blue Jays outfielder saw his teammates in the dugout happy for him as he reached …
It was an odd time for Brandon Ingram to fade into the background on offence. The Toronto Raptors‘ scoring leader was limited to just nine shots from the field — with only one in the second half — in the team’s 126-113 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal …
Now at the tail end of his 23rd season in the NBA, LeBron James has had no shortage of memorable moments. But according to the 41-year-old James, the “craziest” thing to happen in his legendary career occurred on Saturday night. With the Los Angeles Lakers hosting the Houston Rockets in Game 1 of the first …
Blue Jays lose to Diamondbacks, April 18
It’s not a good thing when this Toronto Blue Jays team is matching a mark from the 2012 edition of the squad. Yet that’s where the Blue Jays find themselves after losing 6-2 to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday. That season, the Blue Jays finished 73-89 under manager John Farrell. Shortly after the 2012 season, …
NBA Playoffs Highlights (April 18)
LOS ANGELES — Luke Kennard scored a career playoff-high 27 points, LeBron James had 19 points and 13 assists, and the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers capitalized on Kevin Durant’s injury absence for a 107-98 victory over the Houston Rockets in the opener of their first-round playoff series on Saturday night. Deandre Ayton had 19 points …
CUIABA, Brazil — Canada’s women’s soccer team fell 1-0 to Brazil in the finale of their 2026 FIFA Series campaign on Saturday. Playing in front of a home crowd, seventh-ranked Brazil controlled play through much of the match but couldn’t get a ball past Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan until the 47th minute when Aline Gomes …
PITTSBURGH — Travis Sanheim scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and the Philadelphia Flyers announced their return to the playoffs with a 3-2 win over Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night. Philadelphia pulled off a stunner in the opener when Sanheim split a pair of Penguins at the top …