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General manager Ross Atkins preaches patience as Toronto Blue Jays struggle

TORONTO - Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins is preaching patience. Atkins addressed reporters at Rogers Centre this morning, hours before Toronto hosted the Tampa Bay Rays this afternoon. The 20-m...

May 18, 2024

Fog delayed PGA Championship at Valhalla, where the cut is 1-under 141

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Once the rain cleared out, fog moved in at the PGA Championship. Thick fog covered Valhalla on Saturday morning, causing a two-hour delay before the second round resumed. It for...

May 18, 2024

Bayer Leverkusen completes undefeated Bundesliga

BERLIN (AP) - League champion Bayer Leverkusen became the first team to complete a Bundesliga season unbeaten on Saturday. Early goals from Victor Boniface and Robert Andrich gave Leverkusen a 2-1 win...

May 18, 2024

Sweden beats Latvia 7-2, Switzerland routs Denmark 8-0 at men's hockey world championship

PRAGUE (AP) - Sweden killed off a 5-minute major before scoring three goals in a 26-second span in the middle period to pull away from Latvia in a 7-2 win that clinched a playoff-round berth at the me...

May 18, 2024

Duchene scores winner in 2nd OT, Stars advance to Western Conference Final with 2-1 win over Avs

DENVER (AP) - Matt Duchene scored at 11:42 of the second overtime after being involved in a play that led to a goal disallowed for goaltender interference in the first extra period, and the Dallas Sta...

May 17, 2024

Siakam helps Pacers beat Knicks 116-103 in Game 6 to send Eastern Conference semifinals to the limit

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Pascal Siakam had 25 points and seven rebounds, Myles Turner added 17 points and eight rebounds, and the Indiana Pacers turned the tables on the New York Knicks with a 116-103 vict...

May 17, 2024

Tampa Bay pitcher Tyler Alexander stellar in 4-3 win over Toronto Blue jays

TORONTO - Starting pitcher Tyler Alexander flirted with a perfect game as the Tampa Bay Rays held off the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Friday Alexander (2-2) didn't allow a baserunner through 7 1/3 inning...

May 17, 2024

Panthers beat Bruins with late game-winner, advance to NHL's Eastern Conference final

BOSTON (AP) - Gustav Forsling scored the tiebreaking goal on a rebound with 1:33 left, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 22 shots for the Florida Panthers to beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Friday night and ...

May 17, 2024

Heise scores twice, Minnesota beats Toronto 4-1 to take PWHL semifinal 3-2

TORONTO - Taylor Heise scored twice, including the winner in the third period, as Minnesota downed Toronto 4-1 on Friday to win a best-of-five Professional Women's Hockey League semifinal 3-2. Denisa ...

May 17, 2024

Woods gets stuck in sand, makes two early triples en route to a 77 to miss the cut at PGA Championship

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - What Tiger Woods really needs is to play more real rounds to get used to hitting important shots in big situations again. Any chance of that happening this weekend came to an ug...

May 17, 2024