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Gorman hits 2 homers in St. Louis' 9-4 win over Toronto

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Nolan Gorman hit a pair of two-run homers - including a first-inning blast that capped off a three-homer inning - and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-4 on Sunday....

Apr 02, 2023

Canada's Gushue rolls to 8-2 victory over New Zealand's Hood at men's curling worlds

OTTAWA - Canada's Brad Gushue needed only seven ends to complete an 8-2 rout of New Zealand's Anton Hood on Sunday at the world men's curling championship. Gushue opened with a deuce and made a hit fo...

Apr 02, 2023

Raptors inch closer to securing spot in play-in tournament

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Pascal Siakam scored 36 points, Fred VanVleet added 20 points and a career-high 20 assists and the Toronto Raptors beat the undermanned Charlotte Hornets 128-108 on Sunday to in...

Apr 02, 2023

Potter fired by Chelsea after 6 months in charge

LONDON (AP) - Chelsea has fired manager Graham Potter with the club languishing in the middle of the Premier League standings despite spending around $630 million on players in the last two transfer w...

Apr 02, 2023

Man United stumbles at Newcastle, top-4 EPL spot not assured

It wasn't long ago that Manchester United was being talked up, somewhat optimistically, as a potential outsider for the Premier League title. Now, even a top-four finish is looking far from assured fo...

Apr 02, 2023

Canadian women sixth, men 13th at Hong Kong Sevens

HONG KONG - New Zealand continued its domination of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series on Sunday with both the men and women lifting the cup at the Hong Kong Sevens. It was a record fifth-straight tou...

Apr 02, 2023

Dallas Jackals post first-ever Major League Rugby win, at expense of Toronto Arrows

The Dallas Jackals posted their first-ever win Saturday night, dispatching the Toronto Arrows 14-11. The Jackals went 0-16-0 in their inaugural 2022 season in Major League Rugby and were 0-6-0 when th...

Apr 02, 2023

Blinken urges Russia to release two detained Americans

WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged his Russian counterpart, in a rare phone since the Ukraine war, to immediately release a Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained last we...

Apr 02, 2023

Brendan Rodgers fired by relegation-threatened Leicester

LEICESTER, England (AP) - Relegation-threatened Leicester fired manager Brendan Rodgers on Sunday in a late-season move to preserve its Premier League status. Rodgers, who has been in charge for four ...

Apr 02, 2023

Draisaitl nets hat trick and 50th as Oilers squash Ducks 6-0

EDMONTON - Leon Draisaitl recorded a hat trick to get to 50 goals on the season and Jack Campbell made 36 saves to record his first shutout as an Oiler as the Edmonton Oilers won their fourth game in ...

Apr 01, 2023