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The San Diego Padres added a potential bench bat Monday, agreeing to a minor-league deal with veteran first baseman Yuli Gurriel, a team source confirmed to The Athletic. Gurriel, 40, received a non-roster invitation to the team’s big-league camp. Gurriel is a .280/.326/.438 hitter over parts of nine big-league seasons. Gurriel has produced strong contact rates […]
BOSTON — First-line center Auston Matthews isn’t playing Monday night in the United States’ meaningless game against Sweden. With the U.S. already destined for Thursday night’s 4 Nations Face-Off final against Canada, Matthews was a late scratch with upper-body soreness. He’s expected to play in Thursday’s championship. Rather than playing with seven defensemen, the United
BOSTON — When Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal on home soil to win the gold medal for Canada at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, he took a pass from Jarome Iginla, his linemate throughout the tournament. It was Iginla’s fourth best-on-best tournament representing Canada, and Crosby’s first. He was only 22 at the time,
Sidney Crosby is passing a torch that will benefit Team Canada for years Read More »
The Las Vegas Raiders and assistant general manager Champ Kelly have mutually agreed to part ways, according to team and league sources. It’s part of a larger restructuring of the personnel department under GM John Spytek, who was hired last month. Mark Thewes was hired as senior vice president of football operations and strategy on
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BOSTON — At 5:03 of Monday’s second period, Finland coach Antti Pennanen turned to his right and caught the eye of Juuse Saros. Pennanen signaled to his backup goalie to get in the net. Pennanen, it appeared, had seen enough of Kevin Lankinen. Four goals allowed to Canada on 13 shots will do that to
Juuse Saros was perfect. Kevin Lankinen was not. Finland is out at 4 Nations Face-Off Read More »
The camcorder was in Cade Cunningham’s hand before he and Ausar Thompson even boarded their flight from Chicago. The duo had just helped lead the Detroit Pistons to two wins over the Chicago Bulls and were on their way to San Francisco for their first All-Star weekend. As Cunningham walked from the bus to the
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Dylan Larkin sat down on a Delta regional jet Sunday for a short flight to Montreal and his latest chance to throw on that sharp, dark blue USA sweater. A game against Finland was still four days away, but the Detroit Red Wings captain couldn’t help but look ahead to next Saturday night. Team Canada.
USA vs. Sweden live score updates: 4 Nations Face-Off schedule, rosters, format, latest Read More »
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Field 1 at the Houston Astros’ spring training complex can be complicated. The swirling south Florida wind sometimes feels more pronounced, often pausing the batting practice power shows fans flock to see. Shagging the fly balls that fall short is even more of an adventure, perfect to conduct the first
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Auburn’s 94-85 win over Alabama on Saturday kept the Tigers on top of the AP Top 25, as they received 59 of the 60 first-place votes in Monday’s poll. SEC rival Florida, which got the other first-place vote, climbed one spot to No. 2, while Duke, Alabama and Houston rounded out the top five. The
AP men’s basketball Top 25: Auburn strengthens hold on No. 1; Wisconsin, Michigan climb Read More »
I started the 2025 MLB Draft season in what looked like the best spot: the Shriners College Classic at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, an annual six-team event that often has some of the top draft talent in the country. That was certainly true here, with a slew of potential first-rounders across the Clemson,
