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Meadows, Lowe homer twice, Rays quell late comeback to down Blue Jays

TORONTO - Trent Thornton made some mistakes with his pitches early on, and a hot Tampa Bay lineup made him pay for them. Thornton, the 25-year-old Blue Jays rookie right-hander who had been stellar in...

Apr 14, 2019

Blue Jackets stun Lightning 5-1 to take 2-0 series lead

TAMPA, Fla. - The Columbus Blue Jackets are making a serious bid to knock the team with the best regular-season record out of the playoffs. Matt Duchene had a goal and three assists, Sergei Bobrovsky ...

Apr 14, 2019

Jets bounce back with 6-3 win over Blues

ST. LOUIS - Kyle Connor scored twice, Patrik Laine had a goal and an assist, and the Winnipeg Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 6-3 on Sunday night to climb back into their first-round playoff series. Win...

Apr 14, 2019

Blue Jackets move to the brink of sweeping Lightning

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Blue Jackets extended their stunning post-season mastery of the Tampa Bay Lightning, beating the NHL's best team 3-1 on Sunday night and moving to within a game of sweepi...

Apr 14, 2019

Tiger Woods makes a Masters logjam look even larger

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Tiger Woods ran into the long leg of the law and escaped with a most unlikely birdie. He just couldn't take the next step - one more birdie on a back nine filled with so many chances - ...

Apr 14, 2019

Canada recovers to win bronze at women's world hockey championship

ESPOO, Finland - The Canadians heard 'O Canada' after their final game of the women's world hockey championship, yet nobody standing on the blue-line was smiling. Bronze medals hung around t...

Apr 14, 2019

United States wins women's world hockey title with 2-1 shootout win over Finland

ESPOO, Finland - The United States claimed a fifth straight women's world hockey championship Sunday edging Finland 2-1 in a shootout. The Americans led the shootout 2-1 when Alex Rigsby stopped Susan...

Apr 14, 2019

Atkins: Guerrero to debut "sooner rather than later" but no timetable set

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays aren't putting a timeline on top prospect Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s major-league arrival one day after his impressive season debut at triple-A on Thursday ...

Apr 14, 2019

History has shown that Lowry usually rebounds from bad opener with big game

TORONTO - The Scotiabank Arena crowd let out a collective groan when Kyle Lowry's two free throws bluntly bounced off the rim in the third quarter Saturday night. It was Lowry's night summed...

Apr 14, 2019

Pinch hitter Heredia homers in Rays big inning, Tampa topples Blue Jays 8-4

TORONTO - Pinch-hitter Guillermo Heredia highlighted a five-run eighth inning with a two-run homer and the Tampa Bay Rays took advantage of some sloppy Toronto defence early en route to an 8-4 wi...

Apr 14, 2019