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MLB 2024 Preview: Dodgers pegged to win 46 more games than A's
As the 2024 major league season gets underway in earnest on Thursday, the Los Angeles Dodgers are already one game toward their projected total of 103.5 wins for the regular season. That's courtesy of a split of their two-game, season-opening Seoul ...
Baseball-Ohtani's LA mural celebrates larger-than-life ballplayer
By Jorge Garcia LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - 'Ohtani-mania' officially kicked off in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday with the unveiling of a 15-story mural of new Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani. It took almost a month to create the mural on the side of ...
THE BREAKDOWN: The Senators score early, and often, in 6-2 win over Buffalo Sabres
SENATORS 6, SABRES 2 Better late than never. The Ottawa Senators got off to a strong start with five goals in the first period and then got the job finished in a 6-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night at the KeyBank ...
Red-hot Knicks send Raptors to worst home loss in franchise history, 12th straight defeat
How low can they go? For just the sixth time in franchise history, a Toronto Raptors team has lost at least a dozen games in a row. On Wednesday the Raptors tried to snap the skid against a strong New York Knicks team and ended up looking ...
Gausman good to go, set to start season in Blue Jays rotation
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The first dose of relief for Kevin Gausman came after a brilliant three-plus inning start in Bradenton on Monday followed closely on the encouragement meter by waking up feeling recovered the following morning. And now the ...
Samsonov says he's good to go but Woll starts for Maple Leafs on Thursday
Good thing it wasn’t a groin issue for Ilya Samsonov after all. Some suspected that the Maple Leafs goaltender had suffered that particular injury late in the team’s victory against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. Not so, Samsonov said on ...
Thorns make F Sophia Smith NWSL's highest-paid player
The Portland Thorns signed forward Sophia Smith to a two-year contract extension Tuesday, making her the highest paid player in the NWSL, ESPN reported. While Smith's deal runs through the 2025 season, the contract will include an option for 2026.
OKC’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (quad) out vs. Rockets
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will miss Wednesday night's game against the surging Houston Rockets with a quad injury. The NBA's third-leading scorer (30.4 points per game) has been playing through the right quad contusion that ...
How the Canucks improved their team culture — and how it can still get better
Midway through Wednesday’s practice at the University of B.C., Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet pulled his players in and stood at the whiteboard. The drill they were skating through wasn’t working and it was clear he wasn’t blaming the ...
After challenging off-season, can Blue Jays finally move from youth to prime?
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Opening day is upon us and the memories of last year’s Blue Jays debacle can finally be put to rest. Or at least that’s the hope. But don’t buy the attempts by the front office to soft sell the disappointment that lingered ...