Making his 11th major league start, Messick (3-0) faced one batter more than the minimum through eight innings before Leody Taveras led off the ninth with a grounder that just eluded diving second baseman Juan Brito and went into right field for a single. Blaze Alexander followed with a line-drive single to center before the …
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Taylor Elgersma is headed back north of the border. The Canadian quarterback signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday, the team announced. Elgersma, 24, spent last season in the United Football League with the Birmingham Stallions. However, due to issues with a work visa, he didn’t appear in any games. Before joining the Stallions, …
Sunny Mehta, formerly an assistant with the Florida Panthers, has been hired by the Devils as general manager, the team announced on Thursday. Mehta was also reportedly a candidate in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ executive search. The 48-year-old, who was raised in Wyckoff, N.J., spent the past six seasons with the Panthers, winning two Stanley …
MLB highlights (April 16)
CHICAGO — Connor Bedard is going to get paid. That’s for sure. The only questions are how much and how many years. It also looks as if Bedard is going to be named captain of the Chicago Blackhawks. That seems like it’s only a matter of timing. That’s the easy part of this off-season for …
If you were to poll a general collection of NHL fans a week ago, and ask them which team was most capable of pulling off a first-round playoff upset, the most popular answer would probably have been the Ottawa Senators. If they could just get good goaltending, the Senators were effectively a wagon of a …
CALGARY — Ten-year-old Kade Heisler walked into the Calgary Flames dressing room to meet his idol, handed him a birthday balloon, and apologized. “Sorry for what?” asked Dustin Wolf, beaming at the sight of the young viral-video sensation. “For losing your focus,” responded Heisler, alluding to the two goals scored on Wolf after Tuesday’s stick …
There’s been a slight change to the UFC Winnipeg card. The flyweight bout between Mitch Raposo and Allan Nascimento has been removed from Saturday’s Fight Night card as Raposo deals with an illness, the UFC announced Thursday. Their fight will now take place on a June 20 Fight Night card at the UFC Apex in …
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Ludvig Aberg swapped out some sloppy mistakes at the Masters with pure iron play at Harbour Town in warm, swirling wind that produced an 8-under 63 for an early one-shot lead Thursday in the RBC Heritage. Aberg moved ahead of Harris English and Viktor Hovland with an 8-iron to about …