MLB highlights (April 17)
MLB highlights (April 17)
Surprise April snow coats Coors Field as Dodgers-Rockies series gets off to frosty start
DENVER — Play ball! And watch out for snowballs. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies were greeted by three inches of snow that surprisingly blanketed Coors Field as their four-game series got off to a frigid start Friday. Dodgers pitcher Emmett Sheehan took advantage of the frosty mid-April day when he came out on the field …
Blue Jays’ Daulton Varsho exits vs. Diamondbacks with left knee discomfort
Varsho took one at-bat in the top of the first, striking out looking, and played two innings defensively before Myles Straw took over in centre. It is unclear when Varsho sustained the injury. The 29-year-old entered Friday as one of Toronto’s hottest hitters. After his first-inning strikeout, Varsho owned a .262/.333/.462 slashline with three home …
Magic earn playoff spot with blowout win over Hornets
Paolo Banchero led the way with 25 points as the Magic thumped the Charlotte Hornets 121-90 in the NBA Play-In Tournament on Friday. Orlando clinched the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference with the win and will face the top-seeded Detroit Pistons in Round 1. The Hornets, meanwhile, head home as a promising season …
Blue Jays place Lazaro Estrada on IL with shoulder impingement
Estrada was optioned to triple-A Buffalo after his April 4 appearance, suggesting a standard development move within the organization. However, it has since been revealed that the injury stemmed from that same outing, ultimately moving the club to make the IL call. The 26-year-old has appeared in just the one game this season, throwing four …
Nicole Gosling’s overtime goal lifts Victoire over Fleet
Nicole Gosling scored 38 seconds into overtime to lead the Montreal Victoire to a 3-2 win over the Boston Fleet at Place Bell on Friday night. Gosling took the puck at the top of the circle and blasted a wrist shot past Boston goaltender Abbey Levy early in the extra period. Montreal opened overtime with …
Clippers want ‘to win with Kawhi,’ president Lawrence Frank says
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Los Angeles Clippers are committed to a future with Kawhi Leonard as they transition from being the oldest team in the NBA to a younger one. “Our plan is to win with Kawhi,” Lawrence Frank, president of basketball operations, said Friday. “At the appropriate time, we’ll sit down with Kawhi and very similar to 2024, …
Rutherford says Canucks ‘should be OK’ as GM job opens, duties shift
VANCOUVER – Authority, like water, flows downward. In the history of the National Hockey League, a general manager has never fired a president. Sometimes an owner may fire both. But since Luigi Aquilini’s family, which owns the Vancouver Canucks, still trusts Jim Rutherford to preside over the entirety of hockey operations, there was an inevitability …
UFC Fight Night in Winnipeg (April 17)
UFC Fight Night in Winnipeg (April 17)
2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs Series Preview: Avalanche vs. Kings
Good news, Kings fans: No longer must you dread yet another first-round series against the Edmonton Oilers. Four straight first-round meetings against McDavid & Co., resulting in four straight early exits, had L.A. stuck in an all-too-familiar nightmare. Now, for the bad news: The Kings get Colorado, instead. It’s the matchup nobody wanted — and for …