CLEVELAND — Austin Hedges scored the first run of the game for the Guardians but had a bigger moment after the final out. Hedges proposed to his girlfriend, Lexi Dickinson, on the field Sunday following Cleveland’s 8-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. She happily accepted. “I’ve had the ring since early spring training, but was …
PHOENIX – Small-sample sizes can get weird, especially early in a new season, which is why Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider doesn’t look at his hitters’ individual numbers out of the gate. Instead, he focuses on a pair of underlying measures, their pitch selection and quality of contact, to assess their early performance. “We’ve …
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Matt Fitzpatrick of England delivered another magnificent shot in a playoff at Harbour Town on Sunday to quiet the pro-American crowd and take down the world’s best player, hitting 4-iron to 13 feet for birdie to defeat Scottie Scheffler for his second title in the RBC Heritage. Scheffler, trailing by …
MLB Highlights (April 19)
OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder began their title defence with a 119-84 rout of the Phoenix Suns in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series on Sunday. The reigning league MVP made just 5 of 18 field goals but went 15 of 17 at the …
O’Connor’s third-period tally was his first since March 31, 2025. He missed most of the season with a hip injury. Artturi Lehkonen had a second-period goal for the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Avalanche. Wedgewood got the nod in net over Mackenzie Blackwood after leading the league in goals-against average and save percentage. Wedgewood made four career playoff …
Thomas Chabot felt his team handled things fairly well. The Ottawa Senators expected an early surge from the Hurricanes to open their first-round playoff series. And after captain Brady Tkachuk and Carolina opposite Jordan Staal dropped the gloves three seconds into proceedings at a pulsating Lenovo Center, the Eastern Conference’s top seed tried to impose …
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Penn. — In the days leading up to this first-round bout, Sidney Crosby had tried to put it into words. The mercurial, indescribable feeling that comes with first stepping into the chaos of playoff hockey. “You’ve got to prepare as best you can, but until you’ve actually experienced it, there’s only so much …
CHICAGO — Nico Hoerner hit a sacrifice fly off Craig Kimbrel in the 10th inning, and the Chicago Cubs sent the New York Mets to their 11th consecutive loss by rallying for a 2-1 victory Sunday. Pinch-hitter Michael Conforto tied it for Chicago in the ninth with an RBI double off closer Devin Williams. Pete …
CLEVELAND — There was no staff dinner. No get-together for the Toronto Raptors coaching staff to hash out what went right or what went wrong (a longer conversation) after their Game 1 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday. A full night and a full day with no travel to work around is an eternity …