TORONTO — Managing his Toronto Blue Jays with a slew of star players on the injured list, including some key pitching arms, John Schneider is sitting in his office hours before a game in which leadoff man George Springer will break his big toe, thinking about how comforting it is to have a dependable reliever …
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The Western Conference’s No. 7 seed play-in matchup on Tuesday (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT, Sportsnet 360, Sportsnet+) features two very similar squads – and not just because expectations for both were very low back in October. Both teams like to play a hard-nosed style of defence with the Suns owning the ninth-best …
Legendary former coach and current Miami Heat executive Pat Riley famously described a team’s early development as “the innocent climb.” For the Charlotte Hornets, it’s been more like a high-speed elevator back to competitive basketball. And while they finished only 44-38, the Hornets’ 29-12 surge over the back half of the NBA season tied for …
NBA Play-In preview
Like the ceaseless construction that litters the Toronto skyline, building a basketball roster is a never-ending project. Though the Toronto Tempo broke ground a couple weeks ago at the expansion draft and have since fleshed out their roster with an active free-agency period, a few key pieces of business were left to check off before …
EDMONTON — Looking down from 30,000 feet at an Edmonton Oilers team that has scored just once in its last two games — but allowed only two— they look just fine, with one game left before the playoffs begin. Because when you’re dissecting the Oilers, it always comes down to two things: Do they have goaltending, and can …
Mark Scheifele is now alone atop the single-season scoring list in Jets-Thrashers history. Scheifele picked up his 100th and 101st points in the third period of Monday’s loss to the Vegas Golden Knights to pass former Atlanta Thrasher Marian Hossa’s record of 100, set back in 2006-07. Scheifele now has 35 goals and 66 assists …
After the Los Angeles Kings locked up the final spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Maple Leafs saw their return from the Scott Laughton trade get sweeter. As part of the deadline deal, the Maple Leafs received a conditional 2026 third-round pick, which was to become a second-round selection if Los Angeles qualified for …
LAS VEGAS — Mark Stone scored his fourth goal in three games and combined with Jack Eichel for seven points as the Golden Knights defeated the Winnipeg Jets 6-2 on Monday night to move Vegas closer to winning a fifth Pacific Division title in its nine seasons. The Jets were eliminated from the playoff race …