• Yahoo Sports

    Paul Skenes' sensational MLB start continues with 9 strikeouts in Pirates win over Tigers

    Skenes now has 30 strikeouts in 22 MLB innings.

  • The Canadian Press

    UConn forward Karaban, Arizona guard Love heading back to school after withdrawing from NBA draft

    UConn forward Alex Karaban is heading back to campus for a try at a third straight national title after withdrawing from the NBA draft Wednesday. The 6-foot-8 third-year sophomore has started in 77 of his 78 games since joining the Huskies. He averaged 13.3 points and 5.1 rebounds last season as UConn went 37-3 and became the first team with consecutive NCAA Tournament titles since Florida in 2006 and 2007. No program has won three in a row since UCLA won seven straight from 1967-73. “While I've

  • The Canadian Press

    Canadian golfers still stunned by death of 30-year-old PGA Tour player Grayson Murray

    Four days after Grayson Murray's death, the golf world was still trying to make sense of the tragedy. Murray withdrew from the Charles Schwab Challenge on Friday, citing illness. The next day his parents confirmed that he had died by suicide at the age of 30. PGA Tour players wore red and black ribbons in his honour for the rest of that tournament and were still struggling to understand his death as the RBC Canadian Open, the next event on the schedule, was starting. "I always felt like he had a

  • The Canadian Press

    Toronto FC's Lorenzo Insigne misses Philadelphia game for birth of his child in Italy

    While Toronto FC prepared for its game Wednesday at the Philadelphia Union, Italian star Lorenzo Insigne was an ocean away attending the birth of son Mattia. Wife Genoveffa (Jenny) Darone-Insigne had the baby in Naples, the family's longtime home before making the move to Toronto and Major League Soccer in June 2022. Insigne released a photo on social media, showing a blue-swaddled baby holding an adult finger. "Welcome to the world, our love," said the accompanying text. The 32-year-old Insigne