• The Canadian Press

    Ippei Mizuhara, ex-interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani, expected to enter guilty plea

    SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to plead guilty Tuesday to bank and tax fraud in a sports betting case where he will admit to stealing nearly $17 million from the Japanese baseball player. Tuesday's change-of-plea hearing for Ippei Mizuhara in federal court in Santa Ana, California, comes as the gambling scandal has shocked baseball fans from Japan to the U.S. and ratcheted up a media frenzy that’s ever-present around Ohtani

  • The Canadian Press

    Pinch-hitter Pavin Smith smacks a 2-run homer to lift the Diamondbacks over the Giants 4-2

    PHOENIX (AP) — Pinch-hitter Pavin Smith connected for a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks over the San Francisco Giants 4-2 on Monday night. Jake McCarthy got the winning rally started with a looping, one-out double down the left-field line. Smith — hitting for Eugenio Suárez — smashed a pitch from Randy Rodríguez (1-1) that barely cleared the yellow line above the wall in center. “It's pretty crazy, the stuff you sort of dream about,” Smith said. “

  • Yahoo Sports

    Justin Jefferson’s $35 million yearly Vikings salary is going break every NFL pay scale but the QB spot

    Jefferson's deal means a lot for practically everyone else across the league that isn’t a quarterback, promising to raise the boats of every other elite positional player that bellies up to contract talks.

  • The Canadian Press

    Bowlers dominate in big wins for South Africa and Afghanistan at cricket's Twenty20 World Cup

    WESTBURY, New York (AP) — Sri Lanka was blown away for 77 by South Africa and Afghanistan skittled Uganda for 58 as the bowling attacks dominated in lopsided wins Monday at cricket's Twenty20 World Cup. Anrich Nortje’s career-best 4-7 set South Africa up for a six-wicket opening victory and Fazal Haq Farooqi's maiden five-wicket haul (5 for 9 off 4 overs) helped Afghanistan to a 125-run win over tournament newcomer Uganda. South Africa overcame its own hiccups on the two-paced pitch to reach 80-