• The Canadian Press

    Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert believes All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell will sign long-term extension

    DETROIT (AP) — Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert believes All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell will sign a long-term contract to chase an NBA championship with Cleveland. “We’ve been talking to him, sure, for the last couple of years about extending this contract,” Gilbert said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press. “We think he will extend. I think if you listen to him talk, he loves the city. "He loves the situation in Cleveland because our players are very young and we’re just kind of putti

  • The Canadian Press

    Yankees' Gerrit Cole placed on 60-day injured list with right elbow inflammation

    HOUSTON (AP) — New York Yankees' ace Gerrit Cole was placed on the 60-day injured list with right elbow inflammation ahead of Thursday's opener at Houston. The earliest the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner can pitch in the major leagues is May 27. The team announced on March 16 that the right-hander won't throw for three to four weeks due to nerve irritation and edema in his throwing elbow. New York placed infielder DJ LeMahieu on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to Monday, with a bruised r

  • The Canadian Press

    Abuse-Free Sport registry made public by Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner

    OTTAWA — The Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner has made public a registry of people barred or provisionally suspended from participating in sport. The establishment of a public searchable database of individuals who have been sanctioned under the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent Abuse and Maltreatment in Sport (UCCMS), or whose eligibility to participate in sport has been restricted, was announced in June 2023 by former federal sports minister Pascale St-Onge. The purpose of the reg

  • The Canadian Press

    B.C.'s James Paxton gets a spot on the Dodgers' active roster. He also gets a $2 million bonus

    LOS ANGELES — James Paxton is getting a $2 million bonus for being on the Los Angeles Dodgers' active roster for their home opener Thursday, raising his guaranteed pay to $9 million with the chance to earn another $4 million based on starts. The 35-year-old left-hander from Ladner, B.C. was on the Dodgers' roster announced before they faced the St. Louis Cardinals. Los Angeles already played its first two games of the regular season in South Korea last week. Paxton wasn't on that roster because