• The Canadian Press

    Antetokounmpo sits, Lillard returns as Bucks face Pacers in Game 6 of playoff series

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo sat out Thursday's Game 6 of the first-round playoff series between the Milwaukee Bucks and Indiana Pacers, but eight-time All-Star Damian Lillard returned to the court for the Bucks after missing the previous two games. Antetokounmpo and Lillard had been considered game-time decisions, and both went through pregame workouts before Milwaukee determined their playing status. Antetokounmpo has not played since straining his left calf on April

  • The Canadian Press

    A visit from 'Papa Yaz' and a home run makes for a memorable day for Giants OF Mike Yastrzemski

    BOSTON (AP) — A visit from “Papa Yaz” before the game and a home run during it made for a memorable afternoon for Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski. The grandson of Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski hit a solo homer to right field — not far from where the former Boston outfielder’s retired No. 8 is hanging from the façade — to help San Francisco beat the Red Sox 3-1 on Thursday. “I’m looking around, and I have my greatest childhood memories here,” said Mike Yastrzemski, who also homered five years

  • The Canadian Press

    Anthony Edwards and the T-wolves take a stronger dose maturity into this playoff rematch with Denver

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The ball left Anthony Edwards' right hand and bounced off the back rim at the buzzer, sending him sprinting off the court in anger over his miss of a tying 3-point try for Minnesota that preserved a series-clinching Game 5 victory for eventual NBA champion Denver. Edwards and the Timberwolves have worked tirelessly since that moment to become more than a one-and-done team, and their measuring stick has arrived. They'll return to the same arena where their season ended a year a

  • The Canadian Press

    Position switch back in high school pays off for Seahawks' first-rounder DT Byron Murphy II

    RENTON, Wash. (AP) — When Byron Murphy II was presented with the idea of moving from the higher-profile position of linebacker to playing on the defensive line as a high schooler, he was at first a little reluctant but eventually accepted the move and what it could do for his career. His parents' reaction when told he was becoming a defensive lineman? “When I told my parents, my parents, they went off on me. They were mad,” Murphy said with a chuckle on Thursday. “I was telling them it was going