• The Canadian Press

    Cole Irvin throws 7 innings of 4-hit ball and Orioles hit three homers to beat Athletics 7-0

    BALTIMORE (AP) — Cole Irvin scattered four hits over seven innings, Adley Rutschman and Ryan Mountcastle homered on successive pitches and the Baltimore Orioles blanked the Oakland Athletics 7-0 on Saturday. Gunnar Henderson also went deep for the AL East-leading Orioles, who emphatically bounced back from a 10-inning loss in the series opener Friday night. Baltimore has now gone 100 straight regular-season series of at least two games without being swept. That's the fourth-longest streak in maj

  • The Canadian Press

    Jimmy Butler says he's 'working,' but there's no timetable for his return to the Heat

    MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler says he wants to play in the NBA playoffs, though there's no timetable for his return from a sprained MCL. The Miami Heat forward spoke to TNT during a first-quarter stoppage of his team's Eastern Conference first-round game against the Boston Celtics on Saturday night, as he watched from the team's bench area. Butler got hurt in the play-in round against Philadelphia and has missed all four Heat games since. “I don’t know about a timeline, but we’ve been working,” Butl

  • The Canadian Press

    Eagles GM Howie Roseman is confident in his early-round draft picks from Toledo, Houston Christian

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Who needs to draft prospects from the Power Five to build a Super Bowl contender? The Philadelphia Eagles might soon find out after taking an unconventional approach in the NFL draft. General manager Howie Roseman used a first-round pick on Toledo cornerback Quinyon Mitchell and a third-round selection on Houston Christian linebacker Jalyx Hunt. Surely those two were on every Eagles fan's mock draft board. Only the most diehard college football fans in Philadelphia — of which

  • The Canadian Press

    Commanders get their QB in Jayden Daniels, fill several holes in the NFL draft

    Dan Quinn was pumped to know Jayden Daniels will soon be throwing passes for the Washington Commanders and “fired up” about the rest of the talent coming from the NFL draft. There's good reason for that. While this rookie class won't immediately transform Washington into a Super Bowl contender, getting a potential franchise quarterback in Daniels with the No. 2 pick and filling several holes all over the roster is a good start for the new regime led by Quinn and general manager Adam Peters. “We