• The Canadian Press

    Conforto homers to spark 6-run inning and Giants beat skidding Rockies 8-6

    DENVER (AP) — Michael Conforto homered and singled in a six-run second inning that sent the San Francisco Giants past the struggling Colorado Rockies 8-6 on Wednesday night. Blake Sabol and Conforto each finished with three of San Francisco's 13 hits. Jordan Hicks pitched five effective innings and the Giants won their second in a row after a four-game losing streak to secure the series win against Colorado. Mike Yastrzemski had two hits, including a triple, and Sabol delivered an RBI double. Sa

  • Yahoo Sports

    Yahoo Fantasy staff's Mock Draft 1.0: Shocking picks are plentiful

    Teams have made their big splashes in free agency and made their draft picks, it's time for you to do the same. It's fantasy football mock draft time. Some call this time of year best ball season, others know it's an opportunity to get a leg up on your competition for when you have to draft in August. The staff at Yahoo Fantasy did their first mock draft of the 2024 season to help you with the latter. Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens are here to break it all down by each round and crush some staff members in the process.

  • The Canadian Press

    Toronto FC beats semi-pro side CS Saint-Laurent 3-0 in Canadian Championship

    MONTREAL — Nathan Goulet could hardly believe his eyes. The 22-year-old CS Saint-Laurent defender remembers watching Federico Bernardeschi play in the UEFA Champions League for elite Italian club Juventus a few years ago. On Wednesday night, they were face-to-face on the pitch, duelling in a 9,500-capacity stadium as Bernardeschi’s Toronto FC defeated the semi-pro Saint-Laurent 3-0 in the opening leg of their Canadian Championship quarterfinal. "To see them in front of us today was a bit of a dr

  • The Canadian Press

    Turnbull leads Toronto past Minnesota 4-0 in first-ever PWHL playoff game

    Toronto head coach Troy Ryan felt his team met its own expectations in its biggest game of the season to date. Blayre Turnbull scored twice to lead Toronto to a 4-0 win over Minnesota in the first-ever Professional Women's Hockey League playoff game on Wednesday. Toronto played in front of 8,473 fans at Coca-Cola Coliseum, the team's new home for the playoffs after spending the regular season at Mattamy Athletic Centre. "It's what I believe I expect and I think what the group expects as well," R