• The Canadian Press

    Shohei Ohtani's hard-hit blast adds to torrid start in 1st season with Dodgers

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s 450-foot home run on Tuesday night at Nationals Park was the hardest hit of his career. The Los Angeles Dodgers star's ninth-inning shot to the second deck in right field off Washington Nationals reliever Matt Barnes in the Dodgers 4-1 win left his bat at 118.7 mph. “I thought I hit it really good,” Ohtani said Wednesday through his interpreter, Will Ireton. “I felt really good about it. Probably the best.” It is the hardest-hit home run by a Dodger in the Statc

  • The Canadian Press

    Ravens agree to 2-year extension with wide receiver Rashod Bateman

    OWINGS MILLS, Md (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens gave wide receiver Rashod Bateman a two-year contract extension on Wednesday that will keep the 2021 first-round pick with the team through the 2026 season. The team announced the extension Wednesday, ending speculation about whether the team would trade him. They had until May 2 to decide whether or not to exercise a fifth-year option. Bateman, drafted 27th overall, instead became the first first-round wide receiver to sign a second contract with the

  • The Canadian Press

    Everton beats Liverpool 2-0 in Jurgen Klopp's last Merseyside derby

    LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Jarrad Branthwaite and Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored as Everton beat Liverpool 2-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday. The win at Goodison Park delivered a blow to Liverpool's hopes of winning the title this season and boosted Everton's bid to avoid relegation. Branthwaite squeezed a shot past Alisson in the 27th minute after Liverpool failed to clear the danger following a free kick. Calvert-Lewin added a second for Sean Dyche's team in the 58th when rising at the far p

  • Yahoo Sports

    College Football Playoff will not consider Army-Navy game in selection process

    The decision ends one of the more pressing issues for the CFP Management Committee this week in Dallas.