• The Canadian Press

    Kyrie Irving said late in the season the Mavericks were just getting started

    Kyrie Irving was not making a threat, nor was he boasting, nor was he saying anything that would be considered outlandish. It was the final week of the regular season. He and the Dallas Mavericks had just clinched a division title and Irving was asked to talk about what it means. He didn't look back. He looked ahead. “We just know that the job isn’t finished,” Irving said in Miami that night. “And we’re just getting started.” Turns out, he was right. The Mavericks — who spent most of February an

  • The Canadian Press

    Montreal's Auger-Aliassime advances to fourth round at French Open

    PARIS — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime won his rain-interrupted match Saturday to earn a fourth-round date with Carlos Alcaraz at the French Open.

  • The Canadian Press

    Sabalenka and Rybakina reach French Open fourth round while Medvedev also advances

    PARIS (AP) — Grand Slam winners Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka reached the fourth round of the French Open in straight sets on Saturday. Former Wimbledon champion Rybakina, seeded fourth, beat Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-4, 6-2. Two-time Australian Open champion Sabalenka, seeded second, followed her on Court Philippe Chatrier and won against Paula Badosa 7-5, 6-1. “It’s tough to play your best friend,” Sabalenka said. It was for a while. After trailing 5-3 in the first set, Sabalenka won eig

  • The Canadian Press

    On a wing and a prayer, a pigeon is rescued by a French Open chair umpire during a match

    PARIS (AP) — This one's for the birds: A pigeon landed on the court during a French Open match Saturday, leading the chair umpire to use a towel to rescue the fallen fowl. The pigeon dropped to the red clay at Court Suzanne Lenglen — and remained on the ground — during a changeover in the fourth set of 2021 U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev's third-round victory over Tomas Machac at Roland Garros. Chair umpire Damien Dumusois, um, flew into action, climbing down from his perch and grabbing a wh