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    Giannis Antetokounmpo ruled out of third game in Bucks-Pacers playoff series

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo has been ruled out of Game 3 of the NBA playoff series against the Indiana Pacers. Bucks coach Doc Rivers said Thursday that Antetokounmpo did more at practice than he had been during a nearly three-week absence with a strained left calf, though he still avoided live workouts. Instead, the Bucks waited till Friday to make the announcement on social media. The league’s two-time MVP has not played since getting hurt April 9. Milwaukee

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    NFL to allow players to wear protective Guardian Caps in games beginning with 2024 season

    The NFL will allow players to wear protective Guardian Caps during games beginning with the 2024 season. The caps were previously mandated for practices.

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    Schmidt returns to lineup for Jets in Game 3, fellow defenceman Stanley to sit

    DENVER — The Winnipeg Jets are making a lineup change after splitting the first two games of their first-round NHL playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche. Head coach Rick Bowness says that Nate Schmidt will be in the lineup for Game 3 on Friday night and fellow blueliner Logan Stanley will sit. Schmidt was a healthy scratch for Winnipeg's 7-6 win in Game 1 as well as the Jets' 5-2 loss in Game 2 at Canada Life Centre. He's expected to play with Dylan Samberg. It's the only lineup change f

  • The Canadian Press

    MLB presence in Mexico goes beyond just hosting another regular-season series

    MEXICO CITY (AP) — When the Houston Astros take on the Colorado Rockies this weekend, it will be the seventh regular-season series played in Mexico. Major League Baseball's presence in the country, however, goes far beyond that. Mexico became one of only six countries in the world with an MLB office in 2016. For Rodrigo Fernandez, the head of the organization south of the border, the regular-season series may be the biggest event, but it's far from the only one held in the country. Among those,

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    Orioles send former No. 1 pick Holliday back to minors after he hit .059 in 10 MLB games

    BALTIMORE (AP) — Highly touted prospect Jackson Holliday has been optioned to the minor leagues by the Baltimore Orioles after starting his big league career with a disappointing thud. Holliday was promoted from Triple-A Norfolk on April 10 amid plenty of fanfare, but the 20-year-old second baseman managed only two hits — both singles — and two walks in 36 plate appearances. He struck out 18 times and was batting just .059 with one RBI and a .111 on-base percentage. The Orioles tried to rest him

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    Jackson Holliday sent back to Triple-A after struggling in first 10 games with Orioles

    Holliday batted .059 in 34 at-bats after being called up April 10

  • The Canadian Press

    Several defensive playmakers are available in Round 2 of the NFL draft after historic offensive run

    The unprecedented run on quarterbacks, wide receivers and pass protectors in the NFL draft 's opening round pushed plenty of standout defenders down the board and allowed some of the top teams to select players who normally wouldn't fall to them. It also shoved plenty of first-round worthy defenders into the second round Friday, led by Cooper DeJean, the Iowa cornerback who broke his lower leg in November but has been cleared to return to football activities. DeJean is one of the best ballhawks

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    William Nylander practises with Leafs ahead of Game 4 against Bruins

    TORONTO — Maple Leafs winger William Nylander appears on course to suit for the first time in this spring's Stanley Cup playoffs. The 27-year-old was a full participant at today's practice after missing the first three games of Toronto's opening-round series against the Boston Bruins with an undisclosed injury. Nylander wouldn't say what's kept him out of the Original Six matchup, but added he's been "feeling great" heading into tomorrow's Game 4 with the Leafs trailing 2-1. The Swede's arrival

  • The Canadian Press

    James, Lakers facing elimination Saturday. Magic, Pelicans and Heat seek home wins

    Nikola Jokic moved LeBron James out of the way as they battled for a rebound, grabbed the ball, got fouled and scored off the putback. And all James could do was turn his palms skyward, as if to ask “what else can I do?” That sequence in the third quarter of Game 3 of the first-round NBA playoff series between Jokic's Denver Nuggets and James' Los Angeles Lakers basically sums up the series. James has done his part. The Nuggets have just been better. There's a quadrupleheader of playoff games in

  • The Canadian Press

    Canada ousted by Estonia at world mixed doubles curling championship

    ÖSTERSUND, Sweden — Canada's Kadriana and Colton Lott were ousted from the world mixed doubles curling championship after suffering a 6-5 loss to Estonia in a playoff qualification game on Friday. The husband-and-wife team from Gimli, Man. led 5-4 after six ends but Estonia tied the score in the seventh and then sealed the victory with a steal of one in the eighth and final end after Kadriana Lott came up just short on her draw that needed to cover the pin for the victory. “We gave it everything

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    Astros have dug a big hole, Ohtani returns to Toronto & Pete Crow-Armstrong’s first MLB hit

    Jake Mintz & Jordan Shusterman talk about the absolute mess of a season from the Houston Astros thus far and where the team has gone wrong, as well as give their good, bad and Uggla from this week & preview this weekend in baseball.

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    Could Scottie Scheffler win the grand slam? It's not likely, but it's absolutely possible

    There's a long way to go, but Scottie Scheffler has a chance to do what Nicklaus, Palmer and Woods never did.

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    NFL Draft: Bill Belichick and Nick Saban's media careers are off to authentic, fantastic start

    Belichick was on "The Pat McAfee Show" Thursday night and Saban was on ABC's draft broadcast. Both were honest, knowledgeable, and perhaps most importantly, personable.

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    Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper stopped by Charlotte bar that criticized his draft strategy

    “Please Let The Coach & GM Pick This Year" read a sign out front.

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    Taking stock of the Cubs' rotation: Where do things stand with Shota Imanaga, Javier Assad and the rest?

    Chicago's pitchers are getting healthier, but questions remain after injuries and breakouts reshuffled the deck.

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    Korey Cunningham, former NFL lineman, found dead in New Jersey home at age 28

    Cunningham played 31 games in the NFL with the Cardinals, Patriots and Giants.

  • The Canadian Press

    Woodbine jockey Wilson in pursuit of Krone's all-time purse record

    TORONTO — Emma-Jayne Wilson may be a Canadian thoroughbred racing trailblazer and pioneer. But she had a very good mentor. Long before Wilson established herself as Canada's top female jockey, she received a call from American Julie Krone, the first woman to win an American Triple Crown race aboard Colonial Affair in the 1993 Belmont Stakes. Wilson has made many trips to the winner's since then, having amassed a Canadian-record 1,875 victories — including a historic triumph in the 2007 King's Pl

  • The Canadian Press

    After mid-week cup win, Toronto FC faces much stiffer challenge in Orlando

    Fresh from a mid-week 5-0 romp over semi-pro Simcoe County in Canadian Championship play, Toronto FC faces a much stiffer test Saturday when it returns to league action at Orlando City. While Toronto (4-4-1) goes into the weekend in fifth spot in Major League Soccer's Eastern Conference, seven places and four points ahead of Orlando (2-3-3), it is winless in its last eight meetings with Orlando (0-6-2) dating back to 2019. The Florida team, which had to divide its time between league and CONCACA

  • The Canadian Press

    Striker Brian White has chance to make Whitecaps history against his old team

    VANCOUVER — Striker Brian White isn’t sure how he will celebrate if he makes Vancouver Whitecaps history by scoring against his old New York Red Bulls team. White’s next goal will be his 44th across all competitions, the most of any Whitecap in the Major League Soccer era. "I'll see how the moment takes me," the 28-year-old, who grew up in Flemington, N.J., said as the Whitecaps prepared to face the Red Bulls on Saturday in New Jersey. "You try not to think about these kinds of things because th

  • The Canadian Press

    Shapovalov downs Etcheverry, advances to third round at Madrid

    MADRID — Canada's Denis Shapovalov advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open tennis tournament with a 7-6, 6-3 win over Argentina's Tomas Etcheverry on Friday. Shapovalov had to overcome issues with his serve to defeat the 26th-seeded Argentine in two hours three minutes. The 25-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., hit into 12 double faults and only landed 58 per cent of his first serves. But he had eight aces, compared to one for Etcheverry, and converted three break points to Etcheverry's t

  • The Canadian Press

    Bayern Munich signals decision is near on new coach to replace Thomas Tuchel

    FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Bayern Munich honorary president Uli Hoeness says he expects a decision within a week on a new coach to replace Thomas Tuchel. Tuchel is leaving at the end of the season after Bayern was beaten to the Bundesliga title by Bayer Leverkusen, although the team is facing Real Madrid in the Champions League semifinals next week. “I think we will have a decision within a week,” Hoeness said on Friday in comments reported by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper. Since T

  • The Canadian Press

    Slavia Prague fined $93,000 for crowd violence at Europa League game

    PRAGUE (AP) — Slavia Prague was fined by UEFA 87,000 euros ($93,000) for crowd trouble during a Europa League game against AC Milan. The punishment was for throwing objects, illicit chants, and blocking passageways on March 14 in Prague during the round of 16 second leg. Milan won 3-1 and advanced 7-3 on aggregate. The fans were throwing cups at Milan players and an assistant referee, chanted “UEFA Mafia,” and blocked staircases. Also, Slavia captain Tomáš Holeš received a red card in the 20th m

  • The Canadian Press

    European soccer leagues insist they have no plans for games in the US. A lawsuit could change that

    GENEVA (AP) — Leaders of top European soccer leagues say they have no plans to take games to the United States, though acknowledged that could change pending a lawsuit in Manhattan. FIFA has shifted its long-time policy of blocking domestic league games being played on the territory of another member federation by withdrawing this month from an antitrust suit filed by U.S. promoter Relevent Sports. The suit is also against the U.S. Soccer Federation. If league games could be organized abroad, Eu

  • The Canadian Press

    76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid says he has Bell's palsy

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, a form of facial paralysis he says has affected him since before the play-in tournament. Embiid wore sunglasses to the podium after he scored 50 points in the Sixers' Game 3 win over the New York Knicks and said he's dealt with various symptoms such as blurred vision and dry eyes. Embiid said he first started noticing the affliction about a “day or two” before the Sixers played the Miami Heat

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    Formula 1: Nico Hulkenberg leaving Haas for Sauber in 2025

    Hulkenberg has started over 200 Formula 1 races and has never had a podium finish.