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'I'm pissed right now': Kyle Lowry on Raptors record
Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry remained calm during his media availability but is surprised how his team's season has gone thus far.
Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry remained calm during his media availability but is surprised how his team's season has gone thus far.
Hyun Jin Ryu cruised into the seventh inning and Marcus Semien and Rowdy Tellez homered as the Jays beat the Yankees 7-3 on Tuesday night.
Few players had a more unusual trade deadline experience than new Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender David Rittich.
The two teams played on Tuesday after the game originally scheduled for Monday was postponed after Wright's death.
The league said in a release that the decision was made due to limitations on travel, border restrictions, and quarantining requirements.
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Cuban's Mavericks are in seventh place in the West, leaving them vulnerable to the play-in games.
Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam discusses the work he's put in to getting his strength back and how it felt to play some point guard vs. the Hawks.
Gary Player's son has been banned from Augusta National after using a solemn ceremony as a chance to advertise golf balls.
Dreams of the underdog Denver Nuggets winning the franchise's first-ever NBA championship this season were dashed in the instance of rising star Jamal Murray's torn left ACL late Monday night.
Yu Chang received racist messages after making a throwing error in Monday's loss.
The second leg of the Champions League will get underway, with the quality of competition quickly ramping up.
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BERLIN — Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick is mulling his future following the team’s Champions League elimination. Flick, who has a contract through 2023 but has refused to say if he will fulfil it, has emerged as the leading candidate to take over the German national team once Joachim Löw finally steps down after this year’s European Championship. Flick was Löw’s assistant from 2006-14. Flick delivered an impassioned monologue for more than four minutes after the defending champions' exit at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain late Tuesday, when he spoke about a future he is still considering. “I have a contract with Bayern Munich and these are things that just come. You always think about what’s happening and how does it go on and so on, whether everything is wonderful or otherwise,” Flick told broadcaster Sky. “I think the thing is for everyone in this position, whether as manager or coach or whatever, is how can I keep developing the team, the club? It’s a normal process … I’m always thinking, because for me it’s part of the process of success. And of course, you have to look.” Former Bayern great Lothar Matthäus said on the same broadcast that there had been telephone contact between the German soccer federation and Flick, and that the 56-year-old coach is the federation’s favourite to take over from Löw. Matthäus also said Bayern is already considering Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann as Flick’s successor. Flick led Bayern to a Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup treble after taking over from Niko Kovac in November 2019. Last week’s 3-2 loss at home to PSG in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals was his first defeat in the competition, though the French club still progressed on away goals after Bayern’s 1-0 win in the second leg. Under Flick, Bayern won 16 games, drew one and lost another in the Champions League. If he leaves the Bavarian powerhouse, and Bayern coaxes Nagelsmann from Leipzig in his place, it will add to the growing list of managerial changes for the new season. Eintracht Frankfurt coach Adi Hütter is turning his back on almost certain Champions League qualification to join Borussia Mönchengladbach and take over from Marco Rose, who is leaving to take over from Edin Terzic at Borussia Dortmund. Frankfurt will be hoping that Tuesday’s announcement of Hütter’s departure does not lead to a collapse like Gladbach’s in the games after Rose’s departure was made known. Once a contender for Champions League qualification, Gladbach is now in danger of missing out on European qualification altogether. Bayern, meanwhile, is closing in on a record-extending ninth consecutive Bundesliga title. It’s likely to be the last under Flick. ___ More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports ___ Ciarán Fahey on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cfaheyAP CiaráN Fahey, The Associated Press
Adam Duval belts two homers and drives in seven for the Marlins, plus Shane Bieber outduels the White Sox in this edition of FastCast
Just because the NHL can't release the Kraken until October doesn't mean Seattle wasn't in the mix at the trade deadline. General manager Ron Francis can't finalize any transactions until ownership makes its final expansion payment to the league, but there's precedent for him making a handshake deal or two. That's what George McPhee did at the deadline four years ago with Pittsburgh, setting the table for goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury to be the face of the Vegas Golden Knights franchise. If Francis made an arrangement with another team, he's not saying, though Seattle was tuned in to the moving and shaking at the deadline and the rest of the league had the Kraken in mind with the expansion draft coming up in July. “You always have the capability of having those discussions and reaching those agreements if both sides agree to it,” Francis said Tuesday, roughly 26 hours after the deadline. "We’re like everybody else on that trade deadline day: We’re watching it, we’re analyzing things. When trades happen, we’re updating our list and seeing how that affects (how) we were thinking on certain teams." Francis said nothing at the deadline surprised him, and little directly affected Seattle because so few players signed beyond this season were traded. Maybe scratch off the available list defenceman Jonas Siegenthaler following a trade from Washington to New Jersey and forward Scott Laughton because he re-signed with Philadelphia, but there was nothing earthshattering. Maybe that's because executives learned a lesson. Stanley Cup-winning St. Louis general manager Doug Armstrong said teams are less likely to let Francis be the “puppet master” manipulating the league like McPhee did. “I think everyone was a little more conscious of what was coming up at the expansion draft,” Armstrong said. “When you’re looking at if you’re going to protect three defencemen, seven forwards, OK, if I acquire this player, what’s the acquisition price, and then am I going to be able to protect him and what’s it costing me on the other side?’” The Flyers were willing to risk that with Laughton, so perhaps big forward James van Riemsdyk and his sizable contract are on the board for Seattle. After Vegas took very few high-dollar, long-term contracts, Francis won't share his philosophy other than to say he'll evaluate on a case-by-case basis. He also knows his colleagues have a longer runway to this expansion draft than before Vegas to figure out how to minimize the talent left to be claimed. But they didn't think the salary cap would remain flat at $81.5 million for multiple seasons because of pandemic-related revenue losses, and the Kraken could seize on those opportunities. One major positive for Seattle is it can better estimate which players they'll have a chance at than ever before now that the dust has settled on the trade deadline. There won't be much more movement until mid-July when protected lists have to be submitted and the drafting begins. “We’ve already taken a look at where we think we were affected sort of positively or negatively and we’ll continue to look at that and evaluate as we move forward here and regroup as a whole and start preparing from here to July,” Francis said. “We can do a mock draft 12 months or six months ago, but until we get closer to that day and until we get to see that final list, it’s hard to project with 100% accuracy what we’re going to be picking from. But we’ll look at all the different scenarios we think might present themselves and be as best prepared as we possibly can.” SMALL BUBBLE With roughly a month left in the regular season, 12 of the 16 playoff spots are all but wrapped up, with a handful of teams vying for the rest. That helped separate the buyers and sellers at the deadline, though many in the race stood pat. Armstrong's Blues were quiet, thanks in large part to a three-game winning streak that put them in a playoff position in the West Division. Had they lost those three games, Armstrong could've been a seller. “When we were thinking about being seller, we had a vision of, if we’re going to do something, what we wanted in return,” he said. Instead, St. Louis is jockeying with Arizona and San Jose for a playoff berth. With the top four pretty much set in the East and North, the only other drama is between Nashville, Chicago and Dallas in the Central. Why did the league split into well-defined classes this season? Washington general manager Brian MacLellan believes the condensed schedule and strict virus protocols have led to inconsistent play across the league. "Teams have periods where they’re looking good, they have rest and they’re playing well and then they have periods where they’re working through things or getting through games," MacLellan said. “It’s a hard year to maintain a high level of play, and I think that’s why you’re seeing a lot of teams grouped together.” GAME OF THE WEEK The Florida Panthers visit the Tampa Bay Lightning for games Thursday and Saturday that could go a long way to determining who wins the Central Division. LEADERS (Through Monday) Goals: Auston Matthews (Toronto), 32; Assists: Connor McDavid (Edmonton), 46; Points: McDavid: 69; Ice time: Drew Doughty (Los Angeles), 26:57; Wins: Andrei Vasilevskiy (Tampa Bay) and Philipp Grubauer (Colorado), 25 each; Goals-against average: Petr Mrazek (Carolina), 1.47; Save percentage: Filip Gustavsson (Ottawa), .946. ___ Follow AP Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno on Twitter at https://twitter.com/SWhyno ___ More AP NHL: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press
Antonio Senzatela lays down a breaking ball that freezes Will Smith, recording the strikeout in the bottom of the 1st inning
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Two-time Super Bowl winner LeSean McCoy joins The Rush to talk about teaming up with Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady and playing in front of the NFL’s wildest fans. He also debates the worthiness of Hall of Fame candidates and speaks out on recent social justice issues.