• The Canadian Press

    How bad did Dylan Strome want to make the NHL playoffs? Ask his brothers

    ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Dylan Strome was never good at losing, whether it was playing baseball in his front yard or stick hockey in the basement with his brothers. “He hated losing more than he loved winning,” younger brother Matt Strome said. "He was never satisfied unless he won, and if he lost you would definitely know about it. I was on the wrong end of that a couple times.” Strome won the Ontario Hockey League championship and the Memorial Cup at the junior level, was the third pick in the 20

  • The Canadian Press

    Scheffler wiped out from Masters and opens with a 69 at Hilton Head. He trails Poston by 6 shots

    HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler is running on fumes after an exhausting Masters victory just four days ago. He hit a shank from a bunker. He nearly lost his mind from mud on his golf ball. And he still managed a 2-under 69 at the RBC Heritage on Thursday. J.T. Poston set the pace on an idyllic day on Hilton Head Island with nine birdies — six of them in a seven-hole stretch — for a 63 that gave him a two-shot lead over Collin Morikawa and Seamus Power. Mackenzie Hughes of Hamil

  • The Canadian Press

    Kawhi Leonard fighting 'stubborn inflammation' and is questionable for Game 1 of playoffs

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kawhi Leonard has been fighting “very, very stubborn inflammation” in his surgically repaired right knee for nearly three weeks and he'll be listed as questionable for the Los Angeles Clippers' playoff opener against the Dallas Mavericks. The fourth-seeded Clippers host Luka Doncic and the fifth-seeded Mavs on Sunday. “Progress has been made but the inflammation needs to continue to reduce so he can do functional basketball movements,” Lawrence Frank, president of basketball o

  • The Canadian Press

    Kentucky guard Reed Sheppard enters NBA draft after being named top freshman by SEC coaches

    LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky reserve guard Reed Sheppard, who was voted the Southeastern Conference's top freshman by coaches after leading the league in steals, says he will enter the NBA draft. The London, Kentucky, native was considered one of the conference's best playmakers and perimeter shooters. He said in a social media post that it was time to pursue his dream of playing in the NBA and asked fans “to go with me” in a one-minute video. Sheppard's father, Jeff, was the 1998 Final Four M