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Maple Leafs look to extend Atlantic Division lead against Panthers
The top spot in the Atlantic Division will be on the minds of the Toronto Maple Leafs when they host the Florida Panthers on Wednesday.,The Atlantic-leading Maple Leafs (45-25-4, 94 points) enter this crucial contest with a two-point advantage over the Panthers (44-26-4, 92 points) and a one-point l...
At home on road, Giants vie for series sweep of Astros
After posting a sub-.500 road record in their first season under manager Bob Melvin in 2024, the San Francisco Giants entered this campaign pressed to start on a positive note away from Oracle Park.,With their 3-1 interleague victory at the Houston Astros on Tuesday, the Giants (4-1) guaranteed they...
Logan Webb's 7 effective innings lead Giants past Astros
Logan Webb worked seven strong innings, Heliot Ramos clubbed his third home run, and the visiting San Francisco Giants earned an interleague series victory over the Houston Astros with a 3-1 win on Tuesday.,The Giants secured their fourth consecutive series win over Houston behind Webb, Ramos and Wi...
Habs' Nick Suzuki ties game late, beats Panthers in OT
Nick Suzuki scored twice, the tying goal with 8.4 seconds left in regulation and the overtime winner, as the Montreal Canadiens edged the visiting Florida Panthers 3-2 on Tuesday night.,Suzuki beat Vitek Vanecek with a wraparound 29 seconds into the extra period for his 25th of the season as the Can...
Giants' Brian Daboll emerges from dark place well-versed on QBs, draft
New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll has spent a lot of time in a dark place -- the film room -- since the end of the regular season, and he's already reaping the benefits.,Daboll emerged from the film room on Tuesday morning at the NFL annual meeting in Palm Beach, Fla., one of the first times t...
Giants hope Logan Webb can add to success against Astros
After being forced to move Jordan Hicks to the bullpen in late July last season, the San Francisco Giants were encouraged by the right-hander's performance on Monday in his return to the rotation.,Hicks worked six scoreless innings in the Giants' 7-2 win over the Houston Astros in the opener of a th...
Giants' Jordan Hicks stars in homecoming win over Astros
Jordan Hicks twirled six shutout innings, Wilmer Flores socked his third home run and the visiting San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Astros 7-2 on Monday in the opener of a three-game interleague series.,Hicks (1-0), a Houston native, retired 14 consecutive batters during one stretch. He all...
Braves OF Jurickson Profar suspended 80 games for failed PED test
Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar has been suspended for 80 games without pay for violating MLB's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.,The suspension takes effect immediately.,Profar, 32, tested positive for the performance-enhancing substance Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG), accordin...
Jameis Winston ‘ready for anything’; Giants not ruling out QB at No. 3
Though the New York Giants have signed both Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston this spring, another quarterback early in the draft is not off the table.,However, general manager Joe Schoen made clear he isn't going to "force" taking a quarterback that early in the draft, setting a high bar for such a...
Buoyed by Sunday's win, Canadiens positioned for series sweep of Panthers
The Montreal Canadiens will look to make it back-to-back victories over the visiting Florida Panthers when the two teams hit the ice on Tuesday night to complete a home-and-home series.,Captain Nick Suzuki scored and added two assists as Montreal (34-30-9, 77 points) doubled up Florida 4-2 on Sunday...
Report: Suns star Kevin Durant (ankle) to miss at least one week
Phoenix superstar Kevin Durant will miss at least one week after suffering a left ankle sprain in Sunday's 148-109 loss to the visiting Houston Rockets, ESPN reported on Monday.,Durant scored 11 points before his night ended when he rolled his ankle on Jabari Smith Jr.'s foot while driving to the ba...
Panthers D Niko Mikkola fined $5K for unsportsmanlike conduct
Florida Panthers defenseman Niko Mikkola was fined $5,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct on Monday.,The fine is in response to a slapshot Mikkola sent down the ice with two seconds remaining on the game clock with the Panthers down 4-2 to the Canadiens on Sunday. The puck almost hit Montreal's players,...
Braves call up RHP Jesse Chavez, 41
The Atlanta Braves called up 41-year-old reliever Jesse Chavez from Triple-A Gwinnett on Monday.,The right-hander will begin his 18th season in the majors, a journey that includes stints with nine different teams. A free agent after the 2024 season, he signed in the offseason with the Texas Rangers,...
Astros ride stellarm pitching into series opener vs. Giants
While right-hander Spencer Arrighetti capped a strong opening weekend for the Houston rotation on Saturday, it was the performance of the Astros' bullpen that raised eyebrows.,The Houston bullpen surrendered one run over eight innings against the New York Mets in the first of consecutive interleague...
Robbie Ray, Giants win duel vs. Nick Martinez, Reds
Matt Chapman belted a two-run homer and turned in several key defensive plays to lead the visiting San Francisco Giants to a 6-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.,Heliot Ramos homered and drove in a pair while Camilo Doval earned his first save with a scoreless ninth for the Giants, who won th...
Nick Suzuki helps Canadiens defeat Panthers
Nick Suzuki had a goal and two assists for the Montreal Canadiens in a 4-2 win against the Florida Panthers on Sunday afternoon in Sunrise, Fla.,Juraj Slafkovsky had a goal and an assist, Patrik Laine and Brendan Gallagher also scored, Lane Hutson totaled three assists, and Sam Montembeault made 24 ...
Reds turn to Nick Martinez in series finale vs. Giants
The Cincinnati Reds will try to give Terry Francona his second win as their manager on Sunday afternoon when they host the San Francisco Giants in the rubber match of a three-game series.,Emilio Pagan, who earned the save in Cincinnati's 3-2 victory on Saturday, walked in during Francona's post-game...
Atlanta United rallies from two down to beat NYCFC
Emmanuel Latte Lath scored the game-winning goal in the 84th minute, helping Atlanta United rally from a two-goal deficit to earn a 4-3 victory against visiting New York City FC on Saturday.,Hannes Wolf scored a pair of goals for New York (2-2-2, 8 points) to build a 3-1 lead, before three straight ...
Matt McLain helps Reds rally past Giants for 1st win of season
Matt McLain homered, doubled and scored twice and Christian Encarnacion-Strand blasted a solo home run to break a sixth-inning tie as the Cincinnati Reds rallied past the visiting San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Saturday afternoon.,Elly De La Cruz and McLain did their damage at the plate and in the fiel...
Giants OF/DH Jerar Encarnacion (hand) out 8 weeks after surgery
San Francisco Giants outfielder Jerar Encarnacion had surgery on his fractured left hand and is expected to miss eight weeks.,Encarnacion was injured in a March 21 spring training game while trying to make a catch in the outfield.,The 27-year-old was a candidate to be the team's full-time designated...