Author Archives:
MLB says robot home plate umpires unlikely for 2025
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball says robot home plate umpires are unlikely for 2025. "We still have some technical issues," baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday at a news conference f...
May 23, 2024
Avs captain Gabriel Landeskog looking to return next season after missing 2 years with knee injury
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - The first sign this wasn't a Gabriel Landeskog retirement announcement: The Colorado captain showed up wearing an Avalanche hat, shirt and shorts as if he'd just gone through ...
May 23, 2024
Canada falls 3-1 to top-ranked Poland in men's Volleyball Nations League action
ANTALYA - Canada fell 3-1 to top-ranked Poland on Thursday in men's Volleyball Nations League action. Canada started strong and took the first set 25-18 before Poland rebounded and took the next three...
May 23, 2024
Bouchard helping to power Edmonton Oilers' playoff push: 'Getting better and better'
DALLAS - Kris Knoblauch thought he spied a weakness. The head coach of the Ontario Hockey League's Erie Otters was looking for an edge against the rival London Knights during the 2015-16 season. He no...
May 23, 2024
Baltimore's former top prosecutor spared prison for mortgage fraud and perjury
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - A former Baltimore city prosecutor who achieved a national profile for charging police officers in a Black man's death was spared any prison time in her sentence Thursday for per...
May 23, 2024
Arizona man convicted of first-degree murder in starvation death of 6-year-old son
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - A northern Arizona man was convicted in a jury trial Thursday of first-degree murder and other crimes in the 2020 starvation death of his 6-year-old son. Authorities say the bo...
May 23, 2024
Pump track shade structure at Gas City Campground to close for construction
The Gas City Campground pump track shade structure will be closed temporarily for construction from May 27 to mid-June, the City of Medicine Hat said Thursday. Safety measures will be implemented on-s...
May 23, 2024
Toronto's Spooner, Montreal's Poulin, New York's Carpenter named PWHL MVP finalists
TORONTO - Toronto's Natalie Spooner, Montreal's Marie-Philip Poulin and New York's Alex Carpenter are the Billie Jean King MVP award finalists for the Professional Women's Hockey League's inaugural se...
May 23, 2024
Vancouver Canucks star Elias Pettersson dealt with knee injury through playoffs
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Canucks star Elias Pettersson says he has been playing with a knee injury since January. The 25-year-old centre says the injury impacted his play, but it isn't something that wil...
May 23, 2024
Canadian flyweight Jasmine Jasudavicius to face Brazil's Araujo on July UFC card
TORONTO - Canadian flyweight Jasmine Jasudavicius will take on Brazol's Viviane (Vivi) Araujo on a July 13 UFC Fight Night card. Canadian welterweight (Proper) Mike Malott is also on the July card, wh...
May 23, 2024