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76ers optimistic Joel Embiid could return in regular season
Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid is inching closer to a return before the end of the regular season, coach Nick Nurse said Wednesday. Embiid has been sidelined with a left knee injury sustained when the Golden State Warriors' Jonathan Kuminga fell ...
Blackhawks ride rare win streak into game at Ottawa
The Chicago Blackhawks will shoot for their first three-game winning streak of the season when they visit the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. The Blackhawks (21-46-5, 47 points) are coming off a 3-1 win against the visiting Calgary Flames on ...
Tennis-Decision to retire is about more than just tennis, Collins says
(Reuters) - Danielle Collins again faced questions about her decision to retire this year after she powered into the Miami Open semi-finals on Wednesday but the American said her reasons for leaving the sport were about much more than tennis. The ...
QMJHL PLAYOFFS: A daunting task awaits Charlottetown Islanders vs. Baie-Comeau
Charlottetown Islanders general manager and head coach Jim Hulton understands the challenge that lies ahead. The Islanders, who finished the 2023-24 regular season with a record of 26-34-6-2, face the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in the opening round of the ...
MLB 2024 Preview: Dodgers pegged to win 46 more games than A's
As the 2024 major league season gets underway in earnest on Thursday, the Los Angeles Dodgers are already one game toward their projected total of 103.5 wins for the regular season. That's courtesy of a split of their two-game, season-opening Seoul ...
Baseball-Ohtani's LA mural celebrates larger-than-life ballplayer
By Jorge Garcia LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - 'Ohtani-mania' officially kicked off in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday with the unveiling of a 15-story mural of new Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani. It took almost a month to create the mural on the side of ...
THE BREAKDOWN: The Senators score early, and often, in 6-2 win over Buffalo Sabres
SENATORS 6, SABRES 2 Better late than never. The Ottawa Senators got off to a strong start with five goals in the first period and then got the job finished in a 6-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night at the KeyBank ...
Red-hot Knicks send Raptors to worst home loss in franchise history, 12th straight defeat
How low can they go? For just the sixth time in franchise history, a Toronto Raptors team has lost at least a dozen games in a row. On Wednesday the Raptors tried to snap the skid against a strong New York Knicks team and ended up looking ...
Gausman good to go, set to start season in Blue Jays rotation
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The first dose of relief for Kevin Gausman came after a brilliant three-plus inning start in Bradenton on Monday followed closely on the encouragement meter by waking up feeling recovered the following morning. And now the ...
Samsonov says he's good to go but Woll starts for Maple Leafs on Thursday
Good thing it wasn’t a groin issue for Ilya Samsonov after all. Some suspected that the Maple Leafs goaltender had suffered that particular injury late in the team’s victory against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. Not so, Samsonov said on ...