It’s not the way seven-year-old Hunter Beauparlant might’ve imagined meeting his idol. “He was crying and bleeding at the time”, Hunter’s father Steven told CTV News Toronto. It all started during the warm-up before Saturday night’s Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens game at Scotiabank Arena in downtown Toronto. “My sons both made up some … Read more
With a hefty slate of MLB action, we’re scouring the schedule to bring you some of our favorite player prop picks to kick off the week, including Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco staying hot in his sophomore season against the lowly Oakland A’s. The first full week of the MLB season is upon us, … Read more
Welcome to the first in-season edition of The List, where I rank the Top 100 SP for Fantasy Baseball every single Monday of the year. It’s the List the site is named after. Want an earlier update to The List? Join me on Mondays at 1:00pm ET as I live-stream its creation each week! Have … Read more
The youngster won his event at the FIA Karting European Championship in Portimão, Portugal, and video footage posted online showed him hitting his chest and holding his right arm out while the Italian national anthem played during the podium ceremony. Severiukhin — who was competing under an Italian license after motorsport’s governing body, the Fédération … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links NHL Hockey Edmonton Oilers Suddenly, Vegas, the most successful NHL expansion franchise ever with already a trip to the Stanley Cup final in their history, is only two points back of LA The Edmonton Oilers’ Devin Shore (14) lands on goaltender Mike Smith (41) as they play the Vegas Golden Knights at … Read more
There’s a lot to unpack here from the season’s final few days. We can talk about the Lakers’ shameful treatment of a championship head coach or about Luka Doncic’s calf strain or about some of the interesting strategic decisions that Eastern Conference teams made with their playoff seeding. We’ll get to most of that later … Read more
NEW YORK – Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston MatthewsWashington Capitals defenseman John Carlson and Florida Panthers left wing Jonathan Huberdeau have been named the NHL’s “Three Stars” for the weekend April 10. FIRST STAR – AUSTON MATTHEWS, C, TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS Matthews collected multiple points in all four of his outings, topping the League in … Read more
The Los Angeles Lakers have honed in on Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse as a replacement for Frank Vogel, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reports. Nurse has two years remaining on his contract with the Raptors. The Lakers would need to get permission from Toronto to negotiate with him, Charania notes. The 54-year-old has emerged … Read more
The Toronto Blue Jays blew a 6-1 third-inning lead over the Texas Rangers on Sunday and lost 12-6. Unless you are a Blue Jays fan, you might enjoy the tidy symmetry this formed with Friday’s season opener between the teams, in which the Rangers opened a 6-0 lead in the first two innings, chased Toronto … Read more
Even if the Toronto Maple Leafs weren’t the most-watched team in hockey, all eyes would be on Auston Matthews these days. When you’re scoring goals at a clip not seen since Mario Lemieux was dancing through blue lines in the mid-90s, you deserve all the attention you get. Matthews is having a sublime moment while … Read more
