Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Starting pitcher Tyler Alexander flirted with a perfect game as the Tampa Bay Rays held off the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Friday Alexander (2-2) didn’t allow a baserunner through 7 1/3 innings, but ultimately surrendered three runs on three hits and struck out four.  Relievers Manuel Rodriguez and Pete Fairbanks pitched scoreless […]

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays’ Danny Jansen broke up a perfect game bid by the Tampa Bay Rays’ Tyler Alexander when he blooped an opposite-field single with one out in the eighth inning on Friday night. Alexander retired his first 22 batters before Jansen hit a 1-0 changeup near the low, outside corner […]

TORONTO — Taylor Heise scored twice, including the winner in the third period, as Minnesota downed Toronto 4-1 on Friday to win a best-of-five Professional Women’s Hockey League semifinal 3-2.  Denisa Krizova and Sophia Kunin had the other goals for Minnesota, which fell behind 2-0 in the series before winning three straight, including Wednesday’s 1-0 […]

TORONTO (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays left-hander Tyler Alexander has a perfect game through six innings against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. Alexander has struck out four in his seventh start and ninth appearance this season. He has thrown 52 of 70 pitches for strikes. Right fielder Josh Lowe went down on one […]

TORONTO — Craig Berube has been handed the keys to the Toronto Maple Leafs. It will be up to the 58-year-old to deliver something the Original Six franchise hasn’t experienced in more than a generation — sustained playoff success. The Leafs named Berube their new head coach Friday after another post-season flop that cost predecessor […]

Toronto’s Penny Oleksiak won the women’s 100-metre freestyle on Friday night at the Olympic & Paralympic Trials. Oleksiak finished with a time of 53.66 seconds to go just over the Olympic qualifying time of 53.61.  Mary-Sophie Harvey of Laval, Que., placed second in 53.71 seconds. Oleksiak, a seven-time Olympic medallist, won her lone gold at […]

TORONTO — Three of the Blue Jays’ relief pitchers have scheduled appearances with Toronto’s triple-A affiliate as they recover from injuries. Chad Green and Bowden Francis will pitch for the Buffalo Bisons on Sunday. Yariel Rodriguez will take the mound for Buffalo on Tuesday. Green has been nursing a right shoulder strain and was put […]

TORONTO — Equifax Canada says it’s exploring how using payday loan data could affect people’s credit scores. The agency says including data sources that aren’t traditionally used to calculate credit scores could help paint a more complete picture of consumers’ credit health.  Equifax says this could improve credit scores for consumers with “responsive repayment of […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have named Craig Berube as their new head coach. The NHL club announced Berube as the 41st head coach in franchise history in a release Friday. Berube, who replaces Sheldon Keefe after he was fired May 8, won the Stanley Cup with the St. Louis Blues in 2019. Sent […]

Toronto FC coach John Herdman is hoping being bad can lead to some good in the wake of last Saturday’s post-game throwdown with New York City FC. Herdman, goalkeeper Sean Johnson and injured fullback/wingback Richie Laryea received one-game bans in the league’s first wave of disciplinary decisions after players and staff went at it following […]