BRISTOL, Tenn.—Kyle Larson will have to wait another day to try to capture his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season.
The race at Bristol Motor Speedway was postponed until today because of heavy rain with Larson out in front. Racing was halted three times yesterday due to wet weather.
Action was scheduled to resume at 1 p.m. (ET) today.
ST. PAUL, Minn.—Blake Wheeler didn't see the same intensity from his team last night that the Winnipeg Jets displayed over the first two games of their first-round playoff series.
That stung them in a Game 3 loss to the Minnesota Wild.
Minnesota scored four second-period goals en route to a 6-2 win over the Jets, halving Winnipeg's series lead to 2-1.
WINNIPEG—Joe Morrow felt a bit like he was wearing glass slippers instead of skates last night.
The Jets' defenceman scored at 12:47 of the third period to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild in Game 1 of their first-round NHL Western Conference playoff series.
“I've had a major roller-coaster of an NHL career so far,” the 25-year-old Morrow said.
BALTIMORE—The Baltimore Orioles finally put on an offensive show at Camden Yards—one that manager Buck Showalter hopes will be repeated many times this summer.
Jonathan Schoop drove in two runs, and Kevin Gausman pitched six effective innings, as the Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 last night to avoid a three-game sweep.
MIAMI—The N.Y. Mets are winning even when they can't get a hit against the opposing starter.
Miami Marlins' lefty Jarlin Garcia was pulled after pitching six hitless innings in his first major-league start yesterday and the Mets rallied to take advantage of a strong season debut by Zack Wheeler and win 4-1 for their eighth-straight victory.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C.—Dustin Johnson is not satisfied with his Masters' history, no matter how many top-10 finishes he posts at Augusta National.
The top-ranked Johnson wound up 10th in last week's major—his third-straight appearance in the top 10 on the challenging layout.
“I definitely expect better,” Johnson said yesterday in prepping for this week's RBC Heritage.
MIAMI—Here were the two primary goals for the Miami Heat on the final night of the regular season: beat the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference and get Wayne Ellington into the team record book.
Done, and done.
BALTIMORE—With one swing of the bat, Josh Donaldson turned a tight duel into a blowout and sent the historically-meagre crowd at Camden Yards scurrying toward the exits.
Donaldson hit his fourth career grand slam, and Steve Pearce homered for the third-straight game, as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-1 last night before just 7,915 chilly fans.
DETROIT—On the second night of a back-to-back, with first place in the Eastern Conference already wrapped up, the Toronto Raptors easily could have packed it in after falling behind by 17 points.
That's not what coach Dwane Casey wanted.
“We are taking these last games seriously because now isn't the time to let any bad habits into our game,” Casey stressed.
WINNIPEG—Connor Hellebuyck is going to try to make sure his golfing buddy, Devan Dubnyk, hits the links before he does this spring.
The goalies became friends while training and playing golf together last summer. But that friendship is on hold now that their teams are foes in the opening round of the NHL playoffs.
