Canada roots for Blue Jays TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays have advanced to the World Series and have a chance of claiming the championship of America's pastime at a time when U.S.-Canada relations remain near historic lows. George Springer put Toronto ahead with a three-run ...

Once Shohei Ohtani homered for the third time — shortly after wrapping up his six scoreless innings on the mound — the superlatives began in earnest. Best baseball performance of all time? Best sports performance, period? Pinnacle of overall human achievement? That last one is ...

TORONTO (AP) — George Springer put Toronto ahead with a three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Blue Jays advanced to the World Series for the first time since 1993 by beating the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night. Vladimir ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — During the Los Angeles Dodgers' October rampage to the NL pennant, the defending World Series champions have actually been the dark eminence that many baseball people have long feared they would become. The Dodgers are 9-1 in the postseason — and they've looked like a ...

The Philadelphia Eagles had a few extra days off to seethe and regroup after a humiliating loss to the New York Giants. The Minnesota Vikings (3-2) had an extra week off to rest, prepare and let their ailing quarterbacks heal up. Critics were bashing Philadelphia (4-2) after a 4-0 start ...

MIAMI (AP) — More than 1 million tickets have already been sold for next year's World Cup, FIFA said Thursday in its first update on numbers since the official start of sales began earlier this month. The highest demand, as would be expected, were from buyers in the U.S., Canada and Mexico ...