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Review: Roku unveils new set-top streaming boxes in Canada
TORONTO – When Google unveiled its $35 Chromecast device to help consumers get web content on their TVs, it was perceived as bad news for competitors selling similar but more expensive products, including one of the market leaders, Roku.
Federal appeals court upholds ban on sports gambling in New Jersey
NEWARK, N.J. – A federal appeals court dealt another blow to New Jersey’s efforts to legalize sports gambling Tuesday, upholding a ruling that the state’s betting law conflicts with federal law and shouldn’t be implemented.
MLB remembers Sept. 11 with on-field tributes, special lineup cards and American flag patches
Texas Rangers third base coach Gary Pettis says it’s important for Major League Baseball — and all Americans — to take a moment to remember Sept. 11.
Blue Jays to play pair of pre-season games against Mets in Montreal next spring
MONTREAL – The Toronto Blue Jays will play a pair of pre-season games next spring at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium.
Blue Jays’ Melky Cabrera has benign tumour removed from spine, to be ready for spring training
MINNEAPOLIS – Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Melky Cabrera had a benign tumour removed from his spine and is expected to be ready for spring training.
Kelly works 6 innings, Holliday gets RBI in 7th straight game as Cardinals beat Reds 6-1
ST. LOUIS – Joe Kelly tossed six strong innings and Matt Holliday drove in a run for a seventh straight game, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night.
Girardi says ‘open season’ on A-Rod unless Dempster suspended for hitting Yankees star
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Yankees manager Joe Girardi said it will be “open season” on Alex Rodriguez if Major League Baseball fails to suspend Boston pitcher Ryan Dempster for hitting the New York star with a pitch.
Alex Rodriguez and Yankees: Foes for 21 hours each day and allies for 3
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Life with Alex Rodriguez breaks down in strange ways for the New York Yankees.
Rodriguez lawyer: MLB’s evidence won’t hold up; slugger shouldn’t serve “1 inning” of ban
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Major League Baseball’s evidence against Alex Rodriguez is so weak he shouldn’t serve even one inning of his 211-game suspension, the lawyer for the Yankees slugger said Monday.
Commissioner Bud Selig says he did right thing in suspending Alex Rodriguez for 211 games
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig insists he did the right thing in suspending Alex Rodriguez for more than one season.
Albers’ stellar debut follows rocky road to recovery after Tommy John surgery
Last Tuesday Andrew Albers pitched eight and one-third innings of shutout ball for the Minnesota Twins in one of the best major league debuts by a Canadian in history.
AL Capsules
CLEVELAND – Prince Fielder hit a two-run double in the 14th inning as the Detroit Tigers won their 11th straight, 6-5 on Wednesday night over the Cleveland Indians, who fell six games out of first place in the AL Central and maybe left rookie Danny Salazar in for one too many pitches.
De Aza double in 12th lifts White Sox past Yankees 6-5 after A-Rod appeals suspension
CHICAGO – Alejandro De Aza’s game-winning double in the 12th rallied the Chicago White Sox to a 6-5 win over the New York Yankees on Wednesday night, hours after New York’s Alex Rodriguez appealed his suspension.
A look at the penalties agreed to by players and MLB on Monday in Biogenesis drug case
A look at the penalties agreed to by players and Major League Baseball on Monday in the Biogenesis drug case, along with their salaries lost:
Person familiar with talks: Players in MLB drug case make deals, except for Alex Rodriguez
NEW YORK, N.Y. – A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that all players targeted for drug suspensions other than Alex Rodriguez have accepted 50-game penalties from Major League Baseball.