The surging Orioles are what the struggling Blue Jays once fancied themselves as being. As they begin a three-game series, these appear to be teams going in opposite directions.

Not only has Arturs Silovs not been the liability for the Canucks that many predicted, the Latvian is outplaying celebrated opponents and actually giving Vancouver the advantage in the crease.

The NBA Draft Lottery outcome was probably the worst-case scenario for the Raptors as they try to be competitive long-term in the Eastern Conference. Michael Grange explains why.

As the always-important Game 3 approaches, the Canucks could be in store for a mule-like presence against the Oilers. Iain MacIntyre and Mark Spector bring that and more in their notebook.

Within the visiting clubhouse at Rogers Centre Sunday morning, the Minnesota Twins will gameplan for Alek Manoah, preparing a plan of attack for the Blue Jays right-hander ahead of his first home start since last July 29.

The Stars may not have been the better team Saturday, but there’s no question they deserve to lead their series over the Avs. Opportunistic and dependent on shot-blocking and the solid netminding of Jake Oettinger, the Stars regained home-ice advantage. Eric Francis has the takeaways from Game 3.

In hockey, they say that if you arrive at the rink wondering about the officiating, you are halfway to being beaten. But is the officiating the real issue between the Oilers and Canucks? Mark Spector has some thoughts.