Update on the latest sports
APNHL-SCHEDULE
Tkachuk scores twice, Flames beat Canucks 6-2 in finale
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk (kah-CHUHK’) scored twice and the Calgary Flames beat the Vancouver Canucks 6-2 in the NHL’s regular-season finale.
The game was the third in a row between the teams to close the season after the Canucks’ schedule was pushed back by COVID-19 outbreak. Dillon Dube, Andrew Mangiapane, Brett Ritchie and Connor Mackey, with his first career NHL goal, also scored for the Flames. Jacob Markstrom stopped 19 shots.
At 26-27-3, they ended up four points behind Montreal for the final playoff spot. Bo Horvat and J.T. Miller scored for the Canucks. They finished last in the seven-team North, a point behind Ottawa.
NHL-BLUES-VIRUS
Bues, Knights cleared for Game 2
DENVER (AP) — The NHL has cleared the St. Louis Blues and Vegas Golden Knights after virus testing errors. The league says multiple COVID-19 tests came back positive for each team from the same lab. Further testing turned up negative results.
All players who were isolated and retested were cleared to play.
That cleared the way for Game 2 between the Blues and the Colorado Avalanche. Vegas plays Game 3 at Minnesota on Thursday night. That series is tied 1-1.
In other NHL news:
— The New Jersey Devils have hired former U.S women’s national team captain Meghan Duggan as manager of player development. Duggan is the latest prominent women’s hockey player to get a job in an NHL team’s hockey operations department.
MLB-SCHEDULE
Giolito gives Sox 8-inning, 2-hit outing to beat Twins 2-1
UNDATED (AP) — Lucas Giolito (jee-oh-LEE’-toh) gave up two hits over eight innings with a season-high 11 strikeouts, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1.
Giolito threw 111 pitches in his longest start of the year, another stride forward after a rough first month. The third-inning fastball that Nelson Cruz hit to center for his 10th home run accounted for Minnesota’s only runner past second base. Cruz also singled in the first.
Liam Hendricks pitched a perfect ninth for his ninth save in 11 chances, following a game-ending strikeout of Max Kepler with a shout and an arm pump to celebrate Chicago’s 20th win in its last 28 games.
MLB-PADRES-TATIS-HOSMER
Tatis, Hosmer clear COVID-19 protocols, return to Padres
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Star shortstop Fernando Tatis (tah-TEES’) Jr. and first baseman Eric Hosmer of the San Diego Padres were activated from the injured list after passing COVID-19 protocols prior to Wednesday’s game against the Colorado Rockies.
Tatis tested positive prior to a game at Colorado on May 11 and Hosmer was pulled from that game due to contract tracing protocols. Right fielder Wil Myers also was pulled from that game after a positive test came back although the team hopes he’ll will be back this weekend.
The Padres went 7-1 without Tatis, Hosmer and Myers, including a weekend sweep of the NL Central-leading St. Louis Cardinals.
Elsewhere in the majors:
— The New York Mets place right hander Taijuan Walker on the 10-day injured list retroactive to Tuesday after he lasted only three innings in this week’s start against the Braves due to tightness in his left side. The Mets selected the contract of outfielder Cameron Maybin from Triple-A Syracuse and started him in left field against the Atlanta Braves. Left-hander Stephen Tarpley and right-hander Sam McWilliams also were placed on the injured list.
NFL-COLTS-SIGNINGS
Colts sign 2 more draft picks as voluntary work continues
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts have signed two more draft picks — tight end Kylen Granson and quarterback Sam Ehlinger. Financial terms were not immediately available though both deals will be for four seasons.
The Colts have now signed all seven selections from this year’s draft as the first week of voluntary workouts nears its conclusion.
In other NFL moves:
— The Patriots have signed running back and fourth-round draft pick Rhamondre Stevenson. Stevenson, out of Oklahoma, is the fifth member of the Patriots’ 2021 draft class to sign. The 23-year-old Stevenson played in 19 games over two seasons for the Sooners, rushing for 1,180 yards and 13 touchdowns.
OBIT-LEE EVANS
Record-setting sprinter, ’68 Olympic activist Lee Evans dies
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Lee Evans, the record-setting sprinter who wore a black beret in a sign of protest at the 1968 Olympics, died Wednesday. He was 74.
Evans became the first man to crack 44 seconds in the 400 meters, winning the gold medal at the Mexico City Games in 43.86. His victory came shortly after his teammates, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, were sent home from the Olympics for raising their fists on the medals stand.
In later interviews, Evans said an official warned him not do anything similar. He took a different approach, wearing a black beret to show support for the Black Panther Party and other civil rights organizations.
