Blue Jays torch Tigers relievers to avoid back-to-back series sweeps

The Toronto Blue Jays are going to enjoy Monday's day off after all. Justin Smoak had three hits, including a homer, and drove in three runs to help the Blue Jays end a five-game losing streak with an 8-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. "This takes some pressure off all of us," Smoak said. "Every one […]

Can Stawell Gift champ go back-to-back?

MATT Rizzo’s decision to bypass the Australian Championships in search of successive Stawell Gift crowns will be tested today when the defending champion aims to break a 51-year drought. No man has claimed consecutive victories in Australia’s richest footrace since Bill Howard in 1966-67, but Rizzo is hopeful his strategy will pay off after posting […]

Homan, Gushue earn back-to-back wins at Olympic curling trials

Opponents continue to make Rachel Homan’s pursuit of her first Olympic curling berth difficult. But for the second straight game, the reigning women’s world champion gutted out a victory with a 4-2 decision against Krista McCarville on Monday morning at the 2018 Winter Games trials in Ottawa. Calgary’s ​Chelsea Carey handed Homan (2-1) an opening-draw loss on Saturday […]

Netflix Wanted to to Shoot ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 and 4 Back-to-Back

It’s been a long wait for the second season of Stranger Things — and the wait will continue anew once the season hits in October and we have to wait for season 3 or 4. But the sci-fi horror series is Netflix’s new flagship show, so it’s understandable that the streaming service would be eager to keep the magic going […]

Tomic wins back-to-back matches on clay

Video Image Tomic scrapes through0:29 Tennis: Bernard Tomic has won his second match since the Australian Open, but it wasn’t pretty. May 2nd 2017 2 days ago /video/video.news.com.au/Sport/Tennis/ Bernard Tomic. AAPFOX SPORTS Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit Email a friend MUCH-maligned Bernard Tomic has achieved something he […]

Back-to-back! Kyrgios destroys Djoker again

Video Image Kyrgios challenges 3 straight1:24 Nick Kyrgios challenged three consecutive points in the opening set of his Indian Wells tussle with Novak Djokovic March 16th 2017 17 minutes ago /video/video.news.com.au/Sport/Tennis/ Nick Kyrgios returns a shot to Novak Djokovic. Liam FitzGibbon with staff writersFOX SPORTS Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ […]

Consumer bankruptcies posted back-to-back increases for the first time since the aftermath of the financial crisis

Reuters/Joshua Lott US bankruptcy filings by consumers rose 5.4% in January, compared to January last year, to 52,421 according to the American Bankruptcy Institute. In December, they’d already risen 4.5% from a year earlier. This was the first time that consumer bankruptcies increased back-to-back since 2010. However, business bankruptcies began to surge in November 2015 […]