Montreal downs Toronto in season opener

Josh Anderson and Alexandre Carrier each had a goal and assist as the Montreal Canadiens beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 Tuesday night in the teams' season opener.

Zachary Bolduc also scored for Montreal, which got 25 saves from Jakub Dobes.

William Nylander scored twice for Toronto. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 21 shots in his first game with the Maple Leafs.

Cam Schlittler dominates Red Sox

The Red Sox should do whatever it takes to avoid Cam Schlittler next postseason, and beyond.

The Massachusetts native - and currently the biggest villain in the Boston-New York rivalry - showed in Game 1 why he's one of the most dominant starting pitchers in the majors, and the heavy favorite to win the AL Cy Young award.

Schlittler tossed 6 1/3 shutout innings Tuesday, allowing just two hits and a walk to go with 10 strikeouts. He got a ridiculous 24 whiffs while surrendering just two hard-hit balls (both groundouts). His 117 pitches were the most by a Yankees starter in a playoff game since 2012. In two postseason starts against the Red Sox, Schlittler's thrown 14 1/3 shutout innings while striking out 22.

Leafs land Marchenko for Knies

The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired forward Kirill Marchenko from the Columbus Blue Jackets and subsequently signed him to a six-year extension with a $12.5-million cap hit, Marchenko's agent, Dan Milstein, announced Monday.

Toronto sent forwards Matthew Knies and Steven Lorentz, defenseman Emil Andrae, and a second-round pick to Columbus for Marchenko, forward Miles Wood, and goaltender Elvis Merzlikins, the teams announced.

Marchenko was set to become a restricted free agent next summer and had recently been noncommittal about signing a new deal in Columbus after reports surfaced over the summer that he wanted out.

Cleveland claims AL Central title

The Cleveland Guardians claimed their third straight AL Central division title thanks to their 11-5 win over the Kansas City Royals and the Chicago White Sox losing 9-6 to the Colorado Rockies.

Cleveland will be the AL's No. 2 seed and receive a bye to the ALDS. The White Sox, meanwhile, are now locked into the No. 6 seed and will be the road team against the AL West champion - either the Houston Astros or Texas Rangers - in the best-of-three wild-card series.

Golden State sign Curry to 2 Years

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry agreed to a two-year, $116-million contract extension with a player option in 2028-29.

The deal keeps Curry from entering the upcoming season as a pending free agent and ends speculation that the Warriors might entertain trade offers for him.

Curry took $20 million less than the maximum on his extension to give the Warriors more cap space next summer.

His new contract makes him the first player to earn $600 million over the course of their career

Blue Jays eliminated from playoffs

The Toronto Blue Jays won't return to the postseason after falling just short of winning the World Series last year.

Toronto was officially eliminated from playoff contention Wednesday with a 4-2 loss in the first game of a doubleheader against the Baltimore Orioles.

Starter Max Scherzer allowed four earned runs and struck out seven over five innings. Pete Alonso hit a two-run home run off Scherzer in the fifth for the slugger's third round-tripper of the series.

Former Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt shut down his old team, allowing two earned runs over five frames. Bassitt also earned a win against Toronto on Sept. 11.

The Blue Jays outhit the Orioles 10-5 in Wednesday's opener but were 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position.

Judge set to return Wild Card Game 1

Aaron Judge may be ready for the New York Yankees' wild-card series, after all.

One day after manager Aaron Boone said that the team is planning as if its star slugger won't be ready for the start of the postseason due to a calf injury, Judge himself said he intends to be available for Game 1.

Raptors sign Kawhi Leonard 2 Years

The Toronto Raptors signed Kawhi Leonard to a two-year, $115-million contract extension after recently finalizing his trade from the Los Angeles Clippers.

The agreement includes a player option for the 2028-29 campaign.

Leonard was entering the final season of a three-year, $149.5-million contract. He was eligible for up to $126 million on the new deal but reportedly took $11 million less to give the Raptors financial flexibility, per Charania. Leonard also waived his $7.5-million trade kicker in Toronto's swap with L.A.

Jeremiah Smith breaks Ohio State record

Jeremiah Smith stands alone in Ohio State's storied history of wide receivers.

Smith is now the all-time leader in receiving yards in program history following a 23-yard reception Saturday in the first quarter against Kent State, pushing him past Michael Jenkins' career total of 2,898.

Will Derrick Henry break all time record?

Emmitt Smith believes Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry is capable of breaking his record as the NFL's all-time rushing yards leader.

"It's possible," Smith said, according to ESPN's Jamison Hensley. "Derrick Henry is a bigger back. He takes great care of his body. He's in great shape."

Smith has held the rushing record for 24 years after amassing 18,355 rushing yards throughout his Hall of Fame career with the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals. He retired at 35, two years after breaking the record.