NHL free agency winners and losers: Florida Panthers run it back

NHL free agency winners and losers: Florida Panthers run it back

Something doesn't seem quite right whenthe day before free agencyis more exciting than theactual opening of free agency. That's because NHL general managers did their best to remove some of the bigger names in the market on June 30. Mitch Marner, Brad Marchand, Aaron Ekblad, Patrick Kane and Ivan Provorov were all gone on Monday. There still was some action on Tuesday. Brock Boeser, who had seemed all but gone, re-signed with theVancouver Canucks. Mikael Granlund joined theAnaheim Ducks. Vladislav Gavrikov went to theNew York Rangers, and the Rangers traded K'Andre Miller to theCarolina Hurricanes. Here are the winners and losers from the last two days of NHL free agency: It seemed unlikely that Panthers general manager Bill Zito would be able to bring back his big three free agents of Sam Bennett, Aaron Ekblad and Brad Marchandbut he got it done. "This is 100 percent those guys wanting to be part of something they created," Zito said. He then got Tomas Nosek re-signed, meaning all 12 forwards who skated in the Panthers' Stanley Cup-clinching win are under contract. The only main player who left is defenseman Nate Schmidt, but Zito signed Jeff Petry as a replacement. They'readding prolific scorer Mitch Marnerto a roster that already has lots of offense in Jack Eichel, Mark Stone, Tomas Hertl and Pavel Dorofeyev. The question is whether Marner can produce in the postseason, but that's pretty far away. The Rangers have been sloppy defensively, so it was good to add Gavrikov, the top defensive defenseman in the free agent class. They had to part with Miller to make the money work, but they received a prospect and two draft picks in the deal. General manager Chris Drury also got restricted free agent forward Will Cuylle re-signed for two years. He had been considered a potential target for an offer sheet. Losing Gavrikov was tough. They also traded young defenseman Jordan Spence. Cody Ceci and Brian Dumoulin don't seem like adequate replacements. Jake Allen was the top free agent goalie and he signed a five-year, $9 million contract to return to the New Jersey Devils. Goaltenders Vitek Vanecek (Utah), Dan Vladar (Philadelphia), David Rittich (Islanders), Anton Forsberg (Los Angeles), Matt Murray (Seattle) and Alex Nedeljkovic (San Jose) did move. Ilya Samsonov, James Reimer and Alexandar Georgiev are among the goalies still available. Mikael Granlund was a good fit for the Stars after he arrived before the 2025 trade deadline, but they didn't have the cap space to re-sign him. They did sign Radek Faksa, a former Star, but he's more of a depth player. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:NHL free agency winners, losers: Panthers, Rangers, Kings

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Springer has career-high 7 RBIs, hits 9th slam to lead Blue Jays over Yankees

Springer has career-high 7 RBIs, hits 9th slam to lead Blue Jays over Yankees

TORONTO (AP) — George Springer had a career-high seven RBIs, including his ninth grand slam, and the Toronto Blue Jays celebrated Canada Day by beating the Yankees 12-5 on Tuesday and closing within one game of AL East-leading New York. Andrés Giménez had a go-ahead, three-run homer for the Blue Jays, who overcame a 2-0 deficit against Max Fried. After the Yankees tied the score 4-4 in the seventh, Toronto broke open the game in the bottom half against a reeling Yankees bullpen. Springer went 3 for 4, starting the comeback with a solo homer in the fourth against Fried and boosting the lead to 9-5 with the slam off Luke Weaver after Ernie Clement's go-ahead single off shortstop Anthony Volpe's glove. Springer has 13 homers this season and his second of the day was his 100th for the Blue Jays. Toronto won the first two games of the four-game series and closed within one game of the Yankees for the first time since before play on April 20. MARLINS 2, TWINS 0 MIAMI (AP) — Kyle Stowers homered and Miami stretched their winning streak to eight, one shy of the club record set in 2008, with a win over Minnesota. Edward Cabrera (3-2) struck out six and only allowed two hits and one walk in seven innings, the longest start of the season by a Marlins pitcher. He struck out Byron Buxton to end the third for his 400th career strikeout, becoming the third-fastest to reach the mark in franchise history. Stowers gave Miami a 1-0 lead in the second inning with his 14th home run of the season. He initially took first base after appearing to get hit by a pitch. But Minnesota challenged and the call was overturned. Anthony Bender pitched a perfect eighth and Ronny Henriquez struck out back-to-back batters to begin the ninth to help secure his fourth save. PIRATES 1, CARDINALS 0 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Catcher Henry Davisdrove in the game's only run with a sacrifice flyin the eighth inning and preserved the leadwith a tag at the plate in the ninth, giving Pittsburgh a win over St. Louis as Pirates ace Paul Skenes' winless streak reached six starts. Pittsburgh's Ke'Bryan Hayes led off the bottom of the eighth with a single off Phil Maton (1-3). Pinch-hitter Adam Frazier doubled to right and Hayes scored on Davis' fly ball to center. St. Louis had runners on second and third with one out in the ninth when Victor Scott hit a slow chopper that first baseman Spencer Horwitz fielded and threw to Davis, who tagged Jose Fermin at the plate. Skenes pitched five scoreless innings and allowed five hits and one walk and struck out five while throwing 88 pitches. Skenes, who is 4-7 with a 2.03 ERA, has not won since May 28 at Arizona and is winless in six starts against the Cardinals. ANGELS 4, BRAVES 0 ATLANTA (AP) — Jo Adell'srun-scoring doublein the eighth inning ended a scoreless tie and Los Angeles beat Atlanta. The Angels (42-42) reached .500 for the ninth time this season, while the Braves (38-46) have lost five of six. Adell's double down the left-field line off Dylan Lee (1-3) drove in Mike Trout, who doubled.Jorge Soler, who came off the injured list after missing 11 games with lower back inflammation, added atwo-run doubleoff Enyel De Los Santos in the four-run inning. Angels shortstop Zach Neto returned as the leadoff hitter after missing four starts with a jammed right shoulder. ATHLETICS 4, RAYS 3, 10 INNINGS TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Austin Wynns hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning and the Athletics handed Tampa Bay a loss, their third straight. The Rays' last three-game skid came against the the Phillies at home in early May and they have now lost four of five to last-place teams. Colby Thomas, who got his first career hit earlier, started the 10th on second base and was sacrificed to third by Denzel Clarke. No. 9 hitter Max Schuemann, who was starting in place of Jacob Wilson, the second-leading hitter in the majors who was a late scratch with a sore right hamstring, worked Mason Montgomery (1-2) for a walk ahead of pinch-hitter Wynns. CUBS 5, GUARDIANS 2 CHICAGO (AP) — Matthew Boyd pitched seven sharp innings for his eighth win, Seiya Suzuki cracked his team-leading 23rd homer and Chicago topped sliding Cleveland. Carson Kelly doubled twice with a sac fly for three RBIs. Michael Busch went 3-for-3 and drove in a run to help NL Central-leading Chicago win its 50th game. Carlos Santana had two hits, including his 400th career double, but Cleveland dropped its fifth straight. The Guardians scored two runs in the fourth — ending a skid of 17 straight scoreless innings — on Nolan Jones' RBI single and Angel Martínez's sacrifice fly. Cleveland has scored in just two of its last 45 innings. Boyd (8-3) allowed two runs on five hits with five strikeout and one walk. The left-hander finished by retiring 11 straight hitters before Brad Keller entered for the eighth. Daniel Palencia struck out two in a perfect ninth for his ninth save. RANGERS 10, ORIOLES 2 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jacob deGrom won his fifth consecutive decision in another impressive start, Adolis García drove in four runs and Texas beat Baltimore. Alejandro Osuna hit his first career homer for Texas, which had gone extra innings in each of its previous four games — losing three of those. DeGrom (9-2, 2.13 ERA) struck out six over six innings in his 14th consecutive start working at least five innings and allowing two runs or fewer. Thatextended his franchise recordand is the longest streak in the majors this season. The two-time Cy Young Award winner scattered five hits, allowing a two-run homer to Gary Sánchez in the fourth that just cleared the wall. Six nights earlier in Baltimore, deGrom wasperfect through six inningsand took a no-hitter into the eighth. ASTROS 6, ROCKIES 5 DENVER (AP) — Victor Caratini hit his third career grand slam, Christian Walker went 3 for 4 with an RBI and Houston beat Colorado. The Astros have won seven of eight and 15 of their last 19 games. The Rockies have lost nine of 11 following their first four-game winning streak, falling to a major league-worst 19-66. Colorado's losses are tied for the most by a major league team in the modern era through the first 85 games. The Rockies are 8-33 at Coors Field, tied with the 2003 Tigers for the worst start through the first 41 home games of a season in the modern era. Caratini's homer in the third gave Houston a 6-1 lead. DIAMONDBACKS 8, GIANTS 2 PHOENIX (AP) — Jake McCarthyhit a three-run homer, Lourdes Gurriel Jr.added a two-run shotand Arizona hit four homers in a win over San Francisco. Right-hander Zac Gallen (6-9) struck out 10 over seven strong innings, giving up just one earned run and bouncing back from a mediocre stretch of outings. Randal Grichuk and James McCann added back-to-back solo homers in the sixth to push the D-backs lead to 8-2. San Francisco has lost seven of its past eight games. ROYALS 6, MARINERS 3 SEATTLE (AP) — Salvador Perezhit a pivotal two-run doublein the fifth inning, and Kansas City beat Seattle for just their second win in 10 games. Perez lofted a fly ball off Emerson Hancock (3-5) thatcenter fielder Julio Rodríguez lost in the twilight skyand dropped for a two-run double. Rodríguez climbed the center-field wall, trying to rob a home run, but he misjudged the ball and it bounced to the wall as the Royals took a 5-1 lead. Ben Williamson hit an RBI double in the bottom half and scored on J.P. Crawford's singleoff Michael Lorenzen. Five relievers combined for 4 1/3 scoreless innings of one-hit relief. Lucas Erceg (3-2) entered with two on in the seventh and got a double-play grounder and a groundout, and Carlos Estévez pitched a perfect ninth for his 23rd save in 26 chances. DODGERS 6, WHITE SOX 1 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani reached 30 homers for the fifth straight season, hitting a fourth-inning drive after fouling a pitch off the plate umpire, and Los Angeles beat Chicago. Ohtani fouled the ball off Alan Porter's right knee in the fourth. Ohtani checked on the umpire and stood by watching until Parker got up under his own power. The three-time MVP then hit a 408-foot shot to center, snapping an 0-for-6 skid and extending the lead to 6-1. Ohtani walked over and checked on Porter again during the seventh-inning stretch before leading off. Los Angeles scored its most runs this season in support of Yoshinobu Yamamoto (8-6), staking the Japanese right-hander to a 4-0 lead in the first inning. The Dodgers won for the 13th time in 16 games and opened a season-high, eight-game NL West lead. Every run in the game was scored with two outs. Yamamoto allowed one run and three hits in seven innings, struck out eight and walked one.

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Boyd sharp, Suzuki homers as Cubs deal Guardians 5th straight loss

Boyd sharp, Suzuki homers as Cubs deal Guardians 5th straight loss

CHICAGO (AP) — Matthew Boyd pitched seven sharp innings for his eighth win, Seiya Suzuki cracked his team-leading 23rd homer and the Chicago Cubs topped the sliding Cleveland Guardians 5-2 on Tuesday night. Carson Kelly doubled twice with a sac fly for three RBIs. Michael Busch went 3-for-3 and drove in a run to help NL Central-leading Chicago win its 50th game. Carlos Santana had two hits, including his 400th career double, but Cleveland dropped its fifth straight. The Guardians scored two runs in the fourth — ending a skid of 17 straight scoreless innings — on Nolan Jones' RBI single and Angel Martínez's sacrifice fly. Cleveland has scored in just two of its last 45 innings. Boyd (8-3) allowed two runs on five hits with five strikeout and one walk. The left-hander finished by retiring 11 straight hitters before Brad Keller entered for the eighth. Daniel Palencia struck out two in a perfect ninth for his ninth save. Cleveland's Gavin Williams (5-4) yielded four runs on seven hits and four walks. The Cubs took a 3-0 lead in a quirky second on four straight hits. Then Kelly was out at home when he tried to score from third after the ball got away from catcher Bo Naylor. Williams walked the next two hitters — Nico Hoerner and Matt Shaw — but picked both off first. After Cleveland cut it to 3-2 in the fourth, Suzuki hit his solo shot to left in the sixth. Key moment It looked like Cleveland's offense finally awakened in the fourth. But Boyd picked off Jones for the second out, then got Naylor to ground out. Key stat Boyd tossed his 12th quality start in 17. He's one win short of his career high of nine, reached with Detroit in 2018 and 2019 Up next Guardians RHP Tanner Bibee (4-8, 3.80 ERA) faces Cubs LHP Shota Imanaga (4-2, 2.54) on Wednesday. ___ AP MLB:https://apnews.com/hub/mlb

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Hamas orders Gaza clan leader to surrender, accuses him of treason

Hamas orders Gaza clan leader to surrender, accuses him of treason

CAIRO (Reuters) -The Hamas-run interior ministry in Gaza on Wednesday ordered the leader of a well-armed Bedouin clan defying the group's control of the Palestinian enclave to surrender and face trial, accusing him of treason. A ministry statement said the decision was taken by what it called a "Revolutionary Court". Yasser Abu Shabab, who does not recognize the authority of Hamas and accuses the militants of hurting the interests of Gaza, has 10 days to surrender, it said. The court urged Palestinians to inform Hamas security officials about the whereabouts of Abu Shabab, who has so far remained beyond their reach in the Rafah area of southern Gaza held by Israeli troops. There was no immediate response from his group to the surrender order. Hamas, which accuses Abu Shabab of looting UN aid trucks and alleges that he is backed by Israel, has sent some of its top fighters to kill him, two Hamas sources and two other sources familiar with the situation told Reuters last month. Abu Shabab's group told Reuters at the time that it is a popular force protecting humanitarian aid from looting by escorting aid trucks and denied getting support from Israel or contacts with the Israeli army. It accused Hamas of violence and muzzling dissent. Israel has said it has backed some of Gaza's clans against Hamas but has not said which. (Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi; editing Philippa Fletcher)

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Analysis shows Trump's tariffs would cost US employers $82.3 billion

Analysis shows Trump's tariffs would cost US employers $82.3 billion

WASHINGTON (AP) — An analysis finds that a critical group of U.S. employers would face a direct cost of $82.3 billion from PresidentDonald Trump's currenttariff plans, a sum that could be potentially managed through price hikes, layoffs, hiring freezes or lower profit margins. The analysis by the JPMorganChase Institute is among the first to measure the direct costs created by thetariffon businesses with $10 million to $1 billion in annual revenue, a category that includes roughly a third of private-sector U.S. workers. These companies are more dependent than other businesses on imports from China, India and Thailand — and the retail and wholesale sectors would be especially vulnerable to the import taxes being levied bythe Republican president. The findings show clear trade-offs from Trump's import taxes, contradictinghis claimsthat foreign manufacturers would absorb the costs of the tariffs instead of U.S. companies that rely on imports. While the tariffs launched under Trump have yet toboost overall inflation, large companies such as Amazon, Costco, Walmart and Williams-Sonoma delayed the potential reckoning by building up their inventories before the taxes could be imposed. The analysis comes just ahead ofthe July 9 deadlineby Trump to formally set the tariff rates on goods from dozens of countries. Trump imposed that deadline after the financial markets panicked in response to his April tariff announcements, prompting him to instead schedulea 90-day negotiating periodwhen most imports faced a 10% baseline tariff. China, Mexico and Canada face higher rates, and there are separate50% tariffs on steel and aluminum. Had the initial April 2 tariffs stayed in place, the companies in the JPMorganChase Institute analysis would have faced additional direct costs of $187.6 billion. Under the current rates, the $82.3 billion would be equivalent on average to $2,080 per employee, or 3.1% of the average annual payroll. Those averages include firms that don't import goods and those that do. Asked Tuesday how trade talks are faring, Trump said simply: "Everything's going well." The president has indicated that he will set tariff rates given the logistical challenge of negotiating with so many nations. As the 90-day period comes to a close, only the United Kingdom has signeda trade frameworkwith the Trump administration. India and Vietnam have signaled that they're close to a trade framework. There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that more inflation could surface. The investment bank Goldman Sachs said in a report that it expects companies to pass along 60% of their tariff costs onto consumers. The Atlanta Federal Reserve has used its survey of businesses' inflation expectations to say that companies could on average pass along roughly half their costs from a 10% tariff or a 25% tariff without reducing consumer demand. The JPMorganChase Institute findings suggest that the tariffs could cause some domestic manufacturers to strengthen their roles as suppliers of goods. But it noted that companies need to plan for a range of possible outcomes and that wholesalers and retailers already operate on such low profit margins that they might need to spread the tariffs costs to their customers. The outlook for tariffs remains highly uncertain. Trump had stoppednegotiations with Canada, only to restart them after the countrydropped its plan to tax digital services. He similarly on Monday threatened more tariffs on Japan unless itbuys more ricefrom the U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a Tuesday interview that the concessions from the trade talks have impressed career officials at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and other agencies. "People who have been at Treasury, at Commerce, at USTR for 20 years are saying that these are deals like they've never seen before," Bessent said on Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends." The treasury secretary said the Trump administration plans to discuss the contours of trade deals next week, prioritizing the tax cuts packagepassed on Tuesdayby the Republican majority in the Senate. Trump has set a Friday deadline for passage of the multitrillion-dollar package, the costs of which the president hopes to offset with tariff revenues. ___ Follow the AP's coverage of President Donald Trump athttps://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump.

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Analysis shows Trump's tariffs would cost US employers $82.3 billion

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