Aaron Judge doubled and Pete Crow-Armstrong and Brice Turang each had two hits as the United States beat Canada 5-3 on Friday night to reach the World Baseball Classic semifinals.

MILAN — This wasn’t a miracle. It was a moment of magic.

Jack Hughes scored less than 2 minutes into overtime and the U.S. beat Canada 2-1 in the gold medal final at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday, earning the nation’s third men’s title at the Games and its first since the “Miracle on Ice” in 1980 — 46 years to the day of the upset over the mighty Soviet Union, too.

The United States tasted revenge sweeter than maple syrup as they came from behind to beat defending champions Canada 2-1 to win gold in an overtime thriller in women's ice hockey at the Milano Cortina Olympics on Thursday.

HOUSTON — Team USA, after a wakeup call that nearly cost them a quarterfinal berth, dramatically changed its starting lineup from the loss to Italy for Friday’s World Baseball Classic quarterfinal against Canada.

Italy did exactly what Team USA needed it to Wednesday night. For the U.S. to make the quarterfinals, the team needed Italy to beat Mexico or for Mexico to beat Italy and score at least five runs. The Italians defeated Mexico,