MONTREAL - Jordan Binnington knows the chatter is out there. He's leaning on the mindset that's pulled him through tough stretches before. The goalie who backstopped Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off opened the NHL season as the front-runner to start in...

TORONTO - When Darko Rajakovic was asked for an update on injured offensive dynamo RJ Barrett before the Toronto Raptors' third loss in a row on Sunday, the head coach promised an update later in the week. Judging by the way Barrett was hobbling around...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - C.J Stroud threw for 203 yards and a touchdown, the Texans leaned on the NFL's top-ranked defense to shut down Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs, and Houston came away from Arrowhead Stadium with a 20-10 victory over Kansas City on...

MONTREAL - Brayden Schenn scored twice and added an assist as the St. Louis Blues held off the Montreal Canadiens for a 4-3 win on Sunday. Dylan Holloway had a goal and two assists while Pavel Buchnevich also scored for St. Louis (11-12-7), which beat ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Jeff Kent was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Sunday by the contemporary era committee, while steroids-tainted stars Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were among seven players who fell short once again. Kent appeared on 14 of 16 ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Elected to baseball's Hall of Fame more than 17 years after his final game, Jeff Kent couldn't control his emotions. "Absolutely unprepared. Emotionally unstable," he said after Sunday's vote announceme...

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) - Hideki Matsuyama ended his season the way he started it, winning the Hero World Challenge on Sunday when he closed with an 8-under 64 and then hit 9-iron to 2 feet for birdie on the first playoff hole to defeat Alex Noren. Matsuy...

TORONTO - Forward Jaylen Brown scored 30 points, including three for four shooting from beyond the three-point line, to help the Boston Celtics avert a wild comeback attempt from the Toronto Raptors in a 121-113 win on Sunday. Brandon Ingram's 30 point...

VICTORIA - Babak Shahbazi has travelled to France, Germany, Brazil and Russia to watch the Iranian national team play for the World Cup, and when he heard that Iran could be playing in Vancouver in the 2026 event, he and his fellow soccer-fanatic frien...

VICTORIA - Babak Shahbazi has travelled to France, Germany, Brazil and Russia to watch the Iranian national team play for the World Cup, and when he heard that Iran could be playing in Vancouver in the 2026 event, he and his fellow soccer-fanatic frien...

LAVAL - The Montréal Victoire entered the Professional Women's Hockey League off-season wanting to become a more physical team, and in their third game of the season - a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Sceptres - they seem to have made an impression. Scep...

LAVAL - Ann-Renée Desbiens made 20 saves, including 11 in the third period, as the Montréal Victoire defeated the Toronto Sceptres 3-1 in Professional Women's Hockey League action Sunday afternoon at Place Bell. Kati Tabin, Hayley Scamurra, and Laura S...

MONT-TREMBLANT - Valérie Grenier wasn't able to repeat Saturday's exploits in the second leg of the Mont-Tremblant alpine skiing World Cup. Austria's Julia Scheib raced to a giant slalom victory Sunday, while Grenier, of St-Isidore, Ont., drifted off ...

HEERENVEEN - Canadian speed skaters capped the final day of the third World Cup stop of the season with a silver in women's team sprint. Calgary's Brooklyn McDougall, Béatrice Lamarche of Quebec City and Ottawa's Ivanie Blondin posted a time of one mi...

RUKA - Star freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury withdrew before the start of men's small final at Sunday's World Cup moguls season opener. Kingsbury, who entered the event with 99 career World Cup victories, finished fourth in qualification but was not on...

ST. JOHN'S - Undergraduate students across North America sat down on Saturday to write a gruelling six-hour math exam, many of them unlikely to solve a single problem. The notoriously brutal William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition is more of a m...

ST. JOHN'S - Undergraduate students across North America sat down on Saturday to write a gruelling six-hour math exam, many of them unlikely to solve a single problem. The notoriously brutal William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition is more of a m...

CAPE TOWN - Canada finished sixth for the second week in a row on the rugby sevens circuit, giving up a late try in a 12-10 loss to Japan on Sunday at the HSBC Cape Town SVNS. It was Japan's third straight win over the Canadian women this season. The J...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Canucks president Jim Rutherford stated at the end of last season that he wanted to upgrade the team's depth at centre. Facing one of the hottest teams in the NHL in the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night, Vancouver deployed David K...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers seem to be waking up from their latest traditional slumberous start to a season. Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard each had a goal and an assist as the Oilers exploded out of the gate to a 4-0 lead after the first period, ...

CALGARY - Back home after a heavy road schedule to begin the season, the wins were starting to come for the Calgary Flames as they try to climb back into the NHL's playoff race. Calgary made it two straight wins and 4-0-1 in their last five games at th...

OTTAWA - Joel Hofer was bound to get a start, and Jordan Binnington a breather, in a St. Louis Blues' three-game road swing that ended with two games in as many nights. Hofer, a 25-year-old from Winnipeg, gave the Blues a solid 41-save performance in S...

TORONTO - Jakub Dobes didn't have a lot to do through 40 minutes. The Montreal Canadiens goaltender then made his mark late under a bright spotlight. Dobes finished with 22 saves in regulation and overtime - a desperation stop with his face on a terrif...

NEW YORK (AP) - Nathan MacKinnon scored 2:46 into overtime for his second goal of the game, helping the Colorado Avalanche top Artemi Panarin and the New York Rangers 3-2 on Saturday. MacKinnon finished Colorado's third win in four games when he beat I...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks scored three times in the second period en route to a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday. Aatu Raty scored twice for Vancouver (11-15-3), which halted a four-game skid. Raty, Tom Willander and defenceman Elias...

EDMONTON - Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard each had a goal and an assist for the Edmonton Oilers in a 6-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday. The Oilers exploded out of the gate to take a 4-0 lead after the first period. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, M...

DAWSON CREEK - Canada fell 2-0 to the United States in the Para Hockey Cup final Saturday. Brett Bolton scored in the first period and Brody Roybal added an empty-net goal for the U.S., which is the reigning world and Paralympic champion. Jen Lee post...

OTTAWA - Joel Hofer made 41 saves and the St. Louis Blues held off a late rally from the Ottawa Senators to take a 2-1 win Saturday. Jake Neighbours scored twice for the Blues (10-12-7), including the eventual game winner just 12 seconds into the third...