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Toronto Tempo sign Canadian guard Kia Nurse ahead of inaugural WNBA season
TORONTO - The Toronto Tempo are bringing Kia Nurse home. The Hamilton native signed with the expansion club Tuesday ahead of its inaugural WNBA season, giving Toronto an experienced backcourt option with 245 career games. "I am so excited to finally be...
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League-leading Avalanche not easing up with playoffs around the corner
EDMONTON - The Colorado Avalanche haven't shown any signs of going into the playoffs on cruise control. Nathan MacKinnon scored the shootout winner as the Colorado Avalanche came away with a 2-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday. Sam Malinski ...
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Maple Leafs close out home schedule in lost season with another defeat
TORONTO - John Tavares and his teammates opened the NHL season with plenty of hope. Toronto's sports scene was buzzing. The Blue Jays were in the early stages of what would turn into a memorable run to the World Series. The Maple Leafs, meanwhile, had ...
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Eichel, Stone lead Golden Knights to 6-2 win over Jets; Winnipeg out of playoff contention
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Mark Stone scored his fourth goal in three games and combined with Jack Eichel for seven points as the Golden Knights defeated the Winnipeg Jets 6-2 on Monday night to move Vegas closer to winning a fifth Pacific Division title in its ...
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Nathan MacKinnon scores shootout winner, Avalanche top Oilers 2-1
EDMONTON - Nathan MacKinnon scored the shootout winner as the Colorado Avalanche came away with a 2-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday. Sam Malinski scored in regulation for the league-leading Avalanche (53-16-11), who have won three of their...
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Canadiens to face Lightning in first round of NHL playoffs, home ice still in play
MONTREAL - A first-round NHL playoff matchup between the Montreal Canadiens and the Tampa Bay Lightning is officially set after the Buffalo Sabres clinched first place in the Atlantic Division on Monday. Home-ice advantage, however, remains undecided w...
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Flyers beat East top seed Hurricanes 3-2 in SO and secure their first playoff berth since 2020
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Tyson Foerster scored the only goal in the shootout to send the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-2 win over the Eastern Conference top seed Carolina Hurricanes on Monday night and into the playoffs for the first time since 2020. Flyerss g...
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Mavrik Bourque's first NHL hat trick powers Stars' comeback win over Maple Leafs 6-5
TORONTO - Mavrik Bourque registered his first NHL hat trick and added an assist as the Dallas Stars came back from 3-0 and 5-3 deficits to top the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 on Monday. Jason Robertson scored and set up another for playoff-bound Dallas (49...
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Toronto Tempo select UCLA guard Kiki Rice with first-ever WNBA draft pick
NEW YORK - Kiki Rice is the Toronto Tempo's first-ever WNBA draft pick. The Tempo chose the UCLA guard sixth overall in the first round Monday, then made three other selections to further shape their roster 10 days after the expansion draft. "Tonight w...
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Canada's Diallo defeats Sachko, advances to second round of BMW Open
MUNICH - Montreal's Gabriel Diallo cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 first-round win over Ukrainian qualifier Vitaliy Sachko on Monday at the BMW-Open tennis tournament. The Canadian scored two of his four breaks early in the second set to go up 4-0 before locking...
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Raptors forward Ingram named Eastern Conference player of the week
NEW YORK - Toronto Raptors forward Brandon Ingram has been named the NBA's Eastern Conference Player of the Week. Ingram averaged a team-high 25.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists, one steal and 33.3 minutes as Toronto went 3-1 last week. He shot .57...
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Five Things To Know: Raptors vs. Cavaliers in NBA playoffs
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors will return to the NBA playoffs when they open their best-of-seven first-round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday. It's the first time Toronto has been in the playoffs since the 2021-22 season when they los...
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Second-year guard Jamal Shead model of consistency for playoff-bounce Toronto Raptors
TORONTO - Entering his sophomore NBA season, Jamal Shead knew there was one statistical category he wanted to lead the league in: games played. He got there Sunday, appearing in his 82nd game of the Toronto Raptors' season - one of just 18 players in t...
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CF Montréal exec Saputo says he didn't want to make rash decision in Donadel firing
MONTREAL - CF Montréal executive Luca Saputo says he didn't want to make a rash decision when it came to the dismissal of Marco Donadel as the club spoke for the first time since the unusual sequence of events that led to the head coach's firing. The c...
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Raptors guard Quickley day-to-day with hamstring strain ahead of Game 1 in Cleveland
TORONTO - Toronto Raptors guard Immanuel Quickley is out day-to-day with a mild right hamstring strain, the NBA club announced Monday. The Raptors said Quickley underwent medical imaging a day after Toronto's playoff-clinching 136-101 win over the vis...
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Who's got Hart? AP picks the NHL MVP and other top awards as the playoffs arrive
For a third consecutive year, there is no clear choice for the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP, and again the debate over the importance of "valuable" comes into play. Edmonton's Connor McDavid is on track to win the scoring race for the most points and the Art...
Apr 13, 2026
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Rangers goaltender Jonathan Quick, 40, says he is retiring from the NHL
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Jonathan Quick says Monday night's game was his last in the NHL, meaning the 40-year-old is retiring to end a career that spanned nearly two decades and included a stretch in which he was one of the best goaltenders of his generati...
Apr 13, 2026
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Forsberg, Ullmark, Larkin named NHL's three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Los Angeles Kings goaltender Anton Forsberg, Ottawa Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark and Detroit Red Wings centre Dylan Larkin have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Forsberg went 3-0-0 with 0.97 goals-against average, .964 save...
Apr 13, 2026
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Blue Jays place pitcher Bieber on 60-day injured list, acquire Sosa from White Sox
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have placed right-handed pitcher Shane Bieber on the 60-day injured list. The move announced Monday means Bieber must stay inactive 60 days from his initial injured list placement. Toronto put him on the 15-day IL on Mar...
Apr 13, 2026
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Treliving, Spezza to lead Canada's management team at hockey world championship
CALGARY - Former Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving and Pittsburgh Penguins assistant GM Jason Spezza will lead Canada's management team at the 2026 world hockey championship, Hockey Canada announced Monday. Penguins GM Kyle Dubas will ...
Apr 13, 2026
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Fernandez, Stolarz advance to quarterfinals at Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
STUTTGART - Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., and partner Fanny Stolarz of Hungary advanced to the doubles quarterfinals at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix with a 6-3, 6-2 win Monday over the Chinese duo of Jiang Xinyu and Xu Yifan. Fernandez and Stolarz ...
Apr 13, 2026
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Lee Hull returns to Blue Bombers as their receivers coach
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers hired Lee Hull as their receivers coach Monday. Hull was a receiver with Winnipeg from 1990-92 and had a TD grab in the club's 50-11 win over Edmonton in the 1990 Grey Cup game. He rejoins the CFL club with a coach...
Apr 13, 2026
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Jannik Sinner reclaims the No. 1 ranking from Carlos Alcaraz and sets sights on the French Open
ROME (AP) - Sure, Jannik Sinner is pleased to have the No. 1 ranking back. His biggest takeaways from a victory over Carlos Alcaraz in the Monte Carlo Masters final, though, were finally winning a big clay-court title and doing it by beating his bigges...
Apr 13, 2026
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Russian swimmers to be allowed to compete with flag and anthem after restrictions dropped
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The governing body for international swimming and aquatic sports will allow athletes from Russia to compete without restrictions and with their national flag and anthem. World Aquatics said Monday it will remo...
Apr 13, 2026
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