TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Tampa Bay Lightning captain Victor Hedman revealed Tuesday that his absence in the final weeks of the season was caused by a need to address his mental health. Hedman, in a statement released by the Lightning, did not provide specifi...

TORONTO - Bell Media was named the Canadian broadcast rights-holder for the WNBA on Tuesday as part of a multi-year agreement that coincides with the Toronto Tempo's first season in the league. TSN will broadcast and stream all Tempo games along with ...

SECAUCUS - Teams that didn't have many memorable moments this National Hockey League season are hoping their fortunes change tonight when the annual draft lottery is held live - starting at 7 p.m. ET - inside the NHL Network's studio in New Jersey. Tea...

TORONTO - Ryan Van Horne has had season tickets for the Toronto Raptors for 12 years but for the first time, he's considering ending his streak. That's because Ontario legislation that came into effect last month capped the price of resale tickets at f...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Ivan Barbashev and the Golden Knights played on after a disputed no-call, and his goal off a terrific pass from Pavel Dorofeyev with 4:58 left put Vegas ahead for good in its 3-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night in the op...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Taylor Hall slipped the puck past Dan Vladar at 18:54 of overtime to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Monday night, taking a 2-0 lead in their second-round series in the NHL playoffs. H...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Ryan Vilade hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Taylor Walls added a two-run single in the sixth and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 on Monday night. Tampa Bay has won four straight games and 10 of i...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions added experience and flexibility to their roster on Monday with the signing of American offensive lineman Joshua Coker. The six-foot-two, 336-pound Coker joined the Lions after playing 43 regular-season games for the Calgary ...

EDMONTON - Advocates in Alberta have lost a court battle in their fight against provincial restrictions on medical treatment for transgender youth. The groups Egale and Skipping Stone had asked a judge to let them make the argument that Premier Daniell...

CALGARY - The Calgary Flames signed forward Theo Stockselius to a three-year entry-level contract Monday. The deal has an average annual worth of $1,015,833. Stockselius, a native of Sweden, split the 2025-26 season between Djurgårdens IF U20 of the Sw...

NEW YORK - The NHL suspended Ottawa forward Ridley Greig for two regular-season games for an incident during the Senators' final playoff game versus the Carolina Hurricanes. Ridley was banned for roughing Carolina defenceman Sean Walker in the second p...

A decade after the NBA held its first draft lottery - with Patrick Ewing the grand prize - the NHL followed suit amid considerably less fanfare. Commissioner Gary Bettman was a former basketball man himself, and his league came up with its own way of d...

TAMPA - The Montreal Canadiens believe they're only getting started. The youngest team in the playoffs made a statement by eliminating the far more experienced Tampa Bay Lightning in an epic seven-game series. And as they prepare to face the Buffalo Sa...

The Vancouver Canucks are hoping the odds will finally go their way when the NHL's draft lottery is held Tuesday. After finishing last in the league with a 25-49-8 record, Vancouver has a 25.5 per cent chance of receiving the first overall pick. The lo...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks signed veteran Canadian centre Sean McEwen on Monday. The six-foot-one, 295-pound McEwen spent last season with the Grey Cup-champion Saskatchewan Roughriders but didn't play for the team after suffering a season-ending kn...

NEW YORK - Buffalo Sabres defenceman Rasmus Dahlin and forwards Gabriel Landeskog of the Colorado Avalanche and Jonathan Toews of the Winnipeg Jets were named the finalists for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy on Monday. The award is presented annual...

DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas Mavericks hired former Toronto Raptors executive Masai Ujiri as team president and alternate governor on Monday, the latest step in moving on from the Luka Doncic trade that ended up being a significant setback for the club. Uj...

MONTREAL - Retired Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci will be returning to Montreal for the 50-year anniversary of the Summer Games, where she earned her sport's first Olympic perfect 10. Comaneci, then 14, was awarded seven 10.0 scores at the 1976 Olym...

Prince Albert Raiders fans have rejoiced over the last 12 hours after their hometown team took out the reigning WHL Champion Medicine Hat Tigers with a 7-6 victory in Game 6 Sunday night. The team is also celebrating on the bus ride home, but still knowing there is work to do.The Raiders took the win in dramatic fashio...

TORONTO - Mats Sundin took his spot on stage. A franchise icon of his stature returning to the Maple Leafs after more than 15 years away from the NHL would normally hoover up most of the room's oxygen. The focus Monday, however, was instead largely ce...

TORONTO - Scottie Barnes posed a question before answering with his thoughts. "Successful? I don't know about successful, but it was a good season for us." The Toronto Raptors' two-time all-star and face of the franchise was one of several players who ...

Minnesota Frost forward Britta Curl-Salemme has been suspended one game and fined $250 by the Professional Women's Hockey League. The discipline follows two incidents in Game 1 of the Walter Cup playoffs against the Montréal Victoire on Saturday, which...

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs introduced franchise legend Mats Sundin as their new senior executive adviser of hockey operations and John Chayka as general manager Monday. The long-rumoured moves announced Sunday afternoon come after a disastrous ...

Prince Albert's Ali Diehl continues to make big waves in the pool.At the World Para Swimming Championship Series in France (May 1-3), she won a gold medal and a bronze in two separate 100-metre breaststroke events.The gold was in the Female U18 category, while the bronze medal was in the Open Women category.Adding to t...

TORONTO - The Cleveland Cavaliers eliminated the Toronto Raptors in Game 7 on Sunday, and took the opportunity to troll Drake while they were at it. In the final minutes of the NBA playoff game in Cleveland, the Cavaliers' DJ played Kendrick Lamar's "N...

NEW YORK (AP) - Jon Sterling, the theatrical New York Yankees broadcaster known for extravagant, individualized home run calls, has died, the team and radio station WFAN announced Monday. He was 87. Sterling had undergone heart bypass sur...

For the first time since 2019, the Prince Albert Raiders are Eastern Conference Champions.They punched their ticket to the WHL finals Sunday night with a 7-6 win in Game 6 against the Medicine Hat Tigers.Riley Boychuk scored two goals on the night including the game winner, while Aiden Oiring, Braeden Cootes, Daxon Rud...

CLEVELAND (AP) - Jarrett Allen tied his playoff career high with 22 points and grabbed 19 rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 114-102 victory over the Toronto Raptors in Game 7 of their series Sunday...