DETROIT (AP) - Jayden Daniels threw for two touchdowns in a flawless performance by Washington's dazzling rookie, and the Commanders stunned the Detroit Lions 45-31 on Saturday night to reach the NFC championship game for the first time since winning the Super Bowl 33 years ago. The sixth-seeded Commanders (14-5) were ...

MONTREAL - As the clock ticked down to zero, a half-empty Centre Bell erupted into cheers as the leftover Toronto Maple Leafs supporters who made the trip to Montreal celebrated a memorable comeback. After trailing 3-0 at the end of the first period, the visitors exploded for seven unanswered goals, including one into ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Coco Gauff's consecutive-set streak ended at the Australian Open. Her bid for a second Grand Slam title continued on Sunday with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 comeback victory over Belinda Bencic in the fourth round. Gauff, a 20-year-old from Florida who won the 2023 U.S. Open as a teenager, had collected...

WINNIPEG - Dustin Wolf agreed the Calgary Flames faced a big test against the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday. They passed with flying colours. Wolf made a season-high 38 saves and Blake Coleman scored once and had two assists to lead the Flames to a 3-1 victory over the NHL's Western Conference leaders. "This is a grea...

MONTREAL - The Toronto Maple Leafs scored seven unanswered goals to overcome a 3-0 first-period deficit and then skated to a 7-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night. Bobby McMann, Nicholas Robertson, William Nylander, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Steven Lorentz, Auston Matthews and David Kampf found the back of ...

WINNIPEG - Dustin Wolf made 38 saves and Blake Coleman scored once and had two assists to lead the Calgary Flames to a 3-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday. Matt Coronato and Andrei Kuzmenko, on the power play, also scored for the Flames (22-16-7). Coleman recorded an empty-net goal with 1:05 left. The victor...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Patrick Mahomes has never lost in the divisional round of the playoffs with the Kansas City Chiefs. The Houston Texans still have never won. With the Chiefs' star quarterback hitting best buddy Travis Kelce seven times for 117 yards and a touchdown and a pass rush that dragged Houston quarterbac...

LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) - Sepp Straka shot an 8-under 64 on Saturday while his top competitors failed to match his sizzling pace, staking the Austrian to a four-shot lead over Charley Hoffman, Jason Day and Justin Lower after three rounds at The American Express. Straka made six birdies on his front nine at La Quinta Co...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Patrick Mahomes threw for 177 yards and a touchdown, most of it going to best buddy Travis Kelce, and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Houston Texans 23-14 on Saturday to advance to the AFC championship game for the seventh consecutive season. With girlfriend Taylor Swift watching alongside WNBA ...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators had been told they would learn from the hard times and they're finally starting to see some results. Trailing the Boston Bruins 5-3 with under four minutes left in the third period, the Senators rallied with two late goals - one with 12 seconds remaining - to force overtime and eventually w...

OTTAWA - Tim Stutzle's shootout goal rallied the Ottawa Senators to a 6-5 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday afternoon. Leevi Merilainen, who made 23 saves, turned away all three Bruins skaters in the shootout. Ottawa (23-18-4) scored twice in the final 3:13 of the third to force overtime. Josh Norris registered hi...

LONDON - Canadian international forward Clarissa Larisey has signed with England's Crystal Palace on a contract through June 2027. The 25-year-old from Ottawa joins the Barclay's Women's Super League team on a transfer from Sweden's BK Häcken. "Clarissa is a really exciting talent and we're delighted to have ...

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors signed centre Orlando Robinson to a 10-day contract Saturday. The six-foot-10, 235-pound Robinson averaged 2.1 points, 1.6 rebounds and 6.3 minutes in nine games with the Sacramento Kings this season. He was waived Jan. 7. Robinson has appeared in 76 games (eight starts) with Sacramento an...

SAINT MORITZ - Another year, another world skeleton championship for Canada's Hallie Clarke. Last February, Clarke, of Brighton, Ont., became the youngest competitor to win the senior championship, doing so in Winterberg, Germany at the age of 19. On Saturday, Clarke won the world junior title to earn the distinction o...

LAVAL, Que. - Two-time winner Madeline Schizas leads after the women's short program at the Canadian figure skating championships. The 21-year-old from Oakville, Ont., scored 70 points with a stellar performance to her joyous "Lion King" program Saturday. Ottawa's Katherine Medland Spence had 61.99 points in ...

LAAX - Canadian Cameron Spalding captured the men's crown at a snowboard slopestyle World Cup event Saturday. Spalding, of Havelock, Ont., posted a winning score of 86.63 points. He finished just ahead of American Red Gerard (86.22) and German Noah Viktor (83.72). Liam Brearley of Gravenhurst, Ont., finished fourth. Sp...

ZAŌ - Canadian Alex Loutitt won gold at a World Cup ski-jumping event Saturday. The 21-year-old from Calgary scored 266.4 points to earn her first gold medal of the season. What's more, she did it with her parents looking on. "I think my parents are my lucky charms," she said. "Every time my parents are...

WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) - It surely ranked among the best and most joyous five minutes in alpine skiing history for the Swiss men's team and fans at the race they prize above all. Marco Odermatt, the 27-year-old superstar of men's skiing, raced down the longest and quirkiest World Cup downhill course to edge teammate ...

TORONTO - After stints with England's Wolves, Sheffield Wednesday, Milton Keynes Dons and Blackpool as well as Germany's Arminia Bielefeld, Switzerland's Grasshopper Club Zurich and Spain's Granada CF, Canadian winger Theo Corbeanu is back home at Toronto FC. The 22-year-old from Hamilton spent time with the TFC academ...

The Prince Albert Raiders came into Friday's action against the Swift Current Broncos having already won their last two games in very different ways, a low scoring grind-it-out defensive effort, and a back and forth offensive battle. Friday the Raiders found another to win, dominating from the first puckdrop to the las...

MONTREAL - An icebreaker cruise ship set sail on Friday for a frosty journey that will bring passengers along the St. Lawrence River, a new route that tourism officials hope will usher in a new era of winter cruises in the province. Ponant, the French company that owns the vessel, says it will be the first internationa...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Alex Nedeljkovic became the first goalie in NHL history to have a goal and an assist, and made 40 saves as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Friday night. Rickard Rakell, Anthony Beauvillier, Cody Glass, and Bryan Rust also scored for Pittsburgh who ended a three-game losing st...

LAVAL, Que. - With two-time Olympian Laura Stacey out of the Victoire lineup with an injury, coach Kori Cheverie was in search of the right fit to fill her spot on Montreal's top line with captain Marie-Philip Poulin and Jennifer Gardiner. Cheverie turned to Abby Boreen to fill the role Friday against the visiting Minn...

GUELPH, Ont. - Toronto skip John Epping made a hit for two points for a 7-5 extra-end victory over Switzerland's Marco Hoesli on Friday night at the WFG Masters. Epping and his Sudbury, Ont.-based team caught a break when Philipp Hoesli threw his final stone of the eighth end through the house. That gave Epping the ham...

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Giannis Antetokounmpo had 35 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 130-112 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night. Damian Lillard added 26 points and eight assists for Milwaukee, which swept the three-game season series from Toronto. Bobby Portis scored 15 and Khris Middleto...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Alex Nedeljkovic became the first goalie in NHL history to have a goal and an assist, and made 40 saves as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Friday night. Rickard Rakell, Anthony Beauvillier, Cody Glass, and Bryan Rust also scored for Pittsburgh who ended a three-game losing st...

LAVAL, Que. - Abby Boreen scored twice to lead the Montreal Victoire to a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Frost in front of 10,172 fans at Place Bell on Friday. Claire Dalton and captain Marie-Philip Poulin, on a 5-on-3 power play, also scored for Montreal (5-2-1-2). It was the Victoire's first home game since Dec. 30. Ann-...

LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) - Charley Hoffman knows his time on the PGA Tour is running short. He can feel every one of his 48 years whenever his troublesome back acts up, and he knows the recent reduction in tour cards will end most players' careers well before they reach his age. Hoffman isn't done swinging just yet, howe...