WINNIPEG - Rick Bowness always goes to bed with hockey looping in his mind, but Tuesday night's thoughts weren't all bad for the Winnipeg Jets head coach. Despite the Jets losing 5-2 to the Colorado Avalanche Tuesday in a Game 2 that evened their first-round playoff series at 1-1, Bowness saw improvements in his team's...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Toronto Blue Jays have placed centre fielder Kevin Kiermaier on the 10-day injured list with a left hip injury. Kiermaier left Toronto's game at Kansas City on Tuesday in the sixth inning. He has struggled early in his second season in Toronto with a .193 batting average through 22 games. In a co...

Stryker Zablocki was a force to be reckoned with during Day 4 at the Esso Cup on Wednesday. The Prince Albert product lit the lamp not once, not twice, but three times for a hat-trick while tacking on an assist during the Rebels 6-2 rout of the tournament host Thompson-Okanagan Lakers. With the four-point outing, the 1...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Coach Xavi Hernández will stay with Barcelona for another year after all, agreeing to finish his contract to 2025 in a reversal of his decision to quit at the end of the season, two people with knowledge of the agreement said Wednesday. The two people spoke anonymously to The Associated P...

MADRID - Canada's Denis Shapovalov advanced to the second round of the Madrid Open tennis tournament with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win over Argentina's Facundo Diaz Acosta on Wednesday. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., overcame struggles with accuracy on his serve to win the match at the Masters event in just under one hou...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Tony DeAngelo found himself playing a reduced role in his second stint with the Carolina Hurricanes amid a deep roster of defensemen. He could be headed for a larger role in the NHL playoffs with veteran Brett Pesce sidelined by injury. DeAngelo worked in a pairing with Brady Skjei during practice ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The San Jose Sharks have fired coach David Quinn after two rough seasons as part of a massive rebuilding project. General manager Mike Grier announced the decision on Wednesday following a review of the team's season. "After going through our end of the season process of internal meetings a...

NFL draft guru Daniel Jeremiah is a big fan of Canadian Tanner McLachlan. The six-foot-five, 244-pound Lethbridge, Alta., native had a record-setting tenure at Arizona, surpassing Rob Gronkowski for most career receptions by a tight end (79). Jeremiah, a former NFL scout now with NFL Network, ranks McLachlan second am...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has awarded the organization that manages Montreal's Olympic Stadium up to $40 million to pay for repairs and decontamination after a March 21 fire. Parc olympique spokesman Cédric Essiminy says extensive decontamination work is needed in the stadium's tower because smoke spread ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - In the moment, The Save kept the game tied. By night's end, it became a game-saver since Florida went on to prevail in overtime. And the way Panthers coach Paul Maurice sees it, the impact from Sergei Bobrovsky's moment on Tuesday night will only continue - with a reach beyond these NHL pla...

TORONTO - There will be no immediate comeback for veteran defensive lineman Shawn Lemon. The CFL suspended Lemon indefinitely Wednesday for betting on league games, including one in which he played. Lemon, a three-time Grey Cup champion, retired April 10 to cap a career in Canada that spanned 13 seasons. The CFL said ...

WINNIPEG - Andrew Harris will finish his illustrious CFL career with his hometown team. Harris, 37, will sign a one-day career Saturday to retire as a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the CFL team announced Friday. Harris played five CFL seasons with Winnipeg (2016-19, 2021), helping the Bombers win Grey Cups in 20...

An NCAA conference title was riding on Brooke Rivers's putter, but she kept her mind clear. Rivers, from Brampton, Ont., sank a 12-foot putt on the 18th green to break a tie in her match and lift the Wake Forest Demon Deacons to the ACC conference final with a 3-1 win over North Carolina on Sunday. The championship ma...

Toronto FC added to its attack Wednesday by acquiring Haiti international winger Derrick Etienne Jr. from Atlanta United FC in exchange for up to US$375,000 in general allocation money. Some US$175,000 of the allocation money is conditional on certain performance-based metrics. The eight-year MLS veteran has 17 goals a...

TORONTO - William Nylander appears to be nearing a return to the Maple Leafs' lineup. The star winger's status for Game 3 of Toronto's first-round playoff series with the Boston Bruins is also up in the air. Nylander took part in line rushes alongside Calle Jarnkrok and Pontus Holmberg at today's morning skate, but sta...

ÖSTERSUND, Sweden - Canada's Kadriana and Colton Lott are on the verge of locking up a playoff spot at the world mixed doubles curling championship after posting a 10-4 win over China on Wednesday. The Lotts improved to 6-1 and need one win over their final two group-stage games Thursday to move on to the playoff ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Reggie Bush has been reinstated as the 2005 Heisman Trophy winner more than a decade after Southern California returned the award following an NCAA investigation that found he received what were impermissible benefits during his time with the Trojans, the Heisman Trust announced Wednesday. "We are ...

Eight-time overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher is planning to return to ski racing next season after five years in retirement. And he's going to compete for the Netherlands - his mother's country - instead of his native Austria. The Austrian winter sports federation announced Wednesday that it had released the 3...

After teasing their excited fans with Game 1 victories, both the Vancouver Canucks and Winnipeg Jets were playoff losers at home last night. The Colorado Avalanche rolled the Jets 5-2, while the Nashville Predators pounced on the Canucks 4-1. Canada's two other playoff teams, the Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs...

WINNIPEG - Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and assist as the Colorado Avalanche scored three unanswered second-period goals en route to a 5-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets Tuesday that tied their first-round NHL playoff series at a game apiece. The best-of-seven Western Conference matchup shifts to Denver for Friday's Gam...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Carter Verhaeghe lifted a backhander just under the crossbar 2:59 into overtime, and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Tuesday night for a 2-0 lead in their NHL first-round playoff series. It was the fifth OT winner in Verhaeghe's career, coming on a play where Matthew Tkachu...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Bobby Witt Jr. delivered the go-ahead double in the fifth inning for Kansas City after a costly error by Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and the Royals' bullpen shut down Toronto the rest of the way in a 3-2 victory Tuesday night. Chris Stratton (2-1) minimized the damage when he ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Vincent Trocheck and Mika Zibanejad each had a goal and an assist and the Presidents' Trophy-winning New York Rangers held on to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 Tuesday night for a 2-0 lead in their first-round NHL playoff series. Jack Roslovic and K'Andre Miller also scored for the Rangers, and Erik G...

Canada will host Mexico in a pair of women's international soccer friendlies in June. The ninth-ranked Canadians will play the 31st-ranked Mexicans on June 1 in Montreal and June 4 in Toronto in the so-called "Summer Send-off Series." The matches are part of Canada's preparations for defence of its title at t...

CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie will be inducted into the Gridiron Greats Hall of Fame later this summer. Joining Ambrosie in the class of 2024 will be former NFL players Steve Largent and Emery Moorehead. The induction ceremony will be held June 7 in Chicago. Gridiron Greats is a non-profit organization founded by for...

When Kia Nurse was growing up in Hamilton, the nearest professional basketball that she could see in person was the Toronto Raptors. Although superstar Vince Carter was her favourite player, she couldn't see herself in him. She's hoping to change that feeling for young Canadian girls. Nurse will lead the Los Angeles Sp...

Montreal's Professional Women's Hockey League team can book a ticket to the post-season on Wednesday night. But just securing a playoff spot won't quite satisfy general manager Danièle Sauvageau as the regular season nears the finish line. "We want to finish first," Sauvageau said from the Verdun Audit...

TORONTO - With a Professional Women's Hockey League playoff spot secured, Toronto remains focused on improvement over its final three regular-season games. Toronto returned from the international break with a loss against Boston on Thursday and a win against Montreal at Bell Centre on Saturday that clinched its post-s...