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Rookie goalie Philips gaining confidence as key cog in Charge's PWHL playoff run
OTTAWA - Gwyneth Philips has gained confidence from the confidence she's felt from her teammates in her capabilities. Philips turned heads with her stellar goaltending throughout the Charge's semifina...
May 18, 2025

Torkelson three-RBI effort leads MLB-best Tigers past Blue Jays 3-2
TORONTO - Spencer Torkelson drove in all three of the Detroit Tigers' runs to push his team to a series-clinching 3-2 win against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. After a two-run double to right centr...
May 18, 2025

Leafs, Maurice reflect on Scheifele's performance for Jets after father's death
TORONTO - Scott Laughton has crossed paths with Mark Scheifele through the years. As hockey players of the same Ontario vintage, they run in similar circles from time to time. Laughton, a Maple Leafs ...
May 18, 2025

'Sullivan's Crossing' is a 'life-preserver in tumultuous times': Canadian showrunner
TORONTO - For Roma Roth, setting her show "Sullivan's Crossing" in Nova Scotia is a way to showcase more of Canada on the small screen. The London, Ont.-born executive producer and showrunner - who al...
May 18, 2025

Authorities investigating Palm Springs, California, fertility clinic explosion identify suspect
Authorities identified the suspect in the explosion at a Palm Springs, California, fertility clinic as Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, of Twentynine Palms, saying at a news conference Sunday that he is the ma...
May 18, 2025

Alcaraz beats Sinner again to win the Italian Open and solidify his status as French Open favorite
ROME (AP) - There's only one player who is consistently beating Jannik Sinner. Carlos Alcaraz defeated the top-ranked player again, beating Sinner 7-6 (5), 6-1 to win his first Italian Open on Sunday ...
May 18, 2025

'A family is torn apart': 3 kids killed in suspected drunk driving crash in Toronto
TORONTO - An early-morning crash has torn one family apart, Toronto police said Sunday as they announced three children had died in a collision allegedly caused by an impaired teen driver. Police reve...
May 18, 2025

Phillies closer José Alvarado suspended for 80 games for positive drug test
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia Phillies closer Jos Alvarado was suspended for 80 games on Sunday following a positive test for external testosterone under Major League Baseball's drug-testing progra...
May 18, 2025

Maple Leafs winger Matthew Knies to suit up for in Game 7 against Panthers
TORONTO - Matthew Knies is good to go for Game 7. Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube confirmed following Sunday's morning skate the big winger will suit up in his usual spot on Toronto's top line in ...
May 18, 2025

Federal officials launch investigation into Mexican tall ship that struck Brooklyn Bridge
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal transportation officials have launched an investigation into why a Mexican navy tall ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge in a collision that snapped the vessel's three masts, killed t...
May 18, 2025