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Joshua scores twice as Canucks claw out 3-2 win over slumping Ducks

VANCOUVER - Dakota Joshua scored twice and his Vancouver Canucks held on for a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday. Brock Boeser added a first-period power-play goal for the Canucks (46-20-8)...

Mar 31, 2024

Canadian Zach Edey goes big and sends Purdue to first Final Four since 1980 with a 72-66 win over Tennessee

DETROIT (AP) - Purdue big man Zach Edey went for a career-high 40 points along with 16 rebounds and one big block Sunday to muscle the Boilermakers into the program's first Final Four since 1980 with ...

Mar 31, 2024

Turner homers and drives in 4 runs as Blue Jays gained split of 4-game series by beating Rays 9-2

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Justin Turner homered and drove in four runs as the Toronto Blue Jays gained a spit of a four-game series by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 9-2 on Sunday, After winning the ope...

Mar 31, 2024

Canada's Dabrowski, New Zealand's Routliffe fall in Miami Open women's doubles final

MIAMI - Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe were on the wrong end of a comeback, falling 4-6, 7-6 (5), 11-9 to Americans Sofia Kenin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the Miami Ope...

Mar 31, 2024

Jays' Cabrera handed three-game suspension, fine for role in bench-clearing incident

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Gnesis Cabrera has received a three-game suspension and a fine for his role in a bench-clearing incident in a 5-1 loss to Tampa Bay on Saturday. The amount of the fine of was...

Mar 31, 2024

Canada's Gushue tops defending champ Mouat of Scotland 8-4 at men's curling worlds

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland - Canada's Brad Gushue improved to 3-0 following an 8-4 win over defending champion Bruce Mouat of Scotland at the world men's curling championship on Sunday. Gushue, from St...

Mar 31, 2024

'It's the same game': Playoff-bound Canucks look to veterans for post-season lessons

VANCOUVER - Ian Cole vividly recalls how he felt before skating out for his first NHL playoff game. "Honestly, I just remember being scared," he said, punctuating his sentence with a mild expletive. "...

Mar 31, 2024

Canadian featherweight Kyle (The Monster) Nelson wins third straight in the UFC

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Canadian featherweight Kyle (The Monster) Nelson won his third straight UFC fight Saturday, stopping American (Senor Perfecto) Bill Algeo in the first round on a UFC Fight Night ...

Mar 30, 2024

Nazem Kadri paces Flames to 4-2 win over Kings with goal and assist

CALGARY - Nazem Kadri had a goal and an assist for the Calgary Flames in a 4-2 win over the visiting Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. Martin Pospisil, Blake Coleman and MacKenzie Weegar also scored for ...

Mar 30, 2024

Late Raposo goal gives Vancouver Whitecaps 3-2 win over Portland Timbers

VANCOUVER - Ryan Raposo rescued a win for the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday, lifting the Major League Soccer team to a 3-2 win over their regional rivals, the Portland Timbers. Ryan Gauld and Fafa P...

Mar 30, 2024