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Canada's Jamal Murray trying to get healthy as Nuggets defend first-ever NBA title

TORONTO - Canada's Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets are getting used to being the hunted and not the hunters after winning their first-ever NBA championship. Murray led the Nuggets into Toronto on ...

Dec 20, 2023

Local broadcasts for 11 NHL teams will remain on Bally Sports after agreement

The NHL and Diamond Sports Group, the largest owner of regional sports networks, have reached an agreement that will keep local broadcasts for 11 teams on Bally Sports through the end of this season. ...

Dec 20, 2023

Vilardi scores and adds two assists to lead Jets to a 5-2 victory over Red Wings

WINNIPEG - Winger Gabe Vilardi scored a goal and had two assists to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night. Axel Jonnson-Fjallby and Nikolaj Ehlers each ...

Dec 20, 2023

Jokic, Murray lead Nuggets to 113-104 victory over Raptors for fifth win in six games

TORONTO - Nikola Jokic had 31 points and 15 rebounds as the Denver Nuggets held off a late Toronto comeback effort to earn a 113-104 win over the Raptors on Wednesday night. Canada's Jamal Murray adde...

Dec 20, 2023

Canadian para skier Guimond picks up super-G gold, bronze at World Cup stop

STEINACH AM BRENNER, Austria - Canadian para skier Alexis Guimond made two trips to the podium at a World Cup super-G stop on Wednesday. Guimond, from Gatineau, Que., skied to gold in the event's seco...

Dec 20, 2023

Oregon State, Washington State eye affiliate membership in West Coast Conference, AP sources say

Oregon State and Washington State are working on a deal to become affiliate members of the West Coast Conference for basketball and other Olympic sports for two years, two people with knowledge of the...

Dec 20, 2023

Trinidad winger Tyrese Spicer ready to make jump to Toronto FC first team

TORONTO - Tyrese Spicer remembers the tough times growing up in Trinidad. "Not having enough money to buy sneakers, buy cleats, to go to school. Not having enough money to eat," he recalled. "I had so...

Dec 20, 2023

Keeping account: How NHL teams work to maintain high standards on and off the ice

Brad Marchand doesn't have to say a word when a new player walks into the Boston Bruins' locker room. The standard and expectation was set long ago. It started with former captain Zdeno Chara and cont...

Dec 20, 2023

Canada's Macklin Celebrini ready for world junior stage: 'Doesn't cheat the game'

Macklin Celebrini was contemplating his next hockey stop. The teenage star poised to join the U.S. college hockey ranks for the 2023-24 season had plenty of NCAA schools pining for his services back i...

Dec 20, 2023

Tennis players to get protection from online abuse through new monitoring service

LONDON (AP) - A new monitoring service will help protect tennis players from online abuse and threats, the International Tennis Federation and other governing bodies said Wednesday. In their joint ann...

Dec 20, 2023