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NHL releases plans for its skills competition during all-star weekend in February

NEW YORK - The NHL will use a revamped format for its skills competition during the all-star weekend in February at Toronto's Scotiabank Arena. The league said 12 all-stars will compete for points in ...

Dec 12, 2023

Aho has three-point night to lead Hurricanes to 4-1 victory over Senators

OTTAWA - Sebastian Aho scored twice and had an assist to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 4-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night. Matin Necas and Seth Jarvis also scored for Carolina (15-1...

Dec 12, 2023

Matthews and Marner each score twice as Maple Leafs down Rangers 7-3

NEW YORK (AP) - Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner each scored twice, and veteran Martin Jones made 28 saves in his first start for Toronto as the Maple Leafs beat the New York Rangers 7-3 on Tuesday ni...

Dec 12, 2023

Al Michaels won't call an NFL playoff game for NBC this season

Al Michaels won't be calling an NFL playoff game for NBC for the first time since the network returned to televising the league in 2006. NBC confirmed to The Associated Press that Michaels won't be wo...

Dec 12, 2023

South Korean outfielder Jung Hoo Lee gets $113 million, 6-year deal Giants, AP source says

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Slugging South Korean outfielder Jung Hoo Lee and the San Francisco Giants have agreed to a $113 million, six-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Assoc...

Dec 12, 2023

Siblings Hannah and Jared Schmidt each win gold at ski cross World Cup stop

AROSA, Switzerland - Hannah Schmidt won the women's race and brother Jared took gold in the men's competition Tuesday at a ski cross World Cup stop. Hannah Schmidt, from Ottawa, finished first in thre...

Dec 12, 2023

'What if?': NFL legend Tom Brady dreams of Montreal Expos career in ad

Long before he led the New England Patriots dynasty and won seven Super Bowl rings, Tom Brady nearly had a career in baseball. American trading card company "Topps" imagined that alternate reality in ...

Dec 12, 2023

Canada coach not surprised by level of social media abuse directed at female players

Canada coach Bev Priestman was not surprised at a report detailing the social media abuse female players encounter these days. One in five players (152) at the Women's World Cup this summer received "...

Dec 12, 2023

OHL suspends former Attack coach Greg Walters for remainder of season

TORONTO - The Ontario Hockey League has suspended former Owen Sound Attack head coach Greg Walters for the remainder of the season. The league announced the suspension Tuesday after conducting an inve...

Dec 12, 2023

Pascal Siakam: Toronto Raptors down but not out despite on-court struggles

TORONTO - Pascal Siakam can't deny that the Raptors have taken some hard knocks during slump that has seen Toronto lose six of their past seven games. But Siakam says there's a lot more fight left in ...

Dec 12, 2023