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Einarson struggles continue in women's world curling, Canada loses fourth straight

CALGARY - Stress levels of the host team rose Monday at the women's world curling championship in Calgary. Canada's Kerri Einarson was dangerously close to missing the playoffs with a fourth straight ...

May 03, 2021

Former Boston College tight end Burt excited to get chance to play football in Canada

The CFL is presenting Jake Burt a new lease on his pro football life. The former Boston College tight end is regarded as one of the top prospects in a wide-open '21 CFL draft, which goes Tuesday night...

May 03, 2021

Bobby Unser, 87, Indy 500 champ in great racing family, dies

Bobby Unser, a three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and part of the only pair of brothers to win "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" has died. He was 87. He died Sunday at his home in Albuquerque, New Me...

May 03, 2021

Lower visits, revenue reported as pandemic measures created unpredictable ski season

CALGARY - Measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic made for a bumpy ride for most of the ski and snowboard industry in Canada, as revenues slumped even at resorts that were able to maintain near-norm...

May 03, 2021

Canada's Bishop-Nriagu races toTokyo Olympic standard in the 800

CHULA VISTA, Calif. - Melissa Bishop-Nriagu has clinched her spot in the Tokyo Olympics. The 2015 world silver medallist from Eganville, Ont., ran one minute 59.04 seconds to win the 800 metres at a C...

May 03, 2021

Puerto Rican boxer turns himself in after lover found dead

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rican boxer Flix Verdejo turned himself in to federal agents Sunday night just hours to face federal charges after authorities identified the body of a dead woman as his...

May 03, 2021

Tokyo Games need 500 nurses; nurses say needs are elsewhere

TOKYO - Some nurses in Japan are incensed at a request from Tokyo Olympic organizers to have 500 of them dispatched to help out with the games. They say they're already near the breaking point dealing...

May 03, 2021

Rubio, Yarbrough help Rapids beat Whitecaps 1-0

SANDY, Utah - Whitecaps coach Marc Dos Santos felt his team's slow start was its undoing. Vancouver conceded early and could not recover as the Whitecaps lost 1-0 to the Colorado Rapids in Major Leagu...

May 02, 2021

Lowry leads depleted Raptors past Lakers; LeBron exits early

LOS ANGELES - Kyle Lowry had 37 points and 11 assists, Pascal Siakam had 39 points and 13 rebounds and the short-handed Toronto Raptors defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 121-114 on Sunday night. LeBron ...

May 02, 2021

O'Ward gets 1st IndyCar win at Texas after big 1st-lap crash

FORT WORTH, Texas - Pato O'Ward felt calm while he enjoyed the ride in the closing laps in Texas, getting his first IndyCar Series victory at the track closest to the Mexican-born driver's hometown. "...

May 02, 2021