VANCOUVER - Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet says Thatcher Demko has "improved immensely the last 72 hours" as the all-star goaltender works his way back from a lower-body injury. The 28-year-old started Vancouver's playoff opener against the Nashville Predators, but hasn't suited up since. Vancouver has turne...

BALTIMORE (AP) - Adley Rutschman's two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning gave Baltimore a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday, enabling the Orioles - yet again - to avoid a sweep. Baltimore split the two-game set with the Blue Jays - the middle game Tuesday was rained out - and has now gone 10...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The New York Rangers looked headed for an easy push through the second round of the NHL playoffs when they quickly moved within a win of a sweep of the Carolina Hurricanes. Instead, the Hurricanes have grinded their way back in the series, and the pressure is building on the Presidents' Trophy-winn...

DALLAS (AP) - Dallas Stars centre Roope Hintz is out for Game 5 of their Western Conference playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night because of an upper-body injury. Stars coach Pete DeBoer said after the morning skate that Radek Faksa will be back in the lineup. Faksa hasn't played since Game ...

PRAGUE (AP) - JJ Peterka scored twice in Germany's 8-1 rout of Latvia at the ice hockey world championship on Wednesday. Germany, last year's runner-up, netted five times in the second period in Ostrava to hand last year's bronze medallist its first loss. The victory was Germany's second in four Group B games. Dominik ...

Everything has changed for Taylor Pendrith over the past two weeks. Pendrith won The CJ Cup Byron Nelson on May 5 for his first-ever PGA Tour victory, then tied for 10th at the Wells Fargo Championship on Sunday. Those performances lifted him from 91st on the FedEx Cup standings up to No. 30 and qualified him for this ...

It was untreated anxiety and depression that Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard blamed for his alcohol abuse, a problem that reached the point where he needed to step away from hockey. He made a decision to leave the Avalanche and enter the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program earlier this season. Girard return...

TORONTO - CFL players will have the option of wearing protective soft-shell helmet covers known as Guardian caps during games this season but mouthguards will be mandatory. The two measures were among a host of health-and-safety initiatives announced by the league Wednesday. The CFL mandated the use of Guardian caps la...

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Northern British Columbia on May 31 at the school's convocation ceremony. The university highlighted Price's NHL achievements, inspiration of Indigenous youth and philanthropy in Norther...

LONDON - Canada goalkeeper Sabrina D'Angelo will leave Arsenal this summer at the end of her contract. The 31-year-old from Welland, Ont., joined the London club from Sweden's Vittsjo GIK in January 2023, making her debut in a 3-0 FA Cup win over Aston Villa later that month. D'Angelo made 14 appearances for the club, ...

Toronto star forward Natalie Spooner is out for the Professional Women's Hockey League playoffs with a knee injury. The PWHL team placed Spooner on long-term injured reserve Wednesday after she collided with Minnesota's Grace Zumwinkle and fell into the boards in Game 3 of their best-of-five semifinal Monday. Spooner l...

Toronto FC will be missing its coach and four players through suspension for Wednesday's game at Nashville SC after the MLS Disciplinary Committee handed down its initial verdict on Saturday night's ugly post-game melee with New York City FC. Five other TFC players are out injured. One of them, fullback/wingback Richie...