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Vázquez's HR in 10th caps Red Sox rally past Blue Jays 7-5
BOSTON - Trailing by four runs in the seventh, the Red Sox needed a little extra time to complete their latest dramatic comeback. Boston scored three runs in the seventh and another in the eighth to t...
Jun 23, 2019
Calgary Flames select forward Jakob Pelletier with the No. 26 pick
VANCOUVER - Jakob Pelletier tried to stay calm Friday night as the Calgary Flames staff moved towards the draft stage. The 18-year-old winger from Quebec City had spoken with the club earlier in the d...
Jun 23, 2019
Winnipeg Jets take Finnish defenceman Heinola 20th overall at NHL draft
VANCOUVER - Ville Heinola doesn't know much about Winnipeg, but that's likely to change soon. The Winnipeg Jets selected the Finnish defenceman with the 20th overall pick at the NHL draft on Frid...
Jun 23, 2019
Canadiens take American winger Cole Caufield 15th overall at NHL draft
VANCOUVER - Cole Caufield isn't concerned about his size. At five-foot-seven, 163 pounds the right-winger from Wisconsin wasn't the biggest player taken in the first round of the NHL draft o...
Jun 23, 2019
Canucks pick Russian forward Vasily Podkolzin 10th overall
Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning has long had his eye on Vasily Podkolzin. He watched him at the world junior hockey championships held in Vancouver last winter and liked Podkolzin's size...
Jun 23, 2019
Yukon's Dylan Cozens selected seventh overall by Buffalo Sabres at NHL draft
VANCOUVER - Growing up north of the 60th parallel, the NHL seemed far away to Dylan Cozens. It was, literally. Now everything's a whole lot closer for the Whitehorse native. Cozens...
Jun 23, 2019
Cardi B kicks off BET Awards, Lil Baby wins best new artist
Cardi B, the most nominated act at the 2019 BET Awards, kicked off the show with an explosive performance of her new single "Press." Cardi B's husband, Offset of the rap group Migos, started the perfo...
Jun 23, 2019
Devils select Jack Hughes first overall at NHL draft; Rangers take Kakko No. 2
VANCOUVER - Jack Hughes and Kaapo Kakko each wanted to be No. 1. One got his wish. The other is going to work to prove he should have heard his name called first. The New Jersey Devils ...
Jun 23, 2019
Cavallini, David help Canada beat Cuba 7-0 in Gold Cup
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Lucas Cavallini and Jonathan David each scored three goals and Canada breezed to a 7-0 victory over Cuba on Sunday in the first game of a CONCACAF Gold Cup doubleheader at Bank of Am...
Jun 23, 2019
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's chief of staff resigns
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford's chief of staff resigned Friday night after a string of controversies in the government's first year that culminated in the premier rescinding ...
Jun 23, 2019