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Michael Hutchinson gets first win of season, Leafs beat Red Wings
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs finally earned a victory without the services of Frederik Andersen. Michael Hutchinson made 29 saves while Zach Hyman and Auston Matthews both scored twice as To...
Dec 23, 2019
Slain Barnard College student mourned at private memorial
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A Barnard College freshman who was fatally stabbed in a New York City park earlier this month was remembered by friends and classmates Saturday at a private memorial service at ...
Dec 23, 2019
Ovechkin, Pastrnak, MacKinnon, McDavid are All-Star captains
NEW YORK - Washington's Alex Ovechkin, Boston's David Pastrnak, Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon and Edmonton's Connor McDavid were voted NHL All-Star captains. Ovechkin was voted by fans to captain the Me...
Dec 23, 2019
ICBC sorry for suggesting deceased BC Mountie liable for on-duty deadly crash
VICTORIA - The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is apologizing for wrongly suggesting a deceased Mountie was liable for the on-duty crash that claimed her life, saying it's taking to steps to...
Dec 23, 2019
Dubnyk records shutout as Wild blank Flames 3-0
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Devan Dubnyk recorded his first shutout of the season and Joel Eriksson Ek and Luke Kunin each scored for Minnesota in the Wild's 3-0 win over the Calgary Flames on Monday. Dubnyk ma...
Dec 23, 2019
Plays of the year: 2019 had a flair for the dramatic
Thousands of pro games, hundreds of thousands of college games, millions of high school games and billions of youth-league, rec-league, bar-league and whatever other sort of league games you can think...
Dec 23, 2019
Toronto Raptors star Kyle Lowry earns East player of the week nod
Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry has been named the NBA's Eastern Conference player of the week. Lowry averaged 24.5 points, 10 assists, 6.5 rebounds and 39.6 minutes while helping the inju...
Dec 23, 2019
Roenick suspended by NBC Sports for inappropriate comments
Former NHL forward Jeremy Roenick was suspended indefinitely by NBC Sports on Monday for his inappropriate comments about coworkers. Roenick made a series of questionable remarks about fellow hockey b...
Dec 23, 2019
Jeff Mallett replaces John Furlong as Vancouver Whitecaps' executive chair
Vancouver Whitecaps executive chair John Furlong will retire from the club on Dec. 31. Whitecaps co-owner/director Jeff Mallett will assume the executive chair position, formalizing his role as the pu...
Dec 23, 2019
Celtics' Kanter thanks Trudeau for clearing way for him to play vs. Raptors
Boston Celtics centre Enes Kanter says he will be able to play in his team's Christmas Day game in Toronto against the Raptors after discussions with the Canadian government. In a column in The Globe ...
Dec 23, 2019