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Flying High: Toronto Blue Jays on upswing entering home series against Phillies

TORONTO - A visit by the woeful Athletics came at an ideal time for the Toronto Blue Jays. Canada's lone big-league team was in a tailspin before finding its form last week. Toronto has won five in a ...

Jun 02, 2025

Ivory Coast's Elephants look forward to facing Canada, New Zealand in Toronto

TORONTO - Ask Ivory Coast soccer coach Emerse Fae about Canada and he is quick to praise - and reel off names. "I like this team because the Canada team has very good players - good players like Jonat...

Jun 02, 2025

The Stanley Cup final goalie matchup: Bobrovsky and Skinner, matching wits once again

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The only times that Sergei Bobrovsky spent any time really reflecting on winning the Stanley Cup were the obvious moments. The on-ice celebration that night. The day of th...

Jun 02, 2025

IIHF, PWHL not aligned over scheduling of 2026 women's world hockey championship

The International Ice Hockey Federation has postponed announcing the host city of the 2026 women's world hockey championship. The IIHF introduced running a women's championship in the same year as an ...

Jun 02, 2025

B.C.'s Buck Pierce, Edmonton's Mark Kilam to meet in their CFL head-coaching debuts

Buck Pierce will make his CFL head-coaching debut in familiar surroundings. Pierce begins his tenure as B.C.'s head coach Saturday night when the Lions host the Edmonton Elks. Pierce, 43, began his CF...

Jun 02, 2025

Senators sign defenceman Tyler Kleven to two-year contract extension

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed defenceman Tyler Kleven to a two-year contract extension, the NHL club announced Monday. The deal carries an average annual value of US$1.6 million through the...

Jun 02, 2025

Surprise! NHL, with the help of kids, gives Barkov the Selke and King Clancy awards

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's Aleksander Barkov thought the team meeting was over. He found it odd that the Panthers hadn't been told they could leave. Turns out, there was a good reason - tw...

Jun 02, 2025

United States to kick off women's hockey Rivalry Series in Cleveland, Buffalo

COLORADO SPRINGS - The United States will host the first two games of the next Rivalry Series with the Canadian women's hockey team. The archrivals will square off Nov. 6 in Cleveland, Ohio, and again...

Jun 02, 2025

CHL execs not panicking as players head to NCAA in changing junior hockey landscape

RIMOUSKI - London Knights GM Mark Hunter says it's concerning. Canadian Hockey League president Dan Mackenzie isn't panicking. Western Hockey League commissioner Dan Near, meanwhile, will be surprised...

Jun 02, 2025

Panthers and Oilers are now more alike as their Stanley Cup Final rematch arrives

A year ago when the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers met in the Stanley Cup Final, they were polar opposites in everything from climate, market and franchise history to deep-run experience and tou...

Jun 02, 2025