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Sceptres lose momentum with tough defeat to Frost before 10-day break
TORONTO - The Toronto Sceptres found a way to dampen their mood going into a 10-day break. Three days after a morale-boosting win at home against the Professional Women's Hockey League-leading Montrea...
Mar 09, 2025
Blue Jays score six runs in eighth to beat Rays 13-9 in spring training
PORT CHARLOTTE - The Toronto Blue Jays scored six runs in the eighth inning to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 13-9 in spring training action Sunday. Left fielder Will Robertson and pinch-hitter Jay Harry hit...
Mar 09, 2025
Gilgeous-Alexander scores 40 as Thunder top Nuggets 127-103 in matchup of West leaders
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Canadian star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 40 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Denver Nuggets 127-103 on Sunday in a matchup between the top two teams in the We...
Mar 09, 2025
Relegation Return? Competition format a talking point at Montana's Brier
KELOWNA, B.C. - Numerous blowout games. A 6-2 team missing the playoff cut. No tiebreakers. The 18-team format at the Montana's Brier has had its share of critics even though six strong teams made it ...
Mar 09, 2025
Scott Moe says Sask. canola put in the line of fire by Chinese tariffs
Canadian farmers could take a big hit from China's sudden retaliatory tariffs that take aim at canola, pork and other food commodities.China is hitting Canada with 100-per-cent tariffs on canola oil a...
Mar 09, 2025
Kendall Coyne Schofield scores OT winner, Frost edge Sceptres 2-1 in PWHL
TORONTO - Minnesota Frost captain Kendall Coyne Schofield chipped in the overtime winner to defeat the Toronto Sceptres 2-1 in a defensive tussle on Sunday. Before Toronto goalie Kristen Campbell coul...
Mar 09, 2025
Del Duca's fourth-place finish for USA Bobsled at world championships fuels his appetite for more
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) - Frank Del Duca has some of U.S. bobsled great Steven Holcomb's tools in his possession. Actual tools, as in ones that Holcomb used to tune up his sleds when he was the world's...
Mar 09, 2025
Romanian election body rejects candidacy of far-right populist Calin Georgescu in presidential rerun
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romania's electoral body on Sunday rejected Calin Georgescu's candidacy in the presidential election rerun, after the far-right populist won the first round of last year's ra...
Mar 09, 2025
Friedrich wins 9th 2-man world bobsled title, leading another German sweep. Del Duca 4th for US
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) - The greatest ever just keeps getting better. Francesco Friedrich is a world champion again, winning the two-man race at Mount Van Hoevenberg on Sunday in a down-to-the-wire fi...
Mar 09, 2025
Fast-flying Avs forward Nathan MacKinnon closing in on 1,000-point milestone
DENVER (AP) - Let's make this quick: Nathan MacKinnon's fast. Every defenseman and goaltender around the league knows about his elite speed all too well. Knowing that doesn't make containing the hard-...
Mar 09, 2025