AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - The only thing that stopped Rory McIlroy in the Masters was running out of holes to play Friday. McIlroy stood on the 12th tee in a tie with Patrick Reed and with a dozen other players bunched together in what was shaping up to be a...

NEW YORK (AP) - Jalen Brunson scored 29 points, Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds, and the New York Knicks beat Toronto 112-95 stopping the Raptors from clinching a playoff spot Friday night. Toronto entered the game needing to...

TORONTO - Rookie Brandon Valenzuela belted his first career homer, a two-run shot that concluded a five-run fourth inning to help the Toronto Blue Jays overcome a four-run deficit and defeat the Minnesota Twins 10-4 on Friday. The 25-year-old Valenzuel...

TORONTO - Shield Curling Club earned the third sweep of the week in Rock League curling action Friday, defeating Maple United 3-0 to climb atop the standings heading into the weekend's playoffs. Shield (3-2, 3.5 points) is in a three-way tie with Alpin...

MONTREAL - Jesse Marsch called Moïse Bombito's late discovery "unacceptable" two summers ago. The Montreal-born centre back had finally made it to where he belonged - as a member of the Canadian men's national team - but the situation echoed a long-sta...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - General manager Pat Verbeek has agreed to a multiyear contract extension with the Anaheim Ducks. Mike Stapleton has also received a promotion to senior vice president and associate general manager, the Ducks announced Friday. Ver...

As far as Darko Rajakovic is concerned, the tension of not knowing if his Toronto Raptors will reach the NBA playoffs or stumble into the play-in tournament this weekend is "the beauty of the job." The Raptors visited the New York Knicks on Friday and ...

Age has its privileges, something Rick Bowness is fondly enjoying in the overtime of his coaching career. At 71 and by his count twice retired, Bowness hasn't lost the urgency to win in his latest interim job coaching the Columbus Blue Jackets. What he...

CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have signed defenceman Abram Wiebe to a two-year contact with an average annual value of US$950,000, the NHL club announced Friday. Wiebe, from Mission, B.C., had five goals and 24 assists in 40 games with the University of...

VANCOUVER - The glittering prize of soccer's biggest showcase has made a stop in Vancouver. The FIFA World Cup trophy was on display in the city on Friday, kicking off a cross-Canada tour ahead of this summer's tournament. Former Italy captain Fabio C...

The Medicine Hat Tigers title defence continues tonight as they begin the second round of the Western Hockey League playoffs against their Central Division rival, the Calgary Hitmen.The Tabbies advanced to the Eastern Conference semi-finals following a five-game series against the Regina Pats, while the Hitmen swept th...

The Montreal Canadiens have already punched a ticket. The Edmonton Oilers are nearly there, too. The Ottawa Senators also look be on course for a return to the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Winnipeg Jets, meanwhile, have some work to do - and need a lot o...

Oklahoma State's softball team took some time to process a fatal crash involving its team bus earlier this week and will be back on the field Friday. The team had been traveling to Wichita, Kansas, on Wednesday afternoon when its bus struck and killed ...

TORONTO - Toronto FC midfielder Djordje Mihailovic will miss approximately eight weeks with a pelvic stress fracture, the Major League Soccer club announced Friday. Mihailovic hasn't played with Toronto since a 1-1 tie March 14 against the New York Red...

MONTE CARLO - Montreal's Félix Auger-Aliassime was knocked out in the quarterfinals of the Monte-Carlo Masters on Friday, falling 6-3, 6-4 to second seed Jannik Sinner. The sixth-seeded Auger-Aliassime was broken once in each set in the 92-minute clay-...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Trying for any kind of divine intervention to reverse the fortunes of his favorite hockey team, Philadelphia Flyers fan Mike Culin skipped traditional good-luck gimmicks for a more heavenly approach: Gift Pope Leo XIV his own custom...

ASTANA - Bianca Andreescu delivered in her return for Canada against Kazakhstan, winning her singles match on the opening day of a two-day Billie Jean King Cup qualifier. The Mississauga, Ont., product beat Sonja Zhiyenbayeva 6-4, 7-6 (4) to earn Canad...

MONTREAL - After six consecutive games on the road, CF Montréal is limping back to Stade Saputo for their home opener on Saturday against the Philadelphia Union with just three points in tow. A single win from their first six matches is the worst start...

After going unsigned as a CFL free agent in 2023, quarterback Michael O'Connor figured he was done with football. Three years later, the 30-year-old Ottawa native is chasing the Olympic dream. O'Connor has helped Canada's men's flag football team reach...

TORONTO - All season, the Toronto Raptors have insisted that they don't check the standings, the schedule, or the out-of-town scoreboard. As the regular season started to wind down, however, a handful of Raptors admitted to peeking at the Eastern Confe...

OTTAWA - Two weeks to the day after undergoing surgery for a broken arm Thomas Chabot was back in the Ottawa Senators lineup on Thursday night. Chabot, the longest serving member of the Senators, suffered the fracture March 23 during a game against the...

TORONTO - If World Cup songs are meant to sound like the world linking arms, Jelly Roll's entry for 2026 is striking a more divisive chord. Last month, FIFA released "Lighter," the first official track for the tournament, pairing the American country a...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Adrian Kempe had two goals, and the Los Angeles Kings moved into a playoff spot with a 4-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night. Joel Armia and Trevor Moore also scored, Anton Forsberg made 24 saves, and the Kings' third ...

MONTREAL - Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the Montreal Canadiens dressing room after the team's 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in a thrilling game Thursday night. Carney was in Montreal for a Liberal party convention running through Saturday,...

DENVER (AP) - Nathan MacKinnon scored his career-high 52nd goal of the season into an empty net and had two assists to help the Colorado Avalanche clinch the NHL's top seed for the postseason with a 3-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. It...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) - Alex Iafallo, Josh Morrissey and Jonathan Toews scored as the Winnipeg Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 Thursday night, keeping their playoff hopes alive. Mark Scheifele had two assists and Connor Hellebuyck made 20 saves for Wi...

NEW YORK (AP) - Matthew Schaefer tied the NHL record for goals by a rookie defenseman, and the Islanders defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 on Thursday night in Peter DeBoer's first game as New York's coach. Cal Ritchie had a goal and an assist, and ...

MONTREAL - Cole Caufield became the first Canadien to score 50 goals in 36 years and Juraj Slafkovsky buried a late winning goal as Montreal defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in a heated, fight-filled affair Thursday night. Slafkovsky scored his 30t...