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Busy day of sports on tap after string of postponements
After several days of postponements and protests, the professional sports schedule is slated to kick back into high gear on Saturday. The NHL and NBA playoffs are set to resume in the aftermath of soc...
Aug 29, 2020
Federer, Nadal object to Djokovic proposal for player union
NEW YORK - Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and other members of the ATP Player Council spoke out Saturday against a plan put forth by top-ranked Novak Djokovic and Vasek Pospisil to start a union of sorts...
Aug 29, 2020
Palat scores twice, Lightning beat Bruins to lead series 3-1
TORONTO - Ondrej Palat scored twice, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 Saturday to take a commanding 3-1 lead in their second-round series. Victo...
Aug 29, 2020
Chadwick Boseman, who embodied Black icons, dies of cancer
LOS ANGELES - First Chadwick Boseman slipped on the cleats of Jackie Robinson, then the Godfather of Soul's dancing shoes, portraying both Black American icons with a searing intensity that commanded ...
Aug 29, 2020
Conservative MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay apologizes for tweet linking Freeland, Soros
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay is apologizing for "thoughtlessly" spreading material about Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland from a source she said she later discovered traffics in hate...
Aug 29, 2020
Chadwick Boseman, who embodied Black icons, dies of cancer
LOS ANGELES - First Chadwick Boseman slipped on the cleats of Jackie Robinson, then the Godfather of Soul's dancing shoes, portraying both Black American icons with a searing intensity that commanded ...
Aug 29, 2020
Palat scores twice, Lightning beat Bruins to lead series 3-1
TORONTO - Ondrej Palat scored twice, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 Saturday to take a commanding 3-1 lead in their second-round series. Victo...
Aug 29, 2020
Novak Djokovic beats Canada's Milos Raonic in Western & Southern final
NEW YORK - Top-seed Novak Djokovic overcame a couple of scares to beat Canadian Milos Raonic 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 Saturday at the men's final of the Western & Southern Open. Raonic, who dominated the fir...
Aug 29, 2020
Protesters in Montreal call for police defunding, reinvestment in community
MONTREAL - Protesters in Montreal marched in support of police defunding today as part of what they called a nationwide day of action. Images from the event show a crowd of protest...
Aug 29, 2020
NHL resumes play after postponements aimed at highlighting social issues
TORONTO - The NHL raised curtain on the restart to its restart with a clear message Saturday. Black. Lives. Matter. After players in the NBA kicked off a boycott Wednesday tha...
Aug 29, 2020