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Cheering fans jam Edmonton plaza as Oilers force winner-take-all Stanley Cup final

EDMONTON - Thousands of deliriously happy fans of the Edmonton Oilers roared as one, as the blue and orange ran over the Florida Panthers to set up a winner-take-all Game 7 in the Stanley Cup final. "...

Jun 21, 2024

Oilers force Game 7 of Stanley Cup final with 5-1 win over Panthers

EDMONTON - The Oilers are one win from history. The Panthers are one loss from infamy. Zach Hyman scored his playoff-leading 16th goal and Stuart Skinner made 20 saves as Edmonton defeated Florida 5-1...

Jun 21, 2024

Guardians take advantage of Blue Jays pitching wildness in 7-1 win

CLEVELAND (AP) - Carlos Carrasco pitched six strong innings and Austin Hedges hit a two-run single when Toronto's pitchers couldn't find the strike zone, lifting the Cleveland Guardians to a 7-1 win o...

Jun 21, 2024

Tom Kim builds a 2-shot lead over Scheffler and Morikawa at Travelers Championship

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) - Tom Kim is looking at the long term with his golf game and is getting short-term results at the Travelers Championship, where he followed an opening 62 with a 5-under 65 on Frid...

Jun 21, 2024

Canada Selects name training squad for rugby game against Vancouver Highlanders

Peter Nelson and Kainoa Lloyd highlight the 26-man Canada Selects training squad for a June 28 game against the fledgling Vancouver Highlanders at Burnaby Lake Rugby Club. Nelson, Lloyd join Siaki Vik...

Jun 21, 2024

Canadian Michael Dufort shakes his head after losing split decision at PFL 5

SALT LAKE CITY - Lightweight (The Canadian Badass) Michael Dufort lost a split decision to American Adam (The Bomb) Piccolotti on the PFL 5 undercard Friday. The judges scored it 29-28, 28-29, 29-28 f...

Jun 21, 2024

CFL fines veteran kickers over chipped football controversy

TORONTO - Kickers Sergio Castillo, Brett Lauther, Sean Whyte and Lewis Ward were fined by the CFL on Friday after publicly speaking out on the league's use of chipped footballs on field-goal attempts....

Jun 21, 2024

Mbappé watches from subs' bench as France and Netherlands produce Euro 2024's first 0-0

LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) - Kylian Mbapp watched from the substitutes' bench as France and the Netherlands finished 0-0 in a heavyweight European Championship clash on Friday. Antoine Griezmann missed Fra...

Jun 21, 2024

Argos defensive lineman Ceresna looking forward to facing Edmonton Elks

TORONTO - Jake Ceresna returns from the bye week refreshed and with a little added incentive to keep the Toronto Argonauts unbeaten at home. Toronto (1-0) hosts the Edmonton Elks (0-2) on Saturday nig...

Jun 21, 2024

Coach John Herdman reviewing Toronto FC's penalty-taker among other changes

Toronto FC coach John Herdman is thinking about giving Federico Bernardeschi a break from taking penalties after the Italian star's third straight miss from the penalty spot in Wednesday's 2-1 loss to...

Jun 21, 2024