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Canada's Cassie Sharpe wins silver, Rachael Karker takes bronze in freeski halfpipe

ZHANGJIAKOU, China - Canada's Cassie Sharpe captured silver, while Rachael Karker won bronze, in women's freeski halfpipe at the Beijing Olympics. China's Eileen Gu took the gold, with a score of 95.2...

Feb 17, 2022

St. Louis grabs first win as head coach, Canadiens top Blues in overtime

MONTREAL - The monkey is officially off Montreal's back all thanks to Cole Caufield. The Canadiens snapped one of the worst droughts in franchise history with a 3-2 overtime win over the St. Louis Blu...

Feb 17, 2022

Auston Matthews' 33rd goal, Jack Campbell's 45 saves power Leafs past Penguins

TORONTO - Morgan Rielly and Auston Matthews scored a goal and an assist, while Jack Campbell made 45 saves to push the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-1 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday. How...

Feb 17, 2022

IIHF reschedules world junior event to August 2022

BEIJING - President Luc Tardif of the International Ice Hockey Federation says the 2022 world junior men's tournament will be played this summer in Canada. The tournament began in December in Edmonton...

Feb 17, 2022

Beckie to the rescue as Canadian women tie England 1-1 at Arnold Clark Cup

MIDDLESBROUGH, United Kingdom - Janine Beckie's elegant second-half strike lifted Canada into a 1-1 draw with England at the Arnold Clark Cup on Thursday. The first outing of the year for Olympic-cham...

Feb 17, 2022

Former Angels employee convicted in Skaggs' overdose death

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A former Los Angeles Angels employee was convicted Thursday of providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs the drugs that led to his overdose death in Texas. Eric Kay was convicted ...

Feb 17, 2022

Missing Olympics still disappointing for Team Canada fan Connor McDavid

This isn't how Connor McDavid expected to watch the Beijing Olympics. The Edmonton Oilers superstar planned to be on the ice and in the athletes village in China. Instead, he's catching the action fro...

Feb 17, 2022

Golden again: Canadian women back on top of Olympic hockey world with win over U.S.

BEIJING - Who else but Marie-Philip Poulin? The big-time performer who has made a career of thriving on hockey's biggest stages did it again Thursday in Beijing, helping Canada reclaim Olympic women's...

Feb 17, 2022

Surfer Maya Gabeira has book deal with children's publisher

NEW YORK (AP) - One of the world's greatest big-wave surfers, Brazil's Maya Gabeira, has embarked on a kid-friendly adventure. The seven-time winner of the World Surf League Big Wave Award has a deal ...

Feb 17, 2022

Forge FC edged out in close CONCACAF encounter against Cruz Azul

HAMILTON - Forge FC fell 1-0 to Mexican heavyweight Cruz Azul in CONCACAF Champions League action Wednesday night. Rmulo Otero scored the winner off a long-range free kick in the 31st minute. The roun...

Feb 17, 2022