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'A shame': Habs-Leafs series heating up on the ice, but no fans leaves big void

MONTREAL - Ziggy Eichenbaum has one word to describe his city on a warm spring night when the local hockey team is in the playoffs. "Crazy." And what would the vibe be like in Montreal for a dream mat...

May 24, 2021

Alabama Crimson Tide receiver John Metchie III named the winner of Jon Cornish Trophy

Receiver John Metchie III, who helped the Alabama Crimson Tide post an unbeaten season en route to an NCAA championship, was named the winner of the Jon Cornish Trophy on Monday.The honour goes to the...

May 24, 2021

Canada's Andreescu breezes to victory in first match after seven-week absence

STRASBOURG, France - Bianca Andreescu defeated Andrea Lazaro Garcia of Spain 6-1, 6-2 on Monday at the Strasbourg Open in the Canadian's first competitive match in seven weeks. Andreescu, the top seed...

May 24, 2021

Max Mosley, racing boss who took on UK tabloids, dies at 81

LONDON (AP) - Max Mosley, who shook off the stigma of his family's links to fascism to become international motorsport's top administrator and later made a stand as a privacy campaigner in response to...

May 24, 2021

Canada's Dillon Brooks leads 8th-seeded Memphis over No. 1-seeded Jazz in series opener

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Memphis Grizzlies have not completely consigned their grit-and-grind days to the past. The eighth-seeded Grizzlies beat top-seeded Utah 112-109 on Sunday night in the opening...

May 23, 2021

Young hits runner with 0.9 left to lift Hawks past Knicks

NEW YORK (AP) - A crowd that waited eight years to see another Knicks playoff game needed just minutes to make Trae Young its target. Young heard the fans' hate. Then he silenced them. "I've always lo...

May 23, 2021

Ehlers scores two, Jets take 3-0 series lead over Oilers with 5-4 comeback OT win

WINNIPEG - Nikolaj Ehlers scored his second goal of the game in overtime and the Winnipeg Jets stormed back with three unanswered goals in the third period to beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 on Sunday, t...

May 23, 2021

Bergeron, Pastrnak and Bruins finish off Capitals in 5 games

WASHINGTON (AP) - Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak dazzled on offense, Tuukka Rask was rock solid in net and the Boston Bruins are moving on to the second round of the playoffs. Bergeron scored twi...

May 23, 2021

Avalanche complete 4-game sweep of Blues with 5-2 win

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Philipp Grubauer made 18 saves and Gabriel Landeskog scored the go-ahead goal in the second period as the Colorado Avalanche completed a four-game sweep of the St. Louis Blues with a ...

May 23, 2021

Ageless wonder Mickelson wins PGA to be oldest major champ

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - Phil Mickelson has delivered so many thrills and spills over 30 years of pure theater that no one ever knows what he will do next. His latest act was a real stunner: A major...

May 23, 2021