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Stanford holds off Arizona 54-53 to win women's NCAA title

SAN ANTONIO - Tara VanDerveer hugged each of her Stanford players as they climbed the ladder to cut down a piece of the net. It took 29 years, but VanDerveer and the Cardinal are NCAA women's basketba...

Apr 04, 2021

Vancouver Canucks' COVID-19 situation sends chill through NHL's North Division

The Vancouver Canucks being brought to a standstill by the COVID-19 virus makes players and coaches elsewhere in the all-Canadian North Division uneasy for that team and their own. Sixteen of the 22 p...

Apr 04, 2021

Trimmer Guerrero helps Jays finish series win over Yanks

NEW YORK - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Randal Grichuk homered off Domingo Germn in the Yankee right-hander's return from a domestic violence ban, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat New York 3-1 Sunday to wi...

Apr 04, 2021

Canada drops 6-4 decision to Switzerland at world men's curling championship

CALGARY - Canada's Brendan Bottcher dropped a 6-4 decision to Switzerland's Peter de Cruz in an extra end on Sunday at the BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship.Bottcher had a chanc...

Apr 04, 2021

Ottawa Senators snap Montreal's three-game win streak, defeating the Canadiens 6-3

MONTREAL - Evgenii Dadonov scored twice for Ottawa and Artem Anisimov had a goal and two assists to help the Ottawa Senators defeat the Montreal Canadiens 6-3 Saturday.It was an entertaining back-and-...

Apr 03, 2021

Sánchez homers again, Kluber debuts, Yanks beat Jays 5-3

NEW YORK - Gary Snchez joined Elston Howard in 1963 as the only Yankees catchers to homer in each of the first two games and Jay Bruce blooped a two-run single in the seventh for his first hit with hi...

Apr 03, 2021

Canada's Bianca Andreescu injured in loss to Ash Barty in Miami Open final

MIAMI - Bianca Andreescu says she's pushed herself through injury before to the point of making things worse. So as tough as the decision to retire in the final of the Miami Open was for Andreescu, sh...

Apr 03, 2021

Canadian striker Jonathan David scores in Lille win over Paris Saint-Germain

PARIS - Canadian striker Jonathan David scored as Lille defeated defending champion Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 Saturday to took over sole posession of first place in France's Ligue 1. PSG star Neymar was...

Apr 03, 2021

Canada's Bottcher defeats Denmark's Noergaard 7-5 at world men's curling championship

CALGARY - Canada's Brendan Bottcher defeated Denmark's Mads Noergaard 7-5 on Saturday for his third straight victory at the BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship. Bottcher stole a p...

Apr 03, 2021

McDavid leads Oilers to 3-2 victory over Flames in Battle of Alberta matchup

EDMONTON - Connor McDavid scored the game winner and the Edmonton Oilers won the latest Battle of Alberta Friday, topping the Calgary Flames 3-2. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Dominik Kahun also put away go...

Apr 02, 2021