TORONTO - It's an old adage that rookies don't draw fouls in the NBA. It's partly because veterans get the benefit of the doubt from referees and a little bit because young players don't know how to draw defenders into fouls. Fortunately for Toronto Raptors freshman Ja'Kobe Walter, he plays like an old soul. The 20-yea...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have locked up a pair of midfielders, signing J.C. Ngando and Ralph Priso to new contracts. The 'Caps announced the deals Wednesday, both of which run through the 2025 season, with club options for 2026 and 2027. Vancouver picked up Priso, a 22-year-old Toronto FC Academy product, in...

BMX racer Molly Simpson is still riding the high of a fifth-place finish at the Paris Olympics. But the 22-year-old from Red Deer, Alta., has plenty more to do. And as evidenced by a pair of recent first-place finishes at the USA BMX Grands in Tulsa, Okla., Simpson is still on the move. Simpson's excitement at being in...

BUDAPEST - Calgary swimmer Ingrid Wilm picked up her second medal of the short-course world championships Wednesday after finishing third in the women's 100-metre backstroke. Wilm finished in 55.75 seconds, behind Americans Regan Smith (54.55) and Katherine Berkoff (54.93). Wilm also won a bronze in the event at the 20...

IRVING, Texas (AP) - NBA Hall of Famers and former Toronto Raptors Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady are among 10 limited partners who have joined the Buffalo Bills' ownership group. The noncontrolling, minority interests were approved Wednesday by NFL team owners at the league's winter meetings. This is the first time in...

ZURICH (AP) - Saudi Arabia has been officially confirmed by FIFA as host of the 2034 World Cup in men's soccer. The Saudi bid was the only candidate and was acclaimed by the applause of more than 200 FIFA member federations. They took part remotely in an online meeting hosted in Zurich on Wednesday by the soccer body's...

Nathan MacKinnon's message would probably be pretty simple. The Colorado Avalanche centre - one of hockey's hardest-working and intense talents - might even let his younger self know it's OK to ease off the throttle ever so slightly at times. "The outcome is going to take care of itself," he said. "And i...

MONTREAL - World champion figure skater Deanna Stellato-Dudek is becoming a Canadian citizen. Stellato-Dudek will take the oath of citizenship on Wednesday in Montreal, after which she'll be eligible to represent Canada at the Olympic Games. The 41-year-old pairs skater won gold with partner Maxime Deschamps at the wor...

VANCOUVER - It was a whirlwind day for Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko. Nearly eight months after he was injured in the first game of Vancouver's playoff run, Demko returned to the crease Tuesday for his first start of the season. "I've talked about managing expectations and not putting too much weight on ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Mikko Rantanen collected his 10th career hat trick and added two assists as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on Tuesday night. Rantanen, playing in his 600th game, flipped in a puck over Tristan Jarry late in the first period, beat Jarry from in close early in the second and add...

EDMONTON - It wasn't how Leon Draisaitl envisioned getting his league-leading 20th goal of the season, but he's perfectly fine with it. Draisaitl had the game-winning goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers won their third game in a row, hanging on to get past the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Tuesday. Edmonton took a 2...

VANCOUVER - Dylan Holloway scored a minute and 40 seconds into overtime and the St. Louis Blues held on for a 4-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. Robert Thomas had a goal and two assists for the Blues (14-13-2) in regulation, while Zack Bolduc and Jordan Kyrou also scored. Joel Hofer stopped 22 of the 25...

WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele declined to say he was trying to prove something to Don Sweeney. With the general manager who snubbed him when selecting players for Canada to play in the Four Nations Face-Off watching from above, Scheifele scored two goals and added an assist to lead the Jets to an 8-1 beating of Sweeney's B...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of Hamilton, Ont., scored 39 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks 118-104 on Tuesday night in an NBA Cup quarterfinal. Jalen Williams scored 18 points and Isaiah Hartenstein added 10 points and 13 rebounds for the Thunder, who will play Wednesday's...

EDMONTON - Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers won their third game in a row, hanging on to get past the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Tuesday. Connor McDavid also scored for the Oilers (16-10-2) who have won six of their last seven. Jake Guentzel replied with the lone goal for the Lightning (14...

CLEVELAND (AP) - The Cleveland Guardians broke up their infield and plugged a hole in their rotation. The AL Central champions pulled off two significant trades at the winter meetings in Dallas on Tuesday night, first sending three-time Gold Glove second baseman Andrés Giménez to the Toronto Blue Jays. Gi...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blues have acquired all-star second baseman Andres Gimenez and right-handed pitcher Nick Sandlin in a Tuesday deal with the Cleveland Guardians. The Jays are sending infielder Spencer Horwitz and outfielder Nick Mitchell to Cleveland. The 26-year-old Gimenez played 152 games with the Guardians in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jonathan Huberdeau and Kevin Rooney each scored a goal and added an assist to lead the Calgary Flames to a 4-3 comeback victory over the skidding Nashville Predators on Tuesday night. Brayden Pachal and Nazem Kadri also scored and Dan Vladar made 17 saves for the Flames, who had lost six of seve...

WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele scored two goals and added an assist to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a convincing 8-1 victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night. Nikita Chibrikov, Mason Appleton, Alex Iafallo, on the power play, Gabe Vilardi, Kyle Connor and Vladislav Namestnikov, on the power play, scored the other Winnip...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Auston Matthews scored with 2:09 left in overtime to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 2-1 come-from-behind win over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night. Matthews outskated Devils' defenceman Brett Pesce, grabbing a loose puck near centre ice in for a breakaway, and beat New Jersey's Jacob Markstrom...

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 37 points, Damian Lillard had nine of his 28 in the final minute and the Milwaukee Bucks returned to the NBA Cup semifinals in Las Vegas by beating the Orlando Magic 114-109 on Tuesday night. Milwaukee reached the semifinals of the in-season tournament in Las Vegas last Dec...

OTTAWA - Scott Salmond says the message will be clear up and down the lineup. Canada's quest for another home-soil gold medal at the world junior hockey championship will feature something the team lacked throughout last year's disastrous fifth-place finish overseas. "We could have been more competitive," Sal...

The Vancouver Whitecaps were drawn on Tuesday to face Costa Rica's Deportivo Saprissa, while the Canadian Premier League's Cavalry FC and Forge FC were paired with tough Mexican opposition in the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup. Calgary's Cavalry will face Pumas UNAM, while Hamilton's Forge takes on Monterrey. Pumas, which...

Scottie Scheffler added another trophy to his awesome display Tuesday when he won the Jack Nicklaus Award as PGA Tour player of the year in a landslide, joining Tiger Woods as the only players to win the award three straight times. Scheffler won 91 per cent of the vote from players and appeared to be the obvious choice...

DALLAS (AP) - Right-hander Yimi García is returning to the Toronto Blue Jays, agreeing to a $15 million, two-year contract, a person with knowledge of the talks told The Associated Press. The person spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the agreement was subject to a successful physical. The 34-year-ol...

DALLAS (AP) - Max Fried and the New York Yankees have agreed to a $218 million, eight-year contract, the largest deal for a left-handed pitcher in baseball history, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the agreement, first reported...

DALLAS (AP) - Star outfielder Juan Soto and the New York Mets have agreed to a record $765 million, 15-year contract, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement, first reported by the New York Post, was subject to a successful physical. So...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes signed Canadian defensive end Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund to a one-year extension Tuesday. The move keeps Adeyemi-Berglund with the CFL club through the 2026 season. The six-foot-two, 248-pound Adeyemi-Berglund was the East Division's top Canadian last season. He registered 36 tackles, incl...