NASHVILLE - J.T. Miller had a goal and assist and the Vancouver Canucks edged the Nashville Predators 2-1 to re-take the lead in their first-round playoff series. Brock Boeser also scored for the Canucks and Quinn Hughes contributed a pair of helpers. Luke Evangelista replied for Nashville late in the third period, s...

TORONTO - Shohei Ohtani smashed a homer as the Los Angeles Dodgers routed Toronto 12-2 on Friday, months after he turned down a lucrative free-agent offer from the Blue Jays. Max Muncy's three-run homer was part of a six-run third inning as Los Angeles (17-11) won its fifth straight. Will Smith had a home run, an RBI d...

DETROIT, Maine - Isaiah Adams is an Arizona Cardinal. Arizona selected the Illinois offensive lineman with the seventh pick of the third round, No. 71 overall, of the NFL draft on Friday night. Adams, of Ajax, Ont., was the first Canadian selected in this year's draft. He was a two-year starter at Illinois, serving as ...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - Caleb Williams seemed unfazed by it all. The former Southern California star was ready to embrace the attention after the Chicago Bears grabbed him with the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. The prized quarterback knows all eyes are on him in a city craving a consistent winner. And to that, Williams...

VANTAA, Finland - Malcolm Spence had two goals and an assist as Canada thumped Czechia 6-0 in a penalty-filled affair Friday at the world men's under-18 hockey championship. Tij Iginla also had two goals and Carter George made 26 saves for the shutout Gavin McKenna had a goal and two assists and Carson Wetsch also scor...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo has been ruled out of Game 3 of the NBA playoff series against the Indiana Pacers. Bucks coach Doc Rivers said Thursday that Antetokounmpo did more at practice than he had been during a nearly three-week absence with a strained left calf, though he still av...

DENVER - The Winnipeg Jets are making a lineup change after splitting the first two games of their first-round NHL playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche. Head coach Rick Bowness says that Nate Schmidt will be in the lineup for Game 3 on Friday night and fellow blueliner Logan Stanley will sit. Schmidt was a hea...

TORONTO - Maple Leafs winger William Nylander appears on course to suit for the first time in this spring's Stanley Cup playoffs. The 27-year-old was a full participant at today's practice after missing the first three games of Toronto's opening-round series against the Boston Bruins with an undisclosed injury. Nylande...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Legendary sportscaster Bob Cole was a Newfoundlander through and through, and his daughter says his connection to the province was "everything" to him. Megan Cole says her father was asked to move away many times throughout his career with the CBC, for which he became the voice of "Hoc...

Fresh from a mid-week 5-0 romp over semi-pro Simcoe County in Canadian Championship play, Toronto FC faces a much stiffer test Saturday when it returns to league action at Orlando City. While Toronto (4-4-1) goes into the weekend in fifth spot in Major League Soccer's Eastern Conference, seven places and four points ah...

TORONTO - Emma-Jayne Wilson may be a Canadian thoroughbred racing trailblazer and pioneer. But she had a very good mentor. Long before Wilson established herself as Canada's top female jockey, she received a call from American Julie Krone, the first woman to win an American Triple Crown race aboard Colonial Affair in t...

VANCOUVER - Striker Brian White isn't sure how he will celebrate if he makes Vancouver Whitecaps history by scoring against his old New York Red Bulls team. White's next goal will be his 44th across all competitions, the most of any Whitecap in the Major League Soccer era. "I'll see how the moment takes me," ...

MADRID - Canada's Denis Shapovalov advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open tennis tournament with a 7-6, 6-3 win over Argentina's Tomas Etcheverry on Friday. Shapovalov had to overcome issues with his serve to defeat the 26th-seeded Argentine in two hours three minutes. The 25-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., ...

ÖSTERSUND, Sweden - Canada's Kadriana and Colton Lott were ousted from the world mixed doubles curling championship after suffering a 6-5 loss to Estonia in a playoff qualification game on Friday. The husband-and-wife team from Gimli, Man. led 5-4 after six ends but Estonia tied the score in the seventh and sealed...

Shohei Ohtani will play his first game in Toronto on Friday since opting to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers instead of the Blue Jays. The two-way superstar had played the previous six seasons with the Los Angeles Angels and was the unanimous choice as American League MVP last season before entering free agency. The D...

Canadian curling champion Brad Gushue first struck up a friendship with Bob Cole some 20 years ago during the NHL lockout. The legendary broadcaster - an elite curler himself in his younger days - would often watch the up-and-coming skip throw stones at the local club in their hometown of St. John's, N.L. "At ti...

The Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes put themselves one win away from earning first-round sweeps, while three Canadian teams set out to take the lead in their series on Friday. Here are five things to know entering Friday's post-season action: HOSTILE TERRITORY The Vancouver Canucks might have taken both games ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Aaron Gordon had 29 points and 15 rebounds, Nikola Jokic added 24 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists, and the Denver Nuggets moved to the brink of the second round with a 112-105 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 3 of their first-round series Thursday night. Jamal Murray of Kitchener, Ont...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bell's palsy, a form of facial paralysis he says has affected him since before the play-in tournament. Embiid wore sunglasses to the podium after he scored 50 points in the Sixers' Game 3 win over the New York Knicks and said he'...

NEW YORK (AP) - Defensemen Brent Burns and Dmitry Orlov got Carolina off to a fast start and the Hurricanes held on to beat the New York Islanders 3-2 on Thursday night for a 3-0 lead in the first-round series. Sebastian Aho also scored for the Hurricanes and Andrei Svechnikov had two assists. Frederik Andersen stopped...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Joel Embiid scored 50 points, making all four 3-point attempts and scoring 18 in a potential series-shifting third quarter on Thursday night to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 125-114 win over the New York Knicks in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first-round series. Embiid boldly stated "w...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves, Matthew Tkachuk scored twice and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Thursday night to take a 3-0 lead in the first-round playoff series. Brandon Montour, Sam Reinhart and Steven Lorentz also scored for the Panthers, who will seek a sweep Saturday ...