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Orpik scores in OT, Capitals take 2-0 lead over Hurricanes

WASHINGTON - A rat falling out of the arena hallway ceiling during the Carolina Hurricanes' warmup game of soccer was just a precursor to a wacky afternoon of playoff hockey. Long after the dead roden...

Apr 15, 2019

CP NewsAlert: Maple Leafs centre Nazem Kadri suspended rest of first round

NEW YORK - The Toronto Maple Leafs will have to do without Nazem Kadri for the rest of their first-round playoff series with the Boston Bruins. The centre has been suspended for the rest of ...

Apr 15, 2019

Flyers hire Alain Vigneault as head coach

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Flyers have hired Alain Vigneault as head coach, hoping the veteran can help lead them to their first Stanley Cup since 1975. Vigneault has led the New York Rangers and...

Apr 15, 2019

Zion Williamson entering NBA draft after 1 year at Duke

DURHAM, N.C. - Zion Williamson is leaving Duke after one high-flying season to enter the NBA draft. Widely projected as the top overall pick in the June draft, the AP national player of the year annou...

Apr 15, 2019

Gurriel, Hernandez drive in late runs as Jays beat Rays in Buchholz's debut

TORONTO - Clay Buchholz prepared for his first start in a Blue Jays uniform by rewatching film of himself pitching at Rogers Centre. As a former mainstay in the division-rival Boston Red Sox rota...

Apr 15, 2019

Raptors coach Nick Nurse takes some of the blame for Lowry's poor shooting night

TORONTO - If Kyle Lowry had played in Toronto's final game of the regular season, would his shot still have been M.I.A. against Orlando? Or could he have used the rhythm of a game just five days ...

Apr 15, 2019

Ottawa Redblacks appoint Joe Paopao as their new running backs coach

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks named Joe Paopao as their running backs coach Monday. Paopao, 63, played quarterback for the Ottawa Rough Riders (1987) and served previously as head coach of t...

Apr 15, 2019

Harry Novillo scores first MLS goal to lead Impact to 1-0 win over Crew

MONTREAL - Evan Bush has the Montreal Impact on a nice roll. Bush made five saves Saturday to anchor Montreal's 1-0 MLS win over the Columbus Crew in its home opener. The shutout was Bush's third...

Apr 15, 2019

Nylander moves to centre for Maple Leafs with Kadri suspension looming

TORONTO - William Nylander will take Nazem Kadri's place at centre on Toronto's third line behind John Tavares and Auston Matthews when the Maple Leafs host the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of their f...

Apr 15, 2019

Shapovalov's clay-court campaign begins with 1st-round loss

MONACO - Denis Shapovalov's clay-court campaign got off to a poor start as the Canadian lost 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 to Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Monday. The 20-year-ol...

Apr 15, 2019