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Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski announces retirement

BOSTON - The party's over for Rob Gronkowski. Then again, it might just be getting started. The New England Patriots' fun-loving, touchdown-spiking tight end announced Sunday that he is retiring from ...

Mar 26, 2019

Toronto FC pro gamer suspended for violating soccer game's code of conduct

TORONTO - Phil Balke, the first pro gamer hired by Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment, has been suspended for the remainder of the FIFA 19 competitive season for violations of the s...

Mar 26, 2019

Blue Jays name rookie Trent Thornton to starting rotation in place of Borucki

MONTREAL - The Toronto Blue Jays have named right-hander Trent Thornton to their starting rotation, giving the 25-year-old a chance to make his MLB debut while the team awaits the return of&...

Mar 26, 2019

Canadian women's soccer team facing Mexico in Toronto to gear up for World Cup

TORONTO - Canada will play a friendly against Mexico on May 18 at Toronto's BMO Field before departing the next day for the Women's World Cup in France. The match against the 27th-ranked Mexicans...

Mar 26, 2019

Lightning reward head coach Jon Cooper with multi-year contract extension

TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed head coach Jon Cooper to a multi-year contract extension, the club announced Tuesday. A native of Prince George, B.C., Cooper has been behind the...

Mar 26, 2019

Tavares has come as advertised, and then some, in special 1st season with Leafs

TORONTO - Morgan Rielly had a good idea of what the Toronto Maple Leafs were getting in John Tavares the player. What impresses him even more - if that's possible considering the s...

Mar 26, 2019

Bellator champion Rory MacDonald walking a different path these days

TORONTO - Rory (Red King) MacDonald was broken physically and mentally after his 2015 loss to then-UFC champion (Ruthless) Robbie Lawler at UFC 189. "My life was kind of going in a downward direction ...

Mar 26, 2019

Hickel scores twice as Calgary tops Montreal 5-2 to win Clarkson Cup

TORONTO - The Calgary Inferno earned a measure of revenge Sunday in the latest chapter of their rivalry with Les Canadiennes de Montreal. Zoe Hickel had two goals as the Inferno defeated Les Cana...

Mar 26, 2019

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime upsets Basilashvili to earn quarterfinal spot

MIAMI - Canadian teen Felix Auger-Aliassime is off to the quarterfinals at the Miami Open. The 18-year-old from Montreal, who had to win two qualifying matches just to get into the ATP Tour Masters 10...

Mar 26, 2019

Kerber switches tone after initial saltiness, congratulates Andreescu for win

MIAMI - And on the seventh day, Bianca Andreescu rested. The 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., bookended the craziest, most successful week of her young career with another win over world No. 4 Ange...

Mar 26, 2019