It was untreated anxiety and depression that Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard blamed for his alcohol abuse, a problem that reached the point where he needed to step away from hockey. He made a decision to leave the Avalanche and enter the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program earlier this season. Girard return...

TORONTO - CFL players will have the option of wearing protective soft-shell helmet covers known as Guardian caps during games this season but mouthguards will be mandatory. The two measures were among a host of health-and-safety initiatives announced by the league Wednesday. The CFL mandated the use of Guardian caps la...

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Northern British Columbia on May 31 at the school's convocation ceremony. The university highlighted Price's NHL achievements, inspiration of Indigenous youth and philanthropy in Norther...

LONDON - Canada goalkeeper Sabrina D'Angelo will leave Arsenal this summer at the end of her contract. The 31-year-old from Welland, Ont., joined the London club from Sweden's Vittsjo GIK in January 2023, making her debut in a 3-0 FA Cup win over Aston Villa later that month. D'Angelo made 14 appearances for the club, ...

Toronto star forward Natalie Spooner is out for the Professional Women's Hockey League playoffs with a knee injury. The PWHL team placed Spooner on long-term injured reserve Wednesday after she collided with Minnesota's Grace Zumwinkle and fell into the boards in Game 3 of their best-of-five semifinal Monday. Spooner l...

Toronto FC will be missing its coach and four players through suspension for Wednesday's game at Nashville SC after the MLS Disciplinary Committee handed down its initial verdict on Saturday night's ugly post-game melee with New York City FC. Five other TFC players are out injured. One of them, fullback/wingback Richie...

GUELPH, Ont. - The Toronto Argonauts placed quarterback Chad Kelly on the suspended list Tuesday while Canadian defensive back Josh Hagerty was among seven players released by the CFL club. The placement of Kelly on the suspended list was a procedural move as the CFL's outstanding player last season is currently away f...

EDMONTON - It has all the ingredients of an awkward partnership. But, so far, the Edmonton Elks' quarterbacking tandem of McLeod Bethel-Thompson and Tre Ford are doing and saying all the right things. Ford emerged as one of the most exciting players in the CFL last year. His scrambles and scampers made more than a few ...

There's only one game in the NHL tonight, but it is a big one for the Big D as the Stars look to eliminate the visiting Colorado Avalanche. And it's an off day for the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers after serving up a classic finish in Game 4 last night. Here are five things you need to know about the NHL playof...

DENVER (AP) - Nikola Jokic celebrated his third NBA MVP award by scoring 40 points and the Denver Nuggets shut down Anthony Edwards in a 112-97 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. That put the reigning NBA champions one win away from the Western Conference finals. Jokic also had 13 assists and seven r...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Jeremy Swayman backed up his victory vow with 28 saves, Charlie McAvoy added to the list of disputed goals in this matchup with the go-ahead marker and the Boston Bruins staved off elimination by beating the Florida Panthers 2-1 in Game 5 of their NHL playoff series on Tuesday night. Morgan Geekie ...

NEW YORK (AP) - It was a Sage bet. A miniature poodle named Sage won the top prize Tuesday night at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, an event that often has proven to be a poodle's realm. It was the 11th triumph for poodles of various sizes in the United States' most prestigious canine event - only wire fox terrie...

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) - Susanna Tapani scored her second overtime winner of the series to help Boston rally past Montreal 3-2 on Tuesday night and advance to the Professional Women's Hockey League championship series. Boston, which swept Montreal in the best-of-five series, will play for the inaugural Walter Cup against e...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Canada opened Volleyball Nations League play on Tuesday night with a four-set loss to host Brazil. The Canadian women dropped the opening set 26-24, won the second 25-23, then lost the next two 26-24 and 25-12. With the women's team still in contention to qualify for Paris 2024, Canadian coach Shannon ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Jalen Brunson scored 44 points, reaching 40 for the fifth time in this post-season, and the New York Knicks moved a win away from their first Eastern Conference final trip since 2000 by beating the Indiana Pacers 121-91 on Tuesday night in Game 5. The Knicks rebounded from a blowout loss on Sunday and g...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Jeremy Swayman backed up his victory vow with 28 saves, Charlie McAvoy added to the list of disputed goals in this matchup with the go-ahead marker and the Boston Bruins staved off elimination by beating the Florida Panthers 2-1 in Game 5 of their NHL playoff series on Tuesday night. Morgan Geekie ...

NEW YORK (AP) - From one former New York Rangers to a current one, Jacob Trouba was selected as the winner of the Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award, the league announced on Tuesday. The award winner is selected personally by Messier and presented since 2007 to a player who "exemplifies great leadership qualities t...

TORONTO - Canadian teenage swimming sensation Summer McIntosh has her second straight victory at the Olympic & Paralympic Trials. She finished first in the women's 200-metre freestyle at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre. The 17-year-old McIntosh, from Toronto, had a time of one minute 53.69 seconds. Mary-Sophie H...

BALTIMORE (AP) - Toronto manager John Schneider was encouraged by his team's improved health. But a rainout probably wasn't the worst thing. The Blue Jays' game against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night was postponed because of rain. It was called about an hour before the scheduled start time and is set to be made...

Jesse Marsch's roots are in Racine, Wis., on the shore of Lake Michigan between Milwaukee and Chicago. Thanks to a pilot project, the city's public schools were organized so kids from different socio-economic and racial backgrounds were evenly distributed. "What it meant was growing up I had friends from all kind...

PRAGUE, Czechia - Captain John Tavares scored 15 seconds into overtime and saved his teammates some embarrassment as Canada held on for a 6-5 win over Austria on Tuesday at the world hockey championship. Tavares ended the extra session quickly, taking the puck from behind centre ice, then skating into the Austrian zone...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani pleaded not guilty Tuesday to bank and tax fraud, a formality ahead of a plea deal he's negotiated with federal prosecutors in a wide-ranging sports betting case. Prosecutors say Ippei Mizuhara stole nearly $17 million from Ohtani to p...

VANCOUVER - Four days after their first road loss of the year, the Vancouver Whitecaps will get a chance at redemption. The Whitecaps (5-3-3) face the Colorado Rapids (5-4-3) on Wednesday in the second of three straight Major League Soccer road games. They followed a road win over Canadian Premier League club Cavalry i...

Four games into the second round of the NBA playoffs, the No. 1 seeds from each conference find themselves in two different places. East top seed Boston and West top seed Oklahoma City both made it through the first round with relative ease. After an early stumble to begin Round 2, the Celtics are back home for Wednesd...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Hurricanes kept losing close games to come within 60 minutes of exiting the NHL playoffs in an embarrassing sweep. Yet coach Rod Brind'Amour kept insisting his team was playing well in key areas and they had to stick with things. Somehow, what sounded like little more than a hopeful a...

Toronto FC will be feeling the hangover from Saturday night's ugly post-game melee with New York City FC when it takes the field at Geodis Park on Wednesday against Nashville SC. Italian star Federico Bernardeschi and veteran defender Kevin Long are both suspended after a game that saw bad blood between the teams spill...

PRAGUE (AP) - After two overtime wins, Latvia beat Kazakhstan 2-0 on Tuesday for its third straight victory at the ice hockey world championship. Roberts Bukarts and Haralds Egle scored for last year's bronze medallist and Kristers Gudlevskis made 22 saves to ensure three points in the Group B game in Ostrava. Latvia h...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Bruins captain Brad Marchand will not play in Game 5 of Boston's Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night, coach Jim Montgomery said. Marchand travelled with the team to Florida but is "not an option tonight," Montgomery said after the team's morni...