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VanVleet has double-double as Raptors top Pacers 118-100 for first home win of season
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet had 26 points and a career-high 10 rebounds and OG Anunoby added 25 points as the Toronto Raptors defeated the Indiana Pacers 118-100 on Wednesday night for their first home vi...
Oct 27, 2021
World Siri: Rookie propels Astros past Braves to tie Series
HOUSTON (AP) - Jos Siri launched himself headfirst into home plate, popped up with arms flexed and screamed with all his might. Welcome to the World Series, rook. The career minor leaguer sparked a te...
Oct 27, 2021
Maple Leafs snap losing streak in 3-2 overtime win against Blackhawks
CHICAGO (AP) - William Nylander scored in overtime to lift the Toronto Maple Leafs over the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Wednesday. The Leafs snapped a four-game losing streak with the victory, and exten...
Oct 27, 2021
CF Montreal advances to Voyageurs Cup final with shootout win over Forge FC
HAMILTON - FC Montreal advanced to the Voyageurs Cup final after a marathon 11 rounds of penalty kicks to deny Forge FC's bid on a Canadian Soccer Championship on Wednesday. After a 0-0 draw and seven...
Oct 27, 2021
Two charges each of murder, attempted murder laid in Faro, Yukon shootings
WHITEHORSE - The RCMP say they were originally called Tuesday to investigate a domestic dispute in the small Yukon community of Faro before they received reports of gunfire that left two people dead a...
Oct 27, 2021
Philadelphia Union stave off Toronto FC comeback to secure 2-2 tie
TORONTO - Substitute Sergio Santos took advantage of slack defending to head home a 77th-minute goal that lifted the Philadelphia Union into a 2-2 tie with Toronto FC in MLS play Wednesday. Toronto co...
Oct 27, 2021
Canada's Julia (The Jewel) Budd wins Professional Fighters League debut
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Canadian Julia (The Jewel) Budd won her Professional Fighters League debut Wednesday, earning a unanimous decision over American Kaitlin (The Striking Viking) Young on the promotion'...
Oct 27, 2021
World Series opener viewers up 17.5% over last year's low
HOUSTON (AP) - Atlanta's 6-2 victory over Houston in Game 1 of the World Series drew an average of 10,811,000 viewers on Fox, up 17.5% from the record low of 9,195,000 for the Los Angeles Dodgers' ope...
Oct 27, 2021
'Animalism': Blackhawks scandal raises culture questions
CHICAGO - For three weeks in 2010, they did nothing. That's how long it took for the leadership of the Chicago Blackhawks to act on allegations that an assistant coach sexually assaulted a player. Thr...
Oct 27, 2021
Barcelona fires coach Koeman after poor start to season
MADRID (AP) - After another poor performance and yet another loss, Ronald Koeman couldn't hang on any longer as Barcelona coach. It took less than three months after Lionel Messi's departure for Koema...
Oct 27, 2021