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Without a Fight wins 163rd running of Melbourne Cup
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Irish-bred seven-year-old Without a Fight won the 163rd running of the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday ahead of Soulcombe and Sheraz over the 3,200 meters in Australia's most famo...
Nov 06, 2023
NBA roundup: Embiid nets 48 points against Wizards as 76ers roll to 5th straight win
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Joel Embiid scored 29 of his season-high 48 points in the third quarter and the Philadelphia 76ers rolled to their fifth straight NBA victory, 146-128 over the Washington Wizards o...
Nov 06, 2023
Only 3 unbeaten teams remain at Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. - Only three teams remain unbeaten after Monday's second day of action at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in Swift Current. Scott McDonald's Ontario team leads the seven-t...
Nov 06, 2023
Jarnkrok scores in OT as Maple Leafs pick up wild 6-5 win over Lightning
TORONTO - Calle Jarnkrok scored his second goal of the game 46 seconds into overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs picked up a wild 6-5 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday. Mitch Marner had a ...
Nov 06, 2023
Family, friends and teammates gather to remember fallen hockey player Adam Johnson
HIBBING, Minn. (AP) - Adam Johnson was humble, kind and smart, and most of all an athlete. Thousands gathered Monday to remember the 29-year-old American hockey player who died after his neck was cut ...
Nov 06, 2023
Middleweight title on the line as UFC returns to Toronto with January card
TORONTO - American Sean (Tarzan) Strickland will make his first middleweight title defence against South Africa's Dricus (Stillknocks) du Plessis at UFC 297 in Toronto on Jan. 20. The matchup of two h...
Nov 06, 2023
Crown and defence say driver should serve 3 years after killing two UBC students
RICHMOND, B.C. - The man who killed two University of British Columbia students in a high-speed crash sobbed in court as the mother of one of his victims described her grief as "woven into my DNA." Ti...
Nov 06, 2023
Captain found guilty of 'seaman's manslaughter' in boat fire that killed 34 off California coast
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal jury on Monday found a scuba dive boat captain was criminally negligent in the deaths of 34 people killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019, the deadliest maritime disas...
Nov 06, 2023
Referees union labels Whitecaps head coach's comments post-game 'disgusting'
VANCOUVER - The union representing soccer referees in Major League Soccer are criticizing comments made by Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Vanni Sartini after his team's playoff elimination on the week...
Nov 06, 2023
2nd police officer acquitted in death of Elijah McClain, who was put in a neck hold, given ketamine
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) - A second Denver-area police officer was acquitted Monday in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, who was put in a neck hold and injected with ketamine after being stopped by police...
Nov 06, 2023