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Welcome to Boston, again: Rain, winds forecast for marathon
BOSTON - As if the No. 1 on her Boston Marathon bib weren't enough for them to think about, the women trying to stop Des Linden from repeating as champion can now expect to line up in Hopkinton shiver...
Apr 15, 2019
Matthews leads as Maple Leafs down Bruins 3-2 in Game 3, grab 2-1 series lead
TORONTO - Auston Matthews scored his first goal of the playoffs and set up another as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Monday to take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven Ea...
Apr 15, 2019
Orioles' Chris Davis ends 0-for-54 skid in win over Red Sox
BOSTON - Chris Davis ended his record slump at 0 for 54 and drew applause from rival fans at Fenway Park, getting three hits and driving in four runs as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 9...
Apr 15, 2019
Pals from Rays days, Montoyo, Baldelli face off for 1st time
MINNEAPOLIS - Last year, when Rocco Baldelli and Charlie Montoyo were coaches for the Tampa Bay Rays, Montoyo placed a Toronto Blue Jays media guide in Baldelli's locker one day to rib him about a pot...
Apr 15, 2019
Predators beat Stars 2-1 in OT, even series 1-1
NASHVILLE - Craig Smith has a knack for timely goals in the playoffs, and he helped the Nashville Predators avoid a very big hole heading to Dallas. Smith scored five minutes into overtime to give the...
Apr 15, 2019
Four dead after shooting in Penticton, B.C.; one male suspect in custody
PENTICTON, B.C. - The RCMP say a 60-year-old man is in custody after four targeted shootings in Penticton, B.C., on Monday left two men and two women dead in what a senior police officer des...
Apr 15, 2019
Sharks' Joe Thornton suspended for Game 4 for head hit
LAS VEGAS - San Jose Sharks centre Joe Thornton has been suspended for one playoff game for a hit to the head of Vegas' Tomas Nosek. The NHL's Department of Player Safety said Monday that Thornton's h...
Apr 15, 2019
CP NewsAlert: Tiger Woods captures fifth Masters golf title
AUGUSTA, Georgia - Tiger Woods is a five-time Masters champion. The American claimed his fifth career victory at August National Golf Club on Sunday, finishing at 14-under for a two-str...
Apr 15, 2019
D.J. Augustin's late three-pointer lifts Magic to Game 1 victory over Raptors
TORONTO - The rebuilt Toronto Raptors opened the NBA playoffs like so many editions before them - with a loss. But the message in the post-game locker room was: It's only one game. In a loss that...
Apr 15, 2019
Indigenous leaders want less drilling near sacred sites
SANTA FE, N.M. - Leaders of the Navajo Nation and Pueblo tribes expressed frustration Monday with federal oversight of oil and gas leases on public holdings near ancient Native American cultural sites...
Apr 15, 2019