TORONTO - Moments after the Florida Panthers put the finishing touches on their decisive Game 5 victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the dressing-room boom box blasted Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al." In one of the lines, Simon sings, "I want a shot at redemption." So did Panthers netminder Se...

TORONTO - Physics is at the heart of baseball. Take a 96.9 m.p.h. fastball from Ryan Pepiot, add Alejandro Kirk's bat moving at 75.1 m.p.h., and it equals a 407-foot three-run homer to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday. Kirk has never been swinging the bat faster and the Blue Jay...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - The Colorado Rockies lost 8-3 to the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night to become the first team in baseball's modern era to lose 36 of their first 43 games. Wyatt Langford and Adolis García hit opposite-field, two-run home runs and Patrick Corbin struck out six consecutive batters among a ...

TORONTO - The Maple Leafs have gone from the driver's seat to the brink of elimination. Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves as the Florida Panthers dismantled Toronto 6-1 to take a 3-2 lead in the teams' second-round playoff series Wednesday Jesper Boqvist, with a goal and an assist after sitting the last two games as a hea...

TORONTO - Kevin Denkey's first-half goal gave Eastern Conference-leading FC Cincinnati a 1-0 win over Toronto FC in MLS play Wednesday. The game was not as close as the scoreline indicated. Cincinnati could have had five goals had it not been for Toronto goalkeeper Sean Johnson. But it did reflect the gulf between the ...

TORONTO - Alejandro Kirk's three-run blast powered the Toronto Blue Jays past the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 on Wednesday. Kirk's third home run of the season broke open the game after Toronto (21-21) trailed by a run for two innings. Chris Bassitt struck out six and limited the Rays to just one run over 5 2/3 innings, despite...

MONTREAL - Luca Petrasso scored his first MLS goal, but CF Montreal settled for a 1-1 draw after taking a first-half lead against the Columbus Crew on Wednesday. Prince Owusu provided the assist on Petrasso's opening goal in the 29th minute for Montreal (1-8-4), which ranks last in the Eastern Conference but won its fi...

LILLE - Canadian striker Jonathan David made it official Wednesday, confirming he is leaving France's Lille when his contract expires at the end of the season. The news did not come as a surprise. His next club has been the subject of speculation for months. But on Wednesday, the 25-year-old from Ottawa offered a perso...

DALLAS (AP) - Winnipeg Jets fans have showered Jake Oettinger with chants referring to his role as the USA Hockey backup goalie to Connor Hellebuyck during the 4 Nations Face-Off earlier this year. Well, that "U.S. backup" has Dallas on the verge of its third consecutive trip to the Western Conference Final. ...

The Philadelphia Flyers hired Rick Tocchet as their coach Wednesday, hoping his return to the franchise will push them out of an extended rebuild and into playoff contention. Tocchet spent 2 1/2 seasons in Vancouver and won the Jack Adams Award as NHL coach of the year in 2023-24 for guiding the Canucks to a 50-win sea...

LAS VEGAS - Oilers goalie Calvin Pickard remains sidelined with an injury as Edmonton looks to finish off its second-round playoff series with the Vegas Golden Knights. Pickard was not on the ice for morning skate ahead of Game 5 in Las Vegas on Wednesday, and head coach Kris Knoblauch says he remains "day to day....

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Kings hired Hall of Fame hockey executive Ken Holland as their general manager on Wednesday. The 69-year-old Holland spent the past year out of the NHL after leaving the Edmonton Oilers in June 2024. He ran the Oilers for five seasons following the end of his 22-year tenure in charge ...

Fresh off a dominant weekend win in Montreal at UFC 315, Quebec middleweight Marc Andrew (Power Bar) Barriault will face Russia's Shara Magomedov on a July 26 UFC Fight Night card in Abu Dhabi. The main event at Etihad Arena pits former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker, a New Zealand-born Australian-based fighter...

TORONTO - Mykhailo Ivanov never thought he'd become a diehard hockey fan. The 42-year-old had immigrated to Winnipeg a little over two years ago to escape the war in Ukraine. He didn't know much about hockey, he said, but after he was given tickets to a Jets game he fell in love with the sport - and the community that ...

ROME - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand are out of the Italian Open women's doubles tournament after a 6-2, 4-6, 11-9 quarterfinal loss to Russians Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider on Wednesday. The Russian pair had 10 break-point chances against top seeds Dabrowski and Routliffe, ...

Tristain Hoath is a busy man. And a big one. The six-foot-two, 330-pound Edmonton police officer, who doubles as co-owner of the United Strength and Power gym, is one of four Canadians this week looking to earn the title of World's Strongest Man in Sacramento, Calif. "I'm horrible at time management," Hoath s...

HAMILTON - A premature end to a stellar rookie campaign is fuelling Shemar Bridges' preparation for the 2025 CFL season. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats' receiver was the East Division's top rookie in 2024 with 83 catches -- a club-record for a first-year player -- for 933 yards and four touchdowns. But it could have been much...

HERNING, Denmark (AP) - Tage Thompson completed his hat trick with a power-play goal in overtime to give the United States a 6-5 win over Norway after the Americans squandered a four-goal lead at the ice hockey world championship on Wednesday. Norway forced overtime when defenseman Stian Solberg scored with 1:27 left i...

VANCOUVER - The NHL's Vancouver Canucks have named Adam Foote as their new head coach. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO - Craig Berube is still weighing his options. The Maple Leafs head coach said following Wednesday's morning skate he has yet to decide on any potential lineup changes when Toronto faces the Florida Panthers in Game 5 of the teams' second-round playoff series. Berube said any moves would be tactical - and not in...

TORONTO - Renata Fast of the Toronto Sceptres and Minnesota Frost teammates Sophie Jaques and Claire Thompson are the finalists for the Professional Women's Hockey League's defender of the year award. Fast had six goals and 16 assists in 30 games to tie Jaques for the scoring lead among defenders this season and led th...

CALGARY - The Calgary Stampede menu this year is set to include a heaping of pickle flavours and something for those with a cast-iron stomach. There will be fiery dill Coke, deep-fried pickle Oreos and tzatziki-twisted pickles, along with fruity pebble Korean hot dogs. Mopane worm poutine features the species of empero...

REGINA - Canadian offensive lineman Noah Zerr was among seven players released by the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Wednesday. The six-foot-seven, 330-pound Zerr, of Langenburg, Sask., was entering his second season with the Riders. He was originally taken in the second round, No. 12 overall, in the 2022 CFL draft by the...

A woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team is expected to face more questions from prosecutors today. Defence lawyers finished cross-examining the woman Tuesday, and the Crown now has the opportunity to follow up on any topics raised in that process. This ...

DALLAS - As the final minutes of regulation time ticked down Tuesday night, Winnipeg Jets executive chairman Mark Chipman paced outside his team's dressing room. Hands in his pant pockets, head facing down, Chipman occasionally glanced up at the television monitor in the hallway. He watched as his team pressed late but...

TORONTO - Daulton Varsho has never swung the bat harder and it's all thanks to a small adjustment at the plate. Varsho had a three-run blast in the eighth inning for a short-lived Blue Jays lead and a solo home run earlier in the game as Toronto fell to the Tampa Bay Rays 11-9 on Tuesday. Varsho's first home run of the...

DALLAS (AP) - Mikael Granlund had his first career playoff hat trick, Jake Oettinger stopped 31 shots, and the Dallas Stars beat Winnipeg 3-1 on Tuesday night, taking a 3-1 series lead over the top-seeded Jets in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs. Mikko Rantanen upped his NHL-leading playoff total to ...

TORONTO - Junior Caminero's ninth inning grand slam bounced off the scoreboard on the third deck of Rogers Centre to hand the Tampa Bay Rays a 11-9 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday. Chandler Simpson's RBI single earlier in the ninth tied the game 7-7 for Tampa Bay (19-22) and helped set the stage for Caminero'...