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Hawks win NBA lottery in year where there's no clear choice for No. 1 pick
CHICAGO (AP) - The Atlanta Hawks won the NBA draft lottery on Sunday, landing the No. 1 pick and a potential cornerstone player in a year where there's no clear-cut choice. The Hawks hit the jackpot despite just 3% odds after finishing 10th in the Eastern Conference at 36-46. They dropped their final six regular-season...
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Arsenal beats Man United 1-0 to take title race with Man City to final day of Premier League season
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - The Premier League title race will go to the last day of the season after Arsenal returned to the top of the standings with a 1-0 win at Manchester United on Sunday. Leandro Trossard struck in the 20th minute at Old Trafford to ensure Arsenal will take defending champion Manchester City to th...
May 12, 2024
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Canada's Morales Williams runs world-leading time to win SEC men's 400-metre title
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Canada's Christopher Morales Williams broke a few more records in what's been a dazzling breakout season to date. The 19-year-old Vaughan, Ont., native ran a world-leading time of 44.05 seconds to win the men's 400-metre event at the Southeastern Conference outdoor championships on Saturday. The Uni...
May 12, 2024
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Argos open camp with announcement QB Kelly won't be participating in team activities
GUELPH, Ont. - The Toronto Argonauts opened training camp without quarterback Chad Kelly. Kelly, the CFL's outstanding player last season, was suspended by the league Tuesday for Toronto's two pre-season games and at least nine regular-season contests for violating its gender-based violence policy. Two days later, he w...
May 12, 2024
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Bad blood boils over between Toronto FC and NYCFC in ugly post-game melee
TORONTO - One hears it all too often in sports. These teams really don't like each other. On Saturday night, Toronto FC and New York City FC offered definitive proof of their bad blood in an ill-tempered affair that featured seven yellow cards, one red and an ugly post-game melee likely to trigger additional discipline...
May 12, 2024
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Five things to know about the NHL playoffs
The Florida Panthers, who have outscored the Bruins 12-3 in the last two games, will be aiming to take a 3-1 series lead in Boston tonight, while the Vancouver Canucks and Oilers resume their series in Edmonton tonight, where snow and Nikita Zadorov zingers are forecasted. Here are five things to know about the NHL pla...
May 12, 2024
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NHL roundup: Hurricanes avoid being swept with 4-3 win over Rangers
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Brady Skjei scored on the power play with 3:11 left in the third period to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Saturday night, staving off a sweep by winning Game 4 of the second-round playoff series. Skjei's shot from the point came off a feed from Tuevo Teravainen, with ...
May 12, 2024
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Seguin, Stankoven each score twice to power Stars' 4-1 win over Avalanche
DENVER (AP) - Tyler Seguin scored the tiebreaking goal in the second period and added an empty-netter in the third, and Dallas goaltender Jake Oettinger made it all hold up, powering the Stars to a 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night for a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference second-round series. The ...
May 12, 2024
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Boston beats Montreal 2-1 in triple overtime to take 2-0 lead in PWHL semifinal
LAVAL, Que. - As the clock struck midnight, the scoreboard art Place Bell marked the arrival of Mother's Day by showing a picture of Marie-Philip Poulin and her mom. A few minutes after the sellout crowd of 10,1723 celebrated the holiday, there was a moment of shock as Taylor Wenczkowski scored at 11:44 of triple overt...
May 12, 2024
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NBA roundup: Mavericks take 2-1 series lead with 105-101 win over Thunder
DALLAS (AP) - Kyrie Irving scored 22 points, including a running left-hander in the lane in the final minute to help Dallas hold on, and the Mavericks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 105-101 on Saturday for a 2-1 lead in the NBA's best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals. Luka Doncic also had 22 points to go with 15 ...
May 12, 2024
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