TORONTO - Auston Matthews will be alongside his teammates in Boston. Whether the Maple Leafs sniper is on the ice with Toronto facing elimination is a massive question mark. Matthews didn't practise today as the Leafs prepared for tomorrow's must-win Game 5 down 3-1 in their first-round playoffs series against the Br...

Major League Baseball plans to modify its Nike uniforms by the start of the 2025 season following complaints this spring from players and fans, according to a report from ESPN. The changes will include restoring larger lettering on the nameplates and correcting for mismatched gray tops and bottoms, pants that are somet...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Tributes continue to pour in for Bob Cole as his family has confirmed a funeral will be held for the legendary broadcaster Friday in St. John's, N.L. Wayne Gretzky says it was Cole's passion for the game of hockey that made him a great one. Gretzky shared his memories of Cole on Hockey Night in Canad...

NEW YORK - Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets, Thatcher Demko of the Vancouver Canucks and Sergei Bobrovsky of the Florida Panthers are the finalists for this season's Vezina Trophy. The trophy is awarded each year to the NHL's top goaltender in the regular season. Hellebuyck posted a 37-19-4 record with a 2.39 goa...

Coach Jon Cooper of the Tampa Bay Lightning moved into the NHL's top 10 for all-time playoff wins with 87 following Saturday's 6-3 win over the Florida Panthers. Cooper is two wins shy of tying Glen Sather at No. 9, and three shy of tying Mike Babcock. In order to tie Babcock this year, the Bolts will have to win their...

DENVER (AP) - Valeri Nichushkin recorded his first career hat trick, netminder Alexandar Georgiev turned in another strong showing and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-1 in Game 4 on Sunday to move a win away from advancing in the NHL playoffs. Artturi Lehkonen and Cale Makar also scored for the Avalanch...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hannah Green won LPGA Tour's JM Eagle LA Championship for the second straight year Sunday, holing out twice from off the greens in a pivotal back-nine stretch at challenging Whilshire Country Club. A year after making a 25-foot birdie on the final hole of regulation and winning on the second hole of ...

LOS ANGELES - The Edmonton Oilers are adding depth for the playoffs by recalling goaltender Jack Campbell and defenceman Philip Broberg from the American Hockey League's Bakersfield Condors. Campbell and Broberg join the Oilers amid their first-round series against the Los Angeles Kings after Bakersfield lost 3-1 to th...

DULUTH, Ga. (AP) - Stephen Ames celebrated his 60th birthday with a successful title defense in the Mitsubishi Electric Classic, closing with a 5-under 67 on Sunday for his eighth PGA Tour Champions victory. A stroke behind Paul Broadhurst after matching the tournament record Saturday with a 64, Ames had two eagles in ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event Sunday, beating Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer with a par on the first hole of a playoff. Trainer pushed a six-foot par putt to the right of the cup to end it, with Lowry and McIlroy sharing a smiling embrace on the green. T...