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TORONTO - Two-time Stanley Cup champion Kris Versteeg has retired after 11 NHL seasons. The 33-year-old forward from Lethbridge, Alta., amassed 149 goals and 209 assists in 643 regular-season games, a...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - As sponsor after sponsor dropped Kyle Larson after he used a racial slur during a live-streamed virtual race, his NASCAR team owner was backed into a corner. Chip Ganassi could let M...

NEW YORK - The NHL has extended its self-quarantine recommendation for an additional 15 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league announced Tuesday that the recommendation, which applies to player...

TOKYO - There is no "Plan B" for the Olympics if they need to be postponed again because of the coronavirus pandemic, Tokyo organizers said Tuesday. Masa Takaya, the spokesman for the Tokyo Olympics, ...

PARIS - After weeks of holding out hope that the Tour de France would be able to go ahead as planned, the world's most famous cycling race was finally added to the list of sporting events postponed by...

The NFL draft next week will be a sign of the times, with COVID-19 making the league adjust to the new normal. It starts with the location of the commissioner to announce the picks. Like me and Wheels...

LOS ANGELES - Former CFL kicker Lirim Hajrullahu signed with the NFL's Los Angeles Rams on Monday. Hajrullahu, 29, spent last season with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He has also played for the Winnipeg B...

TORONTO - Pro video gamer Anthony (Methodz) Zinni first connected with Mitch Marner when he tweeted about "Call of Duty: Warzone" and the Toronto Maple Leafs forward followed him. "I shot him a D...

BATTLEFORDS, Sask. - A lineup of vehicles stretching several kilometres along a Saskatchewan highway greeted family members of Colby Cave on Monday, as they returned home from Toronto w...

MINNEAPOLIS - Jacqueline Cruz-Towns, the mother of Minnesota Timberwolves centre Karl-Anthony Towns, died Monday due to complications from COVID-19 after more than a month of fighting the virus. She w...