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WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence's chief of staff said Thursday that NBA protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are "absurd and silly." "If they want to protest,...

On Wednesday and throughout today, you’ll see why the NBA is the most player-led league. Yesterday, the NBA took the players’ lead as all playoff games were postponed and the league immedi...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - An unprecedented NBA walkout over racial injustice postponed a second day of the playoffs Thursday, although players pledged to finish the post-season even as they wrestled wi...

Athletes who have played in diversity-themed games that celebrate pride and inclusion use homophobic language less often than players who have not, accordi...

A decision on the status of the Toronto Raptors' playoff game Thursday has not been made following the NBA's postponement of three games Wednesday in the wake of a weekend police shooting in Wisconsin...

EDMONTON - Nazem Kadri scored the go-ahead goal with 6:06 remaining in a wild third period as the Colorado Avalanche regrouped to beat the Dallas Stars 6-4 in Game 3 on Wednesday night. Dallas has a 2...

Wednesday's Games NHL Playoffs Best-of-Seven Eastern Conference Semifinals at Toronto Philadelphia 4 N.Y. Islanders 3 (OT) (Series tied 1-1) Tampa Bay 7 Boston 1 (Lightning lead series 2-1) ...

TORONTO - Phillippe Myers scored 2:40 into overtime to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 victory over the New York Islanders on Wednesday, tying the second-round playoff series at a game apiece. The ...

TORONTO - Jon Cooper was asked Wednesday morning about a power play that has come up empty in recent weeks. "We have some pretty good players on the ice," Tampa Bay's head coach re...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Rowdy Tellez drove in four runs, and the Blue Jays bullpen provided Toronto's injury depleted group of starters a much needed rest. And yet overshadowing Toronto's 9-1 route of the Bos...