VANCOUVER - Amid a busy month of May, the Vancouver Whitecaps (5-2-3) will put their unbeaten road record on the line when they visit a familiar foe on Saturday in LAFC (4-4-3). "Last year, it was probably our biggest rivalry of the year," said Whitecaps coach Vanni Sartini following a training session in Van...

BOSTON (AP) - Vladimir Tarasenko and Carter Verhaeghe scored on the same Bruins double-minor, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 14 shots and the Florida Panthers beat Boston 6-2 on Friday night and grabbed a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. Evan Rodrigues scored twice, and Brandon Montour also connected for ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Andrew Nembhard made a 31-foot, tiebreaking 3-pointer with 16 seconds left, Tyrese Haliburton scored 35 points and the Indiana Pacers rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the banged-up and short-handed New York Knicks 111-106 on Friday night in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Knick...

TORONTO - Jesse Compher scored the go-ahead goal with 1:25 left in the third period to give Toronto a 2-0 win and 2-0 lead in its best-of-five semifinal series against Minnesota in Professional Women's Hockey League playoff action on Friday. Hannah Miller added an empty-netter for top-seeded Toronto in front of 8,581 f...

TORONTO - Carlos Santana's go-ahead home run in the fifth inning lifted the Minnesota Twins over the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Friday. Jose Miranda's RBI single in the first inning opened the scoring as Minnesota (23-15) won its third straight. Pinch-hitter Max Kepler added another RBI single in the ninth. Joe Ryan (2-2...

The CFL Players Association launched an appeal Friday night against the CFL for denying it access to the full independent report that resulted in the league suspending quarterback Chad Kelly for violating its gender-based violence policy. On Tuesday, the CFL suspended its 2023 outstanding player from playing in the Tor...

TORONTO - Saad Zafar is ready for cricket to take the next step in Canada, both on the pitch and in the stands. Zafar, Canada's captain for the upcoming Cricket World Cup, was getting set to throw out the ceremonial first pitch on Friday before the Toronto Blue Jays hosted the Minnesota Twins. His appearance was part o...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Xander Schauffele has been a mainstay near the top of the leaderboard most of the year. Now he's hoping to close the door. Schauffele shot a 4-under 67 on Friday after opening with a 64, leaving him at 11-under 131 and four shots ahead of Rory McIlroy and Jason Day heading into the weekend at the...

VANCOUVER - The Canadian Forces Snowbirds will be performing a flyover across downtown Vancouver at the start of tonight's Stanley Cup playoff game between the Canucks and the Edmonton Oilers. The Royal Canadian Air Force says the flyover will happen just after 7 p.m. tonight, before the puck drops at Rogers Arena. The...

Thunderchild First Nation is gearing up for its 1st Annual Thunder Classic sports tournament, coming up May 31 to June 2, marking the first big event in a soft opening for the new Thunderchild Wellness Centre. The Thunder Classic will include a 16-team All-Native Senior Hockey Invitational and a coinciding Play-For-You...