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Bruins' score 4 goals in 3rd, beat Hurricanes 5-2 in Game 1
BOSTON - Marcus Johansson and Patrice Bergeron scored power-play goals 28 seconds apart, and Boston scored four times in the third period to rally from a one-goal deficit and beat the Carolina Hurrica...
May 09, 2019
Sixers even semifinal series against Raptors with 112-101 in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA - The Toronto Raptors' big dreams of a long playoff run have come down to just one game. Jimmy Butler scored 25 points while Ben Simmons had 21 and the Philadelphia 76ers rolled...
May 09, 2019
Buttigieg sells out fundraiser at iconic Hollywood gay bar
LOS ANGELES - Pete Buttigieg (BOO'-tuh-juhj) drew a sold-out crowd to a fundraiser at an iconic West Hollywood gay bar, providing an intimate moment with the first Democratic White House contender who...
May 09, 2019
Leonard dunks, Ibaka bleeds for Raptors in lopsided playoff win over 76ers
TORONTO - Kawhi Leonard dunked and Serge Ibaka bled for the Toronto cause Tuesday. The Raptors finished the first half with a 21-point lead over the Philadelphia 76ers, with an exclamation point dunk ...
May 09, 2019
Team effort leads Raptors to 125-89 rout of Philly, and a 3-2 series lead
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors didn't need a superhuman performance from Kawhi Leonard on Tuesday. After shouldering the load through the first four games of this playoff series, Leonard got plent...
May 09, 2019
Grassy Narrows protester interrupts Trudeau at Toronto Liberal event
TORONTO - An appearance by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at an event for Liberal supporters in Toronto was interrupted by a protester from Grassy Narrows First Nation Thursday. The unidentified woman ...
May 09, 2019
Jose Berrios stellar as Twins blank Blue Jays for second straight game
TORONTO - The Blue Jays' bats went silent again Tuesday as Toronto's hitters try to work through a major slump at the plate. Running into some stellar opposing pitching isn't helping matters, eit...
May 09, 2019
35 years ago, May 9, 1984 Jr. Oilers win first WHL championship for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It was May 9, 1984 that the Kamloops Junior Oilers won the first Western Hockey League championship for this city.It was a dramatic finish --- a night before the Regina Pats were less than ...
May 09, 2019 Image credit: Kamloops Jr. Oilers
Woodstock 50 concert organizers sue investor that backed out
NEW YORK - A dispute over whether the Woodstock 50 festival will go on has spiraled into a court fight, with organizers suing and at least temporarily silencing a former investor that sought to call o...
May 09, 2019
Otter's long departure means koi can return to Vancouver Chinese garden
VANCOUVER - Koi are safe to swim again in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver that was once a hunting ground for an elusive otter. Three adults and 344 juvenile ornamental k...
May 09, 2019
