BUDAPEST - Summer McIntosh added yet another medal to her haul at the World Short Course Swimming Championships on Sunday, claiming silver in the women's 200-metre backstroke. The 18-year-old sensation from Toronto touched in one minute 59.96 seconds to set a world junior record. She was 1.92 seconds behind American Re...

SIGULDA, Latvia (AP) - Kaysha Love is going into the World Cup bobsled holiday break on a high note. Love and Jasmine Jones paired up to win bronze for the U.S. in a women's bobsled race Sunday, the final day of sliding on the World Cup circuits before all three tours - bobsled, skeleton and luge - take some time off f...

At 56, Jim Long is doing retirement right - travelling the world with his wife Rhonda. And playing darts. "It's been a perfect retirement plan," said Long. "And we have a great time sightseeing and going to new places." The former autoworker from London, Ont., opens play Tuesday at the nearly $5-mil...

SEOUL - William Dandjinou collected yet another gold for Canada Sunday at a short-track speedskating World Cup stop in South Korea. The 23-year-old from Montreal crossed the finish line in the men's 1,000-metre final in one minute 24.548 seconds, 0.193 seconds ahead of Jens van 't Wout of the Netherlands. South Korea's...

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) - Freddie Freeman's historic walk-off grand slam ball from Game 1 of the World Series has sold for $1.56 million at auction. The bidding at SCP Auctions went into the late hours of Saturday night, according to a statement from the auction house on Sunday. It didn't say who bought the ball. Fr...

RED DEER, ALTA. - The Kamloops Blazers are on a season-high five game losing streak after a 4-2 defeat at the hands of the Red Deer Rebels Saturday (Dec. 14) night. Ryan Michael and Emmitt Finnie were the goal scorers for the Blazers, who have one more game to go on their weekend Alberta road trip. The two teams played...

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) - Freddie Freeman's historic walk-off grand slam ball from Game 1 of the World Series has sold for $1.56 million at auction. The bidding at SCP Auctions went into the late hours of Saturday night, according to a statement from the auction house on Sunday. It didn't say who bought the ball. Fr...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks may be the lone NHL team looking forward to getting back on the road. An ugly 5-1 loss to the Boston Bruins on Saturday left the Canucks (15-9-5) searching for answers as to why they've struggled at Rogers Arena. Starts in particular have been a problem, with the team giving up the ope...

CALGARY - Reeling from a blowout loss two nights earlier, the Calgary Flames bounced back impressively on Saturday by blanking the reigning Stanley Cup champions. Led by rookie goaltender Dustin Wolf, who made 32 saves for his second shutout of the season, Calgary chalked up a 3-0 win over the Florida Panthers, who hav...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Jack Hughes scored his 13th goal during a big third period for New Jersey, helping the Devils beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 on Saturday. Dawson Mercer and Timo Meier each had a goal and an assist as the Devils improved to 7-3-1 in their last 11 games. Nico Hischier also scored and Jacob Markstrom ...

CALGARY - Mikael Backlund had a goal and an assist and rookie goaltender Dustin Wolf made 32 stops for his second shutout as the Calgary Flames blanked the Florida Panthers 3-0 on Saturday. Nazem Kadri and Blake Coleman also scored for Calgary (15-11-5), which had surrendered 21 goals in its previous four games includi...

VANCOUVER - David Pastrnak scored and contributed three assists and the Boston Bruins posted a decisive 5-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday. Pavel Zacha added a goal and a helper for the Bruins (16-13-3), while Brad Marchand, Morgan Geekie and Marc McLaughlin - with his first of the season - also scored....

OTTAWA - Goalies tend to be creatures of habit and being taken out of their routine can often be challenging, but Linus Ullmark just rolled with things when he found out he would be starting just over an hour before puck drop. "Just go with it," he said. "There's nothing really, you just take what it is....

WINNIPEG - You could say that Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck is healthy. Before the game, former Jets forward Patrik Laine joked that Hellebuyck must have had the "Patty Flu" because he has never played against him. Well, Hellebuyck made 26 saves as Winnipeg defeated Laine's Montreal Canadiens 4-2 before a sel...

WINNIPEG - Kyle Connor scored a goal and added an assist to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a hard-fought 4-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night. It was the final contest of a four-game homestand for Winnipeg, which went 2-1-1. Vlad Namestnikov, into an empty net, Adam Lowry and Gabriel Vilardi, on the pow...

DETROIT (AP) - Jeff Petry scored his first two goals of the season and Ville Husso made 23 saves for his first victory in more than a year, helping the Detroit Red Wings beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Saturday night. Petry hadn't scored since April 11 against Pittsburgh. He had three goals in 73 games last season ...

OTTAWA - Linus Ullmark was expecting to have the night off but was called into action after Anton Forsberg suffered a minor injury before warm-up. Ullmark was coming off a 3-0 shutout win over Carolina the night before and has only played in four back-to-back games throughout his career. Ullmark provided a 26-save perf...

TAMPA - Canadian flyweight Jamey-Lyn Horth, fighting for the second time in six weeks, lost a unanimous decision to Miranda (Fear The) Maverick on a UFC Fight Night card Saturday. All three judges scored it 29-28 for the American. It was a grinding, unspectacular victory with Maverick blunting Horth's attack by clinchi...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have rediscovered their scoring touch. One game after scoring seven goals against Minnesota, Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists as the Oilers earned a 6-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday to extend their NHL win streak to five games. The Oilers struggled to score e...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Giannis Antetokounmpo had 32 points and was an assist away from a triple-double, Damian Lillard added 25 and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Atlanta Hawks 110-102 on Saturday to earn a spot in the NBA Cup championship game. Antetokounmpo finished with 14 rebounds, nine assists and four blocks for the Buck...

EDMONTON - Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers earned a 6-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday to extend their winning streak to five games. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Connor Brown each had a goal and an assist for the Oilers (18-10-2), who have won eight of their last nine. Zac...

A busy training camp filled with challenging exercises would occupy the thoughts of most high-performance athletes but Darby McIntyre was more excited to meet their teammates. McIntyre attended a Special Olympics Canada training camp this past week, bringing together athletes from across the country to prepare for the ...

BUDAPEST - Summer McIntosh has set yet another world record. The Toronto native won gold in the women's 400-metre medley at the World Short Course Swimming Championship on Saturday. She finished in four minutes, 15.48 seconds, nearly five seconds ahead of the next swimmer. It is McIntosh's third gold medal and the thir...

The Athletics are building a new-look rotation for their big move to Sacramento. The A's added to their pitching depth on Saturday, acquiring Jeffrey Springs in a multiplayer trade with the Tampa Bay Rays. The A's also received fellow left-hander Jacob Lopez from Tampa Bay in exchange for right-handers Joe Boyle and Ja...

SEOUL - William Dandjinou, Steven Dubois and Canada's women's relay squad all earned gold medals on Saturday at a short-track speedskating World Cup. Danaé Blais and Jordan Pierre-Gilles were also silver medallists, adding to the podium results for Canada. Blais skated alongside Florence Brunelle, Courtney Sarau...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - The Ducks traded Cam Fowler to the St. Louis Blues on Saturday, abruptly ending the veteran defenseman's 15-season tenure in Anaheim. The Blues sent a second-round pick in 2027 and minor-league defenseman Jeremie Biakabutuka to Anaheim for a fourth-round pick in 2027 and Fowler, the top-scoring d...

CALGARY - Tommy Lafreniere forced overtime with a last-minute goal but the Kamloops Blazers couldn't complete the comeback against the Calgary Hitmen Friday (Dec. 13) night. Carter Yakemchuk scored the overtime winner to lead the Hitmen to a 5-4 win at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Kalem Parker struck first for the Hitmen...

Premier League leader Liverpool twice came from behind with 10 men to draw with Fulham 2-2, yet dropped points for the second straight match to give hope to its title rivals on Saturday. Arsenal couldn't take advantage. A 0-0 draw at home to lowly Everton left third-placed Arsenal still six points behind Liverpool and ...