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TORONTO — The New York Rangers were the first team to see their NHL restart bubble burst. They got a pretty nice consolation prize Monday.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Canada's Leylah Fernandez has advanced to the main draw at the Top Seed Open. The 17-year-old Fernandez downed Australia's Arina Rodionova 6-2, 6-3 on Monday to advance to the tournament's main draw through qualifiers.

Do the Calgary Flames get another post-season opponent with injured key cogs? Or are the Dallas Stars back to full manpower? Tuesday's opener in their first-round, best-of-seven series in Edmonton will provide clues, if not outright answers.

After six seasons of missing the playoffs, Masai Ujiri heralded the Toronto Raptors' return to the post-season in 2014 by hollering "(Expletive) Brooklyn!" to the delighted crowd in what would become known as Jurassic Park.

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan is eager to add a new chapter to the storied history of the Royal Montreal Golf Club.

Expansion Atletico Ottawa will open its Canadian Premier League account Saturday against York 9 FC. The CPL kicks off its truncated 2020 season in Charlottetown, dubbed the Island Games.

EDMONTON — A record-setting Edmonton Oilers 50/50 draw won't have a winner for several more days as officials work out problems with the online raffle.

James Harris, a Mississippi-born sharecropper who gained international fame as “Kamala the Ugandan Giant,” a massive professional wrestler who terrorized opponents with his trademark “splash,” has died.

Toronto Wolfpack players took to social media Monday to protest not being paid. "Technically stranded in U.K.," tweeted Australian prop Darcy Lussick. "No visa so I can't work, no help getting home to Australia as promised.

NEW YORK — The NHL says it has had no positive COVID-19 test results in its first two weeks in secure zones in Edmonton and Toronto. The league says it administered 7,245 tests in its second week, from Aug. 2-8, with no positive results.