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TORONTO — After his team gave up two goals less than halfway through the first period, Washington coach Todd Rierden called a timeout. The Capitals started playing better right after, turning the tide with a big penalty kill and some big saves.

The Toronto Raptors issued a statement on Tuesday saying a recently released video proves team president Masai Ujiri wasn't the "aggressor" in an encounter with a law enforcement officer at Oracle Arena last June.

BALTIMORE — Travis Shaw scored on a throwing error in the 10th inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-7 Tuesday night after blowing a four-run lead.

TORONTO — There was no one in the stands to see Pablo Piatti's electric BMO Field debut, but it made for a worthwhile trip for a small but vocal band of Toronto FC faithful whose chants and cheers from across the street could be clearly heard in the

Dale Hawerchuk, a hockey phenom who became the face of the Winnipeg Jets en route to the Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 57 after a battle with stomach cancer.

EDMONTON — The Dallas Stars delivered a signature game Tuesday, grinding down Calgary 2-1 to put them just a win away from blowing the Flames out of the bubble altogether in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

TORONTO — The Montreal Canadiens could seemingly do no wrong Friday night. They scored early and often in a 5-0 demolition of the Flyers that saw star goalie Carter Hart chased from Philadelphia's crease in a mercy pull. That was then.

The COVID-19 pandemic has cost the CFL a season, but Adam Bighill and Bo Levi Mitchell believe it also has given the league a glorious opportunity.

It will forever be one of the iconic images of last year's NBA championship run — Fred VanVleet on his back, arms outstretched, with his eyes looking up at the Oracle Arena ceiling while blood streamed from a gash under his eye.

Vladimir Tarasenko will miss the rest of the St. Louis Blues' first-round series against the Vancouver Canucks after aggravating his surgically repaired left shoulder. The team said Tuesday that Tarasenko is returning to St.