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A full day of NHL trade deadline coverage is inevitable, but that doesn't mean the NHL teams at the forefront of it all are going to give fans the exciting, hectic day they might want and expect.

For the third year in a row and fourth time overall, veteran NHL forward Lee Stempniak was traded on deadline day, this time departing New Jersey for the Boston Bruins. The 33-year-old pending unrestricted free agent is on track for a career-high 54 points.

Tom Brady reportedly has agreed to a two-year contract extension with the New England Patriots. The deal will significantly lessen Brady's salary cap hit for 2016, which would have been about $15 million US.

The Montreal Canadiens traded forward Devante Smith-Pelly to the New Jersey Devils for left-winger Stefan Matteau on Monday.

It was a mostly stand-pat NHL trade deadline day for the Ottawa Senators on Monday, as they made two deals that netted them a third-round pick in this summer's draft and a minor league forward.

Team Canada's wheelchair rugby team has a better idea of what it will take to win gold at the Paralmypics having played an Olympic test event in Rio De Janeiro this past weekend.

The Blue Jays' Devon Travis didn't play in the Monday's intrasquad game — he won't see any action for at least another month due to off-season shoulder surgery — but just being on the field was enough for him.

Marie Philip-Poulin and Hayley Wickenheiser will lead the Canadian women's hockey team at the world championship in Kamloops, B.C.

The Calgary Flames have traded pending unrestricted free-agent defenceman Kris Russell ahead of Monday’s deadline to the Dallas Stars. The 28-year-old native of Carolina, Alta., has 15 points in 51 contests this season.

The Calgary Flames have traded pending unrestricted free-agent defenceman Kris Russell ahead of Monday’s deadline to the Dallas Stars. The 28-year-old native of Carolina, Alta., has 15 points in 51 contests this season.

The Colorado Avalanche have added a top-six winger for the stretch run, acquiring left-winger Mikkel Boedker from the Arizona Coyotes. The six-foot, 206-pound Boedker had 13 goals and 39 points in 62 games this season.

One-page letters are being put in MLB clubhouse lockers reminding big leaguers that smokeless tobacco is banned at stadiums in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Boston.

Russia is racing to restore trust in its athletics program after doping allegations benched track athletes from international competition. With the Summer Olympics in Rio only five months away, can Russia meet conditions to gain re-entry?

Ottawa Senators centre Kyle Turris is out indefinitely with a high ankle sprain. The 26-year-old Turris has 13 goals and 30 points in 57 games this season.

Canada will be without top singles player Milos Raonic and doubles ace Daniel Nestor for a Davis Cup tie this week against France.

William Nylander joined three other top Maple Leafs prospects in making his NHL debut Monday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the official start of Toronto's youth movement and a glimpse into where the franchise hopes to go.

Nineteen-year-olds William Nylander and Kasperi Kapanen joined the Leafs from the AHL's Toronto Marlies on Monday morning and could play their first NHL games tonight against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired forward Brooks Laich, defenceman Connor Carrick and a second-round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft from the Washington Capitals.

Alberta's Chelsea Carey defeated Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville 7-6 on Sunday to win the Canadian women's curling championship.

Andre Drummond had 15 points and 18 rebounds, and the Detroit Pistons took advantage of Kyle Lowry's absence to beat the Toronto Raptors 114-101 on Sunday night.

The 2016 Oscars are here and we're curious to see what athletes are thinking.

When the world's fastest cross-country skiers of the season are crowned in Canada, it will be the first time in history the sport's crystal globes are hoisted outside of Europe.