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The Calgary Stampeders were sombre as they went back to practice following teammate Mylan Hicks' shooting death early Sunday.

Connor McDavid finally hit the ice Tuesday with his new linemate — the six-foot-three freight train named Milan Lucic — and was barely off the ice before passing judgment.

The Toronto Blue Jays won't have steady relief pitcher Joaquin Benoit for this week's playoff push and perhaps much longer should they secure a post-season berth. Second baseman Devon Travis is also day to day with a sore shoulder.

The Toronto Blue Jays won't have steady relief pitcher Joaquin Benoit for this week's playoff push and perhaps much longer should they secure a post-season berth. Second baseman Devon Travis is also day to day with a sore shoulder.

Ryan Lochte is banned from swimming through next June and will forfeit $100,000 US in bonus money that went with his gold medal at the Olympics, part of the penalty for his drunken encounter at a gas station in Brazil during last month's games.

Sam Allardyce left his position as England manager on Tuesday after only one match in charge over a series of damaging comments to undercover reporters that the English Football Association deemed "inappropriate."

Wayne Gretzky is returning to the NHL as official ambassador of the league's centennial celebration.

This week's three-game series between the Blue Jays and visiting Baltimore, starting Tuesday at 7:07 p.m. ET, will have a playoff feel, given its importance to the American League wild-card race. Toronto is on top, one game ahead of the Orioles.

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Tuesday afternoon that little progress had been made with respect to the league's participation in the 2018 Games.

International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fassel told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he believes the odds are 50-50 that NHL players will compete at the 2018 Olympics.

It's certainly not a storied rivalry, or even the matchup most expected, but Team Canada insists it's not taking Team Europe lightly as they prepare to face off in the World Cup of Hockey final beginning tonight (CBC, CBCSports.ca, CBC Sports app, 7:30 p.m. ET).

Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez was a patron at a Miami River bar and restaurant before he and two friends were killed in a boat crash, a spokeswoman for the establishment confirmed Tuesday.

As the baseball world mourned the death of Jose Fernandez, a beachgoer found a bag containing four baseballs signed by the Marlins 24-year-old pitcher.

Watch live at 7:30 p.m. ET as Canada faces off against Europe in Game 1 of the World Cup of Hockey final in Toronto.

For the first time in the history of the National Lacrosse League the coach and general manager of a team has selected his son first overall in an Entry Draft.

The New Orleans Saints lost to the Atlanta Falcons at home on Monday night, 10 years and a day after re-opening the Superdome against the same team following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the Federal levee breaches.

Five Canadian NHL teams began their pre-season exhibition games on Monday. Here's how they fared.

Mark Teixeira hit a tying homer in the ninth inning and Aaron Hicks added a game-winning blast as the New York Yankees avoided a four-game sweep, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 7-5 on Monday night.

The Calgary Stampeders faced a stiff test from the Ottawa Redblacks but remain unbeaten in 11 and the team to catch as we take our weekly measure of the balance of power in the CFL.

Dee Gordon honoured the memory of his pal, Jose Fernandez, in the Marlins' first game since the Miami pitcher was killed.

Dee Gordon honoured the memory of his pal, Jose Fernandez, in the Marlins' first game since the Miami pitcher was killed.

The Miami Marlins remembered starting pitcher Jose Fernandez Monday night prior to their game against the New York Mets.

The flag at half-staff over Hazeltine National was enough to take the edge off the Ryder Cup, as the death of Arnold Palmer occupied everyone's thoughts on Monday.

Investigators are trying to determine whether Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez was at the wheel of his sportfishing boat when it slammed into a jetty in the early-morning darkness, killing him and two others on board.