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The Toronto Blue Jays have placed infielder Steve Pearce on the 10-day disabled list with a right calf strain.

The 21-year-old athlete says female gymnasts are sticking around longer in the sport than they used to.

San Antonio star forward Kawhi Leonard will miss Tuesday night's Game 2 of the Western Conference finals at the Golden State Warriors, leaving Spurs coach Gregg Popovich irate over what he felt was an avoidable injury.

Roger Federer says he will not play in the French Open and instead prepare to play on grass and hard courts later this season. Federer posted a message entitled "Roger to skip Roland Garros" on his website.

In this week's Monday Moments, Rob Pizzo talks about how the Stanley Cup playoffs are approaching a record set back in 1993.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has ruled Kawhi Leonard out for Game 2 of the Western Conference finals.

It took 20 years, ages in hockey terms, for the franchise to finally reach the Western Conference final, and the spotlight has unearthed some of the team's best-kept secrets.

Colton Parayko scored twice as Canada clinched first place in its preliminary-round group with a 5-0 win over Norway on Monday at the world hockey championship in Paris.

The Australian sports anti-doping authority was not amused after viewing a TV ad featuring former disgraced Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson that made “light of the use of performance-enhancing drugs.”

The summer of 2013 was a franchise changer for the Ottawa Senators, but it would take four years and a surprise run to the Eastern Conference final for most hockey watchers to realize just how transformative it was.

Syracuse Orange junior Justyn Knight continued his winning ways as the NCAA track and field championships draw closer, capturing the men’s 5,000 metres at the Atlantic Coast Conference outdoor championships on Sunday.

Team Canada upped its medal count to 10 over the weekend by winning two gold medals and one bronze at the para-cycling World Cup event in Maniago, Italy.

​The president of the Pyeongchang Olympic organizing committee is holding out hope the NHL has a change of heart about its decision to not allow its players to compete next February.

A person familiar with the contract says the NBA champion Cavaliers will wear Goodyear's wing-foot logo on their jerseys starting next season.

A person familiar with the contract says the NBA champion Cavaliers will wear Goodyear's wing-foot logo on their jerseys starting next season.

Toronto FC has received some unwanted injury news about striker Sebastian Giovinco and defender Nick Hagglund.

Draft and develop is the most common way to win in the salary-cap NHL, and with eight of the past 11 playoff MVPs being homegrown, that hasn't changed. But the four teams left vying for the Stanley Cup this spring all made a handful of significant trades to get to this point.

Watch live action from the U21 men's volleyball Pan American Cup in Fort McMurray, Alta., continuing on Saturday at 3:50 p.m. ET.

Watch live action now from the U21 men's volleyball Pan American Cup in Fort McMurray, Alta.

Watch live action from the U21 men's volleyball Pan American Cup in Fort McMurray, Alta., continuing on Sunday at 3:50 p.m. ET.

Watch live action from the U21 men's volleyball Pan-American Cup in Fort McMurray, Alta., beginning on Tuesday at 1:50 p.m. ET.

Nashville Predators centre Ryan Johansen didn't mince words with his assessment of Anaheim Ducks' Ryan Kesler after Game 2 of the Western Conference final.

Nick Ritchie scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period, and the Anaheim Ducks roared back from an early two-goal deficit to even the Western Conference finals with a 5-3 victory over the Nashville Predators in Game 2 on Sunday night.

Nick Ritchie scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period, and the Anaheim Ducks roared back from an early two-goal deficit to even the Western Conference final with a 5-3 victory over the Nashville Predators in Game 2 on Sunday night.

Derek Jeter's No. 2 has been retired by the New York Yankees, who dedicated a plaque in his honour that will be placed in Monument Park behind center field.

Kawhi Leonard didn't think Warriors centre Zaza Pachulia intentionally tried to injure him Sunday in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.

Si Woo Kim of South Korea became the youngest winner of The Players Championship with a game and nerves well beyond his 21 years.

Stephen Curry scored 40 points and hit a tying 3-pointer with 1:48 remaining, and the Golden State Warriors rallied from way down after Kawhi Leonard was lost to an ankle injury to beat the San Antonio Spurs 113-111 on Sunday in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.

While the Senators seemed happy to analyze their 2-1 overtime win Saturday, they were equally intent on looking ahead to Game 2, set for Monday night at PPG Paints Arena, and expressing a belief in themselves moving further into the series.