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The San Francisco 49ers and quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo have agreed to a five-year, $137.5 million contract that makes him the highest-paid player in NFL history on an average-per-year basis, according to multiple reports.

Charles Hamelin could get Canada on the medal board on the first full day of the Olympic Games as he looks to defend his gold medal from Sochi in the men's 1,500-metres.

The Ottawa Senators knew Alex Burrows was facing a suspension, but 10 games caught them by surprise.

A person familiar with direct knowledge of the trade says the Cleveland Cavaliers are dealing guard Isaiah Thomas to the Los Angeles Lakers.

A person familiar with direct knowledge of the trade says the Cleveland Cavaliers are dealing guard Isaiah Thomas to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Matt Duchene doesn't want to compare his season to Kyle Turris', even if the two are indirectly linked together by a November trade.

The Norwegian delegation of 121 athletes and officials ended up with a lot more - thousands more, actually - than the 1,500 eggs they were hoping for after an apparent ordering error.

Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium will be the focus of attention Friday morning for the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea.

Philadelphia's first Super Bowl parade ended in a raucous, emotional rally as hundreds of thousands of partying Eagles fans jammed the streets leading to the city's famed "Rocky" steps to revel in an NFL title many thought would never come.

Philadelphia's first Super Bowl parade stepped off Thursday as hundreds of thousands of deliriously happy Eagles fans jammed the city's main thoroughfares to celebrate an NFL title many of them never thought they'd see.

The Dufour-Lapointe sisters may be household names in Canada, but Andi Naude rolls into the Olympics as the top-ranked Canadian woman in moguls, and has a shot at taking gold.

After exchanging single points through the first four ends of Thursday's Olympic mixed curling round-round match against the United States, Canada's Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris stole three in the fifth end to snap a 2-2 tie en route to a 6-4 victory.

A verbal exchange between a Canadian and a Russian at the Pyeongchang Winter Games in South Korea has prompted an apology, of sorts, from Canada's Olympic team.

On a team full of veteran journeymen, Canadian men’s Olympic hockey head coach Willie Desjardins and his staff had plenty of worthy options in choosing a captain, but decided on the only player on the 25-player Canadian roster to have a Stanley Cup ring.

Forty-five Russian athletes will have to wait until Friday, the opening day of the Winter Olympics, to find out if they can compete.

There are few characters at the Olympic Winter Games with a more hyped and singular narrative than the "defending Olympic champion." Yet so often moguls skier Justine Dufour-Lapointe if often described in the context of sisterhood, along with eldest Maxime, and middle sister Chloe. Should she make the final in Korea, Justine will be alone atop the moguls course, with plans to stand out on her own once again.

Canada House at the 2018 Olympics in South Korea will also double as Pride House, an inclusive and safe space for LGBT athletes, fans and allies from all over the world.

Kings defenceman Paul LaDue scored the tiebreaking goal on a power play with 5:27 remaining as the Los Angeles Kings pulled away late in a 5-2 victory against the Edmonton Oilers.

Canada's Manuel Osborne-Paradis posted the fastest time in the first Olympic downhill training session on Thursday.

North Korea has no intention of meeting U.S officials during the Winter Olympics that start on Friday, the KCNA news agency reported, dampening hopes the Games will help resolve a tense standoff over the North's nuclear weapons programme.

James van Riemsdyk scored in the seventh round of the shootout and once in regulation time as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Nashville Predators 3-2 at Air Canada Centre on Wednesday.

Canadian curlers John Morris and Kaitlyn Lawes had never known what it felt like to lose a game at the Olympics — until now. In the historic debut of mixed doubles Olympic curling, Norway stunned the Canadians 9-6 under the bright lights of the Gangneung Curling Venue on Thursday in South Korea.

Skate Canada announced that Patrick Chan (men's) and Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford (pairs) will take the ice for their respective short programs when the team event kicks off Thursday at 8 p.m. ET.

The Canadian pair of John Morris and Kaitlyn Lawes dropped their first match 9-6 to Norway in their first round robin match of the inaugural mixed doubles curling competition.

Ottawa Senators forward Alex Burrows, who has a well-earned reputation for crossing the line, has been suspended 10 games for kneeing New Jersey Devils forward Taylor Hall.

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has received a sponsor's exemption and will make his PGA Tour debut next month in the Dominican Republic.

Minnesota Wild defenceman Jonas Brodin will miss the next three to four weeks recovering from a broken left hand.