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Spencer Miles makes the Blue Jays’ opening day roster after surgeries and setbacks, while Connor McDavid hits another historic milestone.

Zach Collaros takes a pay cut to help Winnipeg build a contender, the Blue Jays face labour uncertainty, and Canadian teams push through tight playoff races.

Connor McDavid scored twice on Tuesday night to reach 401 career goals and 1,200 points in the same game as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Utah Mammoth 5-2, becoming the fifth player in Oilers history to reach 400 goals while also notching his 40th goal of the season as teammates Evan Bouchard and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins…

Markelle Fultz played a G-League game Monday morning in Salt Lake City for the Raptors 905, then made his Toronto Raptors debut that same night in a 143-127 win over the Utah Jazz, finishing with five assists and two steals in 16 minutes as the former No. 1 overall pick from 2017 returned to the…

Alvaro Folgueiras nailed a three-pointer with 4.5 seconds remaining as ninth-seeded Iowa eliminated defending national champion Florida 73-72 on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, becoming the first No. 1 seed knocked out of this year’s March Madness as Iowa reached the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1999 behind what…

Cole Caufield scored three goals to reach 43 on the season as Montreal defeated the New York Islanders 7-3 on Saturday, moving within seven goals of becoming the first Canadiens player to hit 50 since Stephane Richer scored 51 in 1990 as the team closed out the week with a 2-1-0 record against playoff-chasing teams…

Jordan Anthony, a 21-year-old American, won world indoor championships 60m gold in 6.41 seconds (the fourth-fastest time in history) after previously overcoming a blood clot the size of a soccer ball that appeared in his arm after an injection was administered in the wrong place, declaring after his victory that he would never let anything…

Terrence Hill Jr. made a stepback three-pointer with 15 seconds left in overtime and 11th-seeded VCU erased a 19-point second-half deficit to stun sixth-seeded North Carolina 82-78 on Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, winning their first tournament game since 2016 as Hill finished 7 for 10 from three-point range and…

Miami (Ohio) beat SMU 89-79 on Wednesday night in the First Four for their first NCAA Tournament victory in 27 years, with Eian Elmer scoring 22 points and going 6 of 9 from three-point range as the undefeated 11th-seeded RedHawks (32-1) buried 16 threes to quiet doubters and advance to play No. 6 seed Tennessee…

Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic for the first time on Tuesday night, beating the United States 3-2 on Eugenio Suárez’s tiebreaking double in the ninth inning before a sellout crowd of 36,190 at loanDepot park, with the Americans losing their second straight final despite a star-studded roster featuring Aaron Judge, Bryce Harper, and Paul…