TORONTO — It’s important to note that the focus has changed. Two nights after scoring twice in a 4-3 overtime shootout win against the Vegas Golden Knights, Nazem Kadri tipped in his ninth goal of the season in a 4-2 win against the Minnesota Wild. He is now tied for sixth in the league in…
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Every spring, on the first afternoon of the Major League Baseball season, members of the Cleveland American Indian Movement gather outside their city’s baseball stadium. Their presence is inevitable: they have demonstrated at Opening Day for 46 straight years. And just as inevitably, fans in team apparel give them some version of the same spiel.…
Read moreWinnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman thinks the CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos should change their team name. “I think there’s an opportunity to have a more inclusive name,” Bowman said on Wednesday, days before a West Division playoff matchup between the Eskimos and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. “That’s ultimately a decision for the team, though.” Bowman, who is…
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Sean Clayton was just hoping to play catch with Roy Halladay when he first met the former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher in 2008 through the Make-a-Wish organization. Instead, Halladay made sure the youngster from Montreal had a visit he’d always remember. Clayton, who had been diagnosed with cancer almost two years earlier, had spent eight…
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Roy Halladay was flying his tiny sport plane low over the Gulf of Mexico shortly before it slammed into the water and killed the retired star pitcher, witnesses told federal investigators. National Transportation Safety Board Investigator Noreen Price said Wednesday that Halladay’s ICON A5 experienced a “high-energy impact” with the water.…
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In hockey, the term used is “maintenance day.” It sounds like someone is taking his body to the auto shop for a tire rotation and a tune-up, but it mostly means a player was too sore to practice. By now no one questions it. Hockey is a physical sport. If you need to skip the…
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