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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The scene was similar to the last time Tiger Woods played against the world's best. Fans packed onto every balcony on every level of the Riviera clubhouse Thursday, all of them straining for a rare sight of golf's biggest star.

Rhys McAlpine is trying to get his figure skaters adjusted to a post-pandemic world. He's hopeful that a new project from the Coaching Association of Canada will help him do just that.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Canadian women's soccer team arrived at Exploria Stadium wearing purple, a colour associated with gender equality, for its opening game against the U.S. at the SheBelieves Cup on Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Tim McCarver, the All-Star catcher and Hall of Fame broadcaster who during 60 years in baseball won two World Series titles with the St.

Paul Jerrard, one of the few Black assistant coaches in the NHL during his three stints in the league over the past two decades, has died, the University of Nebraska-Omaha announced Thursday. He was 57.

VANCOUVER — Rick Tocchet has begun the painstaking work of transforming the beleaguered Vancouver Canucks — a process that he says won't be speedy.

OTTAWA — Chris Neil used to love saying he didn’t play for the name on the back of the jersey, but the logo on the front. From the moment he put on an Ottawa Senators jersey Neil was fully committed to the organization.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.

CF Montreal had one of the most lethal attacks in Major League Soccer last season, finishing fifth in goals scored en route posting to the third best record in the league.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks signed Canadian running back Ante Milanovic-Litre to a one-year contract Thursday. Milanovic-Litre, 28, spent the 2022 campaign with Edmonton after four seasons with the Calgary Stampeders.