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TORONTO — Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner were having an animated discussion on the bench. William Nylander was caught by cameras muttering to himself during the second-period exchange. Marner then took off his gloves and slammed them on the ground.  The Maple Leafs were down 2-0 in a game they desperately needed Saturday. The angst […]

TORONTO (AP) — Brad Marchand broke the Boston playoff goals record with his 56th and the Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 in Game 4 on Saturday night to move within a victory of advancing to the second round. Marchand also had an assist, James van Riemsdyk and David Pastrnak scored and Jeremy Swayman […]

TORONTO — Brad Marchand became the Bruins’ all-time leading playoff goal-scorer and added an assist as Boston suffocated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Saturday to take a 3-1 lead in the teams’ first-round playoff series. James van Riemsdyk and David Pastrnak had the other goals for Boston, which can close out the best-of-seven series […]

TORONTO (AP) — Tyler Glasnow pitched six solid innings for his first victory in 10 career starts against Toronto, Mookie Betts had three hits and an RBI, and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to a season-bet six games with a 4-2 win over the Blue Jays on Saturday. Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, […]

TORONTO — William Nylander has joined the Stanley Cup chase.  The Maple Leafs winger was in the lineup for Game 4 of Toronto’s first-round playoff series with the Boston Bruins on Saturday night after sitting out the first three contests with an undisclosed injury.  Nylander, whose team trailed Boston 2-1 in the best-of-seven Original Six […]

TORONTO (AP) — Tyler Glasnow pitched six solid innings for his first victory in 10 career starts against Toronto, Mookie Betts had three hits and an RBI, and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to a season-bet six games with a 4-2 win over the Blue Jays on Saturday. Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, […]

TORONTO — Mookie Betts went 3 for 5, including a triple and an RBI single, as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Saturday. Chris Taylor and Shohei Ohtani each had an RBI single in the second inning as Los Angeles (18-11) stretched its win streak to six.  Canadian-American first baseman […]

TORONTO — The Professional Women’s Hockey League will hold its second draft in Minnesota in June, though an exact date and location have yet to be announced. The six-team PWHL announced Saturday that its Minnesota club will be the host team of a draft of 42 picks over seven rounds. The first draft was held […]

Toronto police say they’ve charged a local man with second-degree murder after a man fell from a downtown balcony earlier this week. They say officers were called to a building in the area of Church Street and Shuter Street late Wednesday evening. They say 38-year-old Ryan Williams fell from a balcony and was taken to […]

TORONTO — William Nylander is poised to join the Stanley Cup chase.  Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe says the team is preparing as if the star winger will suit up for Game 4 of Toronto’s first-round playoff series with the Boston Bruins after sitting out the first three contests with an undisclosed injury.  Boston […]