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    NASCAR: Erik Jones set to return to Cup Series at Darlington

    Jones suffered a spinal fracture in a crash at Talladega.

  • The Canadian Press

    Auston Matthews to miss second straight playoff game with Leafs facing elimination

    TORONTO — Auston Matthews was back on the Scotiabank Arena ice. That won't be the case when his Maple Leafs once again face elimination Thursday night. Head coach Sheldon Keefe said following the morning skate the star sniper would be unavailable for Game 6 with Toronto down 3-2 in its first-round playoff series against the Boston Bruins. Matthews was pulled from Game 4 with an illness and didn't suit up in Tuesday's 2-1 overtime road victory at TD Garden as the Leafs kept their hopes alive. The

  • The Canadian Press

    Vegas and Nashville face elimination in Game 6 showdowns vs. Dallas and Vancouver

    Home sweet home ice? For Vegas, maybe. Nashville, not so much lately. The defending Stanley Cup champion Golden Knights return home to their “Fortress” on the Strip looking to avoid being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs after losing three in a row to Dallas. The Predators are back in “Smashville” trailing Vancouver 3-2 in that best-of-seven series. Vegas went 9-3 at home on its title run last year. Nashville hasn't won at home in the playoffs since 2021. The challenge for each team

  • The Canadian Press

    Tim Howard, last in line of top American goalkeepers, enters U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame

    Tim Howard was 10 years old when he walked into Giants Stadium's upper deck in June 1989 for a United States-Peru friendly that featured goalkeeper Tony Meola making his second international appearance. “My earliest soccer memory,” Howard recalled last month. Howard went on to follow Meola in a line of outstanding American goalkeepers, and on Saturday he will join Meola, Kasey Keller and Brad Friedel in the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame. “Obviously, it is the honor of my life,” Howard said.