TORONTO — Blayre Turnbull scored two goals to lead Toronto to a 4-0 win over Minnesota in the first-ever Professional Women's Hockey League playoff game on Wednesday. Natalie Spooner, with the opening goal and one assist, and Emma Maltais also scored for top-seeded Toronto in front of 8,473 fans at Coca-Cola Coliseum. Kristen Campbell posted a 26-save shutout. Nicole Hensley stopped 15 shots for fourth-seeded Minnesota. Game 2 in the best-of-five semifinal is set for Friday in Toronto. The hosts
NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson has returned to Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Wednesday night after missing the second quarter with a sore right foot. Brunson was hurt with about 3 1/2 minutes remaining in the first quarter and didn't play again in the first half as the Indiana Pacers surged past the New York Knicks for a 73-63 halftime lead. The Knicks said during the second quarter that Brunson was questionable to return. Then — on the night the Knicks celebrated the 54th anniversa
OTTAWA — Atletico Ottawa and Pacific FC played to a scoreless draw Wednesday in the first leg of their Telus Canadian Championship quarterfinal. It was a matchup of the two top teams in the Canadian Premier League, each unbeaten with 10 points from 3-0-1 records. Atletico scored a league-leading eight goals in its four league outings — and a record seven in the cup preliminary round — while Pacific has yet to concede a goal. Pacific's well-organized defence blunted Ottawa's high-flying offence o
Nikola Jokic did it all again. And the MVP trophy is his again. Jokic, the Denver Nuggets star from Serbia, was announced Wednesday night as the NBA's Most Valuable Player — his third time winning the award in the past four seasons, a feat that just six other players in league history have accomplished. He averaged 26.4 points, 12.4 rebounds and 9.0 assists. Others averaged more in each category — and Jokic has had better years in each of those categories — but he was the only player to rank in