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TORONTO — Austin Riley drove in five runs with a pair of homers and Sean Murphy hit a two-run blast to power the Atlanta Braves to an 8-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night at Rogers Centre.

CALGARY — It's three floors down and nowhere to go but up for the new $900-million arena for the NHL’s Calgary Flames, even with the ongoing tariff war with the United States.

HOUSTON (AP) — George Foreman was remembered Monday in a memorial service in his hometown of Houston for his legendary boxing career as well as for his love of God, family, horses and cheeseburgers — and for his desire to help his fellow man.

VANCOUVER — Larry Donovan, a former head coach of the B.C. Lions, has died. He was 84. The Lions confirmed Donovan's death Monday. The cause was not divulged. Donovan joined the Lions as special-teams and defensive-line coach in 1986.

VANCOUVER — Vancouver Whitecaps striker Brian White was named Major League Soccer's player of the matchday Monday following his offensive outburst in the team's 5-1 win over Austin FC.

TORONTO — Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had big dreams when he signed with the club as a 16-year-old a decade ago. Those thoughts have become reality with the only big-league franchise he has ever known.

TORONTO — Scottie Barnes leaned back in his chair, ran his hands through his hair, looked around the room and grinned when asked about the 2025-26 Toronto Raptors. “My expectations for the team? I expect us to be really good," said Barnes.

They're teammates now with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, but Tim White wants a lot more than just friendship from Kenny Lawler this season.

PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns have parted ways with veteran coach Mike Budenholzer following one dismal season that featured a fast start before a maddening slide out of postseason contention for a high-priced roster that included Kevin Durant, Dev

Diana Matheson has been waiting for Wednesday for a long time. That's when vision turns into reality as the new Northern Super League kicks off with a high-profile opener at B.C. Place Stadium between Vancouver Rise FC and Calgary Wild FC.