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Vancouver Canucks aim to avoid Minnesota Wild smothering in NHL play-in series

EDMONTON — The recently woebegone Vancouver Canucks are retooled and ready to make some noise in the NHL's return to play tournament, but first must avoid being smothered by the Minnesota Wild.

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Thursday's Games

Thursday's Games MLB American League Cleveland 2 Minnesota 0 Kansas City 5 Detroit 3 N.Y. Yankees 8 Baltimore 6 National League L.A.

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NHL Roundup: Arvidsson scores twice, Predators blank Stars 2-0

EDMONTON — Viktor Arvidsson supplied all the offence, and Juuse Saros and Pekka Rinne combined for the shutout as the Nashville Predators blanked the Dallas Stars 2-0 on Thursday in exhibition action.

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Raptors Uprising GC sets NBA 2K League record with 15th straight esports win

TORONTO — Unbeaten Raptors Uprising GC set a pair of NBA 2K League single-season records with its 15th straight win Thursday, sweeping Lakers Gaming in esports play.

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Taylor, Suzuki lift Nats past Jays 6-4 before 4-day break

WASHINGTON — Starlin Castro is coming off a four-hit game. His Washington Nationals finally have their first consecutive wins of the season. So much for momentum, though.

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SEC goes to conference-only schedule, Sept. 26 start

The powerhouse Southeastern Conference reconfigured its schedule Thursday to include only league games in 2020, a pandemic-forced decision that pushes major college football closer to a siloed regular season in which none of the power conferences cro

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Canadian featherweight Gavin Tucker faces Justin Jaynes on UFC card

Canadian featherweight Gavin (The Newfoundland Terror) Tucker will face Justin (Guitar Hero) Jaynes on the undercard of a UFC Fight Night card Aug. 8 in Las Vegas. Derrick (The Black Beast) Lewis, ranked No. 4 among heavyweight contenders, meets No.

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Blue Jays manager Montoyo says weekend series against Phillies is postponed

In a regular season that has had its share of uncertainty, hurdles and challenges, the Toronto Blue Jays were dealt another curveball Thursday when their weekend series in Philadelphia was postponed after the Phillies reported that two staff members

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Wiggins, Raptors vow to continue racial justice work after the restart tips off

John Wiggins' big fear was that when the NBA restart tipped off in Florida, the world would forget about George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, and the conversation around racial injustice would fizzle out.

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MLB postpones Blue Jays-Phillies series after more positives

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball has postponed this weekend's scheduled series between Toronto and Philadelphia because of concerns about the coronavirus after two Phillies staffers tested positive.

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