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The NHL's much-anticipated west final between the Oilers and Avalanche will get started Tuesday night in Denver with plenty of star power and intrigue on both sides.

Monday's Games NHL Playoffs Eastern Conference Best-of-Seven Second Round N.Y.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes found themselves in a quick hole in a Game 7 against the New York Rangers. Losing key players like Seth Jarvis and goaltender Antti Raanta only made things tougher for any chance of a comeback.

Sarah Ramsey, who along with her husband Ken bred and raced multiple Breeders' Cup champions and won a leading 510 races at Churchill Downs, has died. She was 83.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Nothing is fazing these New York Rangers, not multi-game series deficit nor playing in a building where no road team has won in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

SHERBROOKE, Que. — The Charlottetown Islanders are one step closer to a berth in the 2022 Memorial Cup.

TORONTO — An injury has kept Toronto FC's Jonathan Osorio from joining Canada in Vancouver this week. The 29-year-old midfielder was forced to leave Toronto's 3-2 win over Chicago in the 13th minute Saturday.

PARIS (AP) — French authorities defended police on Monday for indiscriminately firing tear gas and pepper spray at Liverpool supporters at the Champions League final, while blaming industrial levels of fraud that saw 30,000 to 40,000 people try to en

PARIS — Can Canadian Leylah Fernandez win Roland Garros? “I hope so! But that victory is far away.

TORONTO — Steve Nash, a two-time NBA MVP and voted one of the league's 75 greatest players of all time, is among a group of seven who will be inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame.