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TORONTO (AP) — Aaliyah Edwards scored 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in her homecoming, leading No. 17 UConn to a 111-34 win over Toronto Metropolitan on Wednesday.

STEINACH AM BRENNER, Austria — Canadian para skier Alexis Guimond made two trips to the podium at a World Cup super-G stop on Wednesday. Guimond, from Gatineau, Que.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps will play host to Lionel Messi and Inter Miami CF in the 2024 Major League Soccer season as the Canadian team celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Oregon State and Washington State are working on a deal to become affiliate members of the West Coast Conference for basketball and other Olympic sports for two years, two people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

MONTREAL — Danny Maciocia reached a pinnacle in the CFL by building a Grey Cup champion this year. But instead of resting on his laurels, the Montreal Alouettes general manager is hungry to build on that momentum.

TORONTO — A look at winger Tyrese Spicer, Toronto FC's first overall pick in the MLS SuperDraft: Age: 23. Home: Trincity, Trinidad. College: Attended Lipscomb University in Nashville, scoring 29 goals and adding 18 assists in 57 games.

TORONTO — Tyrese Spicer remembers the tough times growing up in Trinidad. "Not having enough money to buy sneakers, buy cleats, to go to school. Not having enough money to eat," he recalled.

Brad Marchand doesn't have to say a word when a new player walks into the Boston Bruins' locker room. The standard and expectation was set long ago.

LONDON (AP) — A new monitoring service will help protect tennis players from online abuse and threats, the International Tennis Federation and other governing bodies said Wednesday. In their joint announcement, ITF, U.S.

Macklin Celebrini was contemplating his next hockey stop. The teenage star poised to join the U.S. college hockey ranks for the 2023-24 season had plenty of NCAA schools pining for his services back in June 2022.