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VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have signed forward Justin Bailey to a one-year, two-way contract. The 25-year-old appeared in two games with Vancouver last season.

There's a large framed photo of Nick Nurse performing on stage with the Arkells hanging in his new glass-walled office at Tampa's JW Marriott.

Emotions overflowed at Kamal Miller's family home in Toronto during the Major League Soccer's expansion draft on Tuesday. Orlando SC had left the 23-year-old defender from Pickering, Ont.

Despite the countless precautions the NBA has put into place ahead of this bizarre season, include twice-daily testing, Kyle Lowry said it's virtually a given that players will contract COVID-19. And so, flexibility is key.

The Winnipeg Jets have signed goaltender Mikhail Berdin to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value in the NHL of US$750,000. The extension is a two-way deal in the 2021-22 season, and a one-way deal in 2022-23.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American running back William Powell to a one-year contract extension. Powell had 215 carries for 1,093 yards and 12 rushing touchdowns in 2019, his first as a Roughrider.

Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson has won four of her last five UFC fights, adding to the record book as she goes. The 25-year-old from Niagara Falls, Ont., who now calls Port Saint Lucie, Fla.

TORONTO — Canada will host the Americas Regional Qualifier for the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia. It is one of 11 regional qualification tournaments rescheduled to 2021 due to COVID-19.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Impact have acquired midfielder Djordje Mihailovic from the Chicago Fire, signing the U.S. international to a three-year contract with an option year using targeted allocation money. The 22-year-old did not come cheap.

The Toronto Blue Jays were able to fill a baseball void and pique additional team interest in Buffalo by playing so-called "home" games at Sahlen Field this year.