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NEW YORK — Yankees manager Aaron Boone is taking a leave of absence from the team to get a pacemaker and intends to return to work in a few days. New York said the procedure was likely to be performed later Wednesday at St.

TORONTO — Veteran Canadian strawweight Randa (Quiet Storm) Markos will face Luana Pinheiro at UFC 260 on March 27. It will mark the 17th UFC fight for the 35-year-old from Windsor, Ont., who made her debut in the promotion in December 2014.

A capsule look at the 18 teams competing in the March 5-14 Canadian men's curling championship in Calgary (team members listed skip to lead along with home club location).

Brad Gushue won his first Canadian men's curling championship in a sold-out hometown venue that erupted in joy after his game-winning throw.

The HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, grounded last year by the pandemic, will return in May with a pair of women's events. But the men won't see action on the circuit until September. And there is no Canadian stop, as yet.

Canadian guard Andrew Nembhard was named sixth man of the year by the West Coast Conference on Wednesday. The 21-year-old helped No. 1-ranked Gonzaga to an undefeated regular season, averaging 4.4 assists for fourth in the conference and 9.

MONTREAL — Dominique Ducharme didn't have time to reflect on his first home game in charge of the Montreal Canadiens as he drove to the Bell Centre on Tuesday afternoon.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets were angry coming into Tuesday's game against the Vancouver Canucks, said winger Mathieu Perreault. The Canucks had blanked the Jets 4-0 the night before and Winnipeg was not about to repeat the result.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have made another change to their coaching staff, appointing Sean Burke to take over as the director of goaltending.

The Toronto Raptors had largely dodged COVID-19 for the first half of an NBA season reeling from the global pandemic.