National Sports

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Vinni Lettieri scored the winning goal with just under seven minutes to play and the Minnesota Wild beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Tuesday night to earn a crucial two points and keep their faint playoff hopes alive.

Montreal Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis firmly believes he has a true No. 1 centre on his roster. That No.

BATHURST, N.B. — Colby Huggan had a hat trick and two assists to lead the Acadie-Bathurst Titan to a 7-2 drubbing of the Halifax Mooseheads on Tuesday in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoff action.

TORONTO — After the hardest stretch of his life, RJ Barrett finally returned to his "sanctuary." Barrett, from nearby Mississauga, Ont., led all scorers with 28 points as his Toronto Raptors lost to the Los Angeles Lakers 128-111 on Tuesday.

HOUSTON (AP) — Sarah Strong, the top-ranked girls' basketball recruit for the class of 2024 who has not yet committed to a college, had 11 points and 12 rebounds in the East team’s 98-74 win over the West on Tuesday night in the McDonald’s All-Americ

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Canadian Zach Edey of Purdue and Tristen Newton of UConn are among the five finalists for the John R. Wooden Award as the nation’s outstanding men’s college basketball player of the season.

NEW YORK — Major League Soccer fined CF Montreal defender Joel Waterman an undisclosed amount Tuesday for failing to leave the field in a timely manner in last Saturday’s match against D.C. United.

UTICA, N.Y. — A capsule look at the 10-country field for the 2024 women's world hockey championship April 3-14 in Utica, N.Y. (listed accorded to tournament seeding).

UTICA, N.Y. — How the new Professional Women's Hockey League will change the international game is the buzz heading into the 2024 women's world hockey championship. The 10-country tournament opening Wednesday in Utica, N.Y.

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