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'Confused' Leafs look to regroup after ugly road trip; Rielly nearing a return
TORONTO - With the Maple Leafs' locker room closed to reporters amid concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus, players were trotted out one by one Monday to a podium in the media lounge down...
Mar 11, 2020

NHL Notebook: Players ponder playing in empty arenas amid coronavirus fears
Mitch Marner has never played a game without fans. Even as a kid trying to hone his skills in frigid minor hockey arenas, there was always a parent, a sibling, a friend or even stranger...
Mar 11, 2020

Women's world hockey cancellation hits Nova Scotia player, coach hard
Blayre Turnbull was 10 years old when she saw the first women's world hockey championship played in her home province. A chance to follow in those players' footsteps was denied Saturday when...
Mar 11, 2020

Only essential staff and limited family at NCAA tournaments
NCAA tournament games will not be open to the general public because of concerns about the spread of coronavirus. NCAA President Mark Emmert said Wednesday that he made the decision to conduct both th...
Mar 11, 2020

Virus prompts late shows to drop audiences, ‘Survivor’ delay
LOS ANGELES - The ripple effect of the new coronavirus on the entertainment industry reached late-night television and far beyond to the series "Survivor" in Fiji. "The Tonight Show" and other late-ni...
Mar 11, 2020

Passengers on last flight into Canada from Rome talk of empty city
MONTREAL - Travellers arrived on the last Air Canada flight from Rome to Montreal today talking about an empty city that felt under siege from the novel coronavirus. Doris Hamelin and her husband...
Mar 11, 2020

Criminal case against top military judge collapses, charges withdrawn
OTTAWA - The criminal case against Canada's top military judge has collapsed. The Canadian Armed Forces' top prosecutor announced Wednesday that he was withdrawing all four charges against chief milit...
Mar 11, 2020

Only essential staff and limited family at NCAA tournaments
NCAA President Mark Emmert says NCAA Division I basketball tournament games will not be open to the general public because of concerns about the spread of coronavirus. Emmert said in a statement Wedne...
Mar 11, 2020

Canadian teen Thorsteinson eager to face big league bats in game against Jays
Canadian teenager Justin Thorsteinson wants to be challenged whenever he steps on a mound. If that means facing the most feared hitters in the Blue Jays lineup, he'll take it - gladly. Thorsteins...
Mar 11, 2020

Administration weighs delaying tax deadline amid outbreak
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is working on plans to delay the April 15 federal tax deadline for some taxpayers in a bid to soften the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the U.S. economy. T...
Mar 11, 2020