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TORONTO — John Schneider will return to manage the Toronto Blue Jays next season, even though general manager Ross Atkins revealed it was Schneider's decision to remove starter Jose Berrios in the game that abruptly ended the underachieving team's se

The NHL's head coaching carousel continued to spin in the off-season with six teams making hires. Four organizations, meanwhile, have new general managers ahead of the 2023-24 campaign.

The NHL saw plenty of movement this summer as players said emotional goodbyes, forced moves out of town, signed on with new teams, and returned to old haunts.

XI'AN — Canada dropped a four-set loss (14-25, 25-22, 28-30, 16-25) to Belgium on Saturday to fall to 4-2 at the men's volleyball Olympic qualification tournament.

The influence of the international game in the NBA is nothing new and definitely no secret.

SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — Gavin McKenna completed his hat trick in overtime as the Medicine Hat Tigers edged the Swift Current Broncos 8-7 on Friday in Western Hockey League action.

VANCOUVER — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and their travelling fans, erupted in cheers as B.C. Lions quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. tried one last deep throw in overtime, only to see it fall incomplete.

Friday's Scoreboard CFL Toronto 35 Edmonton 12 Winnipeg 34 British Columbia 26 (OT) NHL pre-season New Jersey 3 N.Y. Islanders 0 Pittsburgh 7 Buffalo 4 Carolina 4 Nashville 1 Edmonton 3 Seattle 1 Vancouver 3 Calgary 1 The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER — Pre-season games don’t count.

EDMONTON — Jack Campbell has laid his claim to be the starting goaltender for the Edmonton Oilers once again. Campbell made 35 saves as the Oilers closed out pre-season play with a 3-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Friday.