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TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs found out what life is going to be like without defenceman Jake Muzzin, the lone Stanley Cup winner on their roster.

ATLANTA — A small plane en route to a college football playoff game crashed into a post office parking lot in Louisiana shortly after takeoff Saturday, killing five people, including a well-known sports reporter who was the daughter-in-law of one of

BOSTON — The Toronto Raptors didn’t need any speeches. That loss on Christmas was sticking in their minds the last few days.

Serena Williams dominated the decade, on the court and in conversation. There were, to begin with, the dozen Grand Slam single titles — no other woman had more than three over the past 10 seasons — and the 3 1/2 years in a row at No.

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Canada was already in big trouble before its superstar was felled by injury.

Toronto FC essentially got a little something for nothing Saturday, acquiring a third-round draft pick from expansion Inter Miami CF for the rights to Juan Agudelo.

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Dominik Bokk scored twice, including the winner on the power play at 7:33 of the third period, to help Germany upset host Czech Republic 4-3 at the world junior hockey championship on Saturday.

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Team Canada forward Alexis Lafreniere suffered a lower-body injury during the second period of Canada's game against Russia on Saturday at the world junior hockey championship.

NEWARK, United States — The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Saturday that Ilya Mikheyev had successful surgery to repair an artery and tendons in his wrist that were severed during the team’s game against the New Jersey Devils last night.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres forward Jeff Skinner will miss three to four weeks because of an upper body injury. The team did not provide any other details in announcing the update Saturday, a day after Skinner was injured in a 3-0 loss to Boston.