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TORONTO — Greg Vanney's first MLS ejection as coach proved to be a classy exit.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames signed forward Garnet Hathaway to a one-year, two-way contract on Thursday. The Kennebunkport, Maine native split last season between the Flames and their AHL affiliate, the Stockton Heat.

The United States isn't as invested in O.J. Simpson's fate as it was two decades ago, when his Los Angeles murder trial divided blacks and whites.

Toronto FC striker Sebastian Giovinco, forced out of Wednesday's 2-2 tie in New York with a lower back bruise, was reported moving and feeling better Thursday.

BOSTON — Steve Pearce blooped the ball to the edge of the outfield grass, and Red Sox second baseman Brock Holt was there. He planted his feet. He raised his arm to catch it. But something wasn't quite right.

SOUTHPORT, England — The wind off the Irish Sea pushed away the rain clouds and bathed Royal Birkdale in sunshine, Stars and Stripes. The British Open began Thursday with an All-American flavour .

LOVELOCK, Nev. — O.J.

Nik Lewis is now part of a very elite group. The veteran receiver cracked the 1,000-catch plateau Wednesday night in the Montreal Alouettes' 24-19 loss to the Ottawa Redblacks.

TORONTO — Looking to capture the growing number of consumers cutting their cable cord, DAZN has launched a sports streaming service in Canada.

UFC fights can start in all sorts of places. For Canadian featherweight Jeremy (JBC) Kennedy, the seed for Saturday's showdown with Kyle (Crash) Bochniak was planted in a podcast.