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MONTREAL — There may come a day when Charlie Lindgren loses a game but until then, the Montreal Canadiens third-stringer is riding a wave.

TORONTO — They'd built a huge lead, the three-point shots were falling — finally — and the Toronto Raptors looked headed for an easy rout of the lowly Chicago Bulls. The Bulls, however, thought otherwise.

TORONTO — After sitting out eight games for clocking a teammate in practice, Bobby Portis couldn't wait to return to action with the Chicago Bulls. "I was ready.

NEW YORK — Connor McDavid stormed down the ice with Leon Draisaitl trailing a step behind. Two slick passes and a one-timer later, and the game was over.

Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Marcus Stroman is a Gold Glove winner for the first time in his career. MLB announced the winners of the award — which recognizes a player at each position's defensive abilities throughout the season — on Tuesday night.

WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. — Jennifer Wakefield scored three goals as Canada opened round-robin play at the Four Nations Cup with a 9-0 rout of Sweden on Tuesday afternoon at Florida Hospital Center Ice.

TORONTO — Former Toronto Blue Jays star pitcher Roy Halladay died Tuesday when his private plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. He was 40.

TORONTO — It didn't take long for Roy Halladay to make an impression when he got a chance to pitch at the big-league level. His second start in the major leagues came in Toronto's 1998 regular-season finale against the visiting Detroit Tigers.

VANCOUVER — Carl Robinson demonstrated with some of his late-season manoeuvres that emotion doesn't play into his decisions with the Vancouver Whitecaps.

Toronto Blue Jays pitching great Roy Halladay died on Tuesday after crashing his plane into the Gulf of Mexico. He was 40. Here are some of the highlights of his career in Major League Baseball.