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NEW YORK (AP) — Demonstrators supporting Nets guard Kyrie Irving and protesting New York's vaccine mandate gathered outside Barclays Center on Sunday before Brooklyn's home opener.

LAS VEGAS — Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue won the final Skate America of their careers on Sunday by a tiny margin while Canada's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorenson took the bronze. The U.S.

ASTLE, N.B. — The driver of a car died Sunday in a collision with a bus transporting the Miramichi Timberwolves Junior A hockey team on a New Brunswick road.

BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — Jin Young Ko birdied her first playoff hole with fellow South Korean player Hee Jeong Lim to win the BMW Ladies Championship on Sunday. The LPGA Tour said Ko is projected to become world No.

CHIBA, Japan (AP) — Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama had three birdies in five holes on the back nine and eagled the 18th for good measure for a five-stroke victory at the PGA Tour's Zozo Championship on Sunday.

BEIJING — Canadian speedskater Pascal Dion won a bronze medal in the men's 1,000 metres at a World Cup Short Track competition on Sunday. The Montreal native edged Japan's Kazuki Yoshinaga in a photo finish to claim third place in one minute 26.

BEIJING — Canada bounced back from an opening loss by winning a pair of round-robin games Sunday at the world wheelchair curling championship.

SÖLDEN, Austria (AP) — Swiss skier Marco Odermatt edged surprise first-run leader Roland Leitinger of Austria by .07 of a second Sunday to win the season-opening men’s World Cup giant slalom.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane likely will miss Sunday night's game against Detroit because of the NHL's COVID-19 protocol.

One of the formative victories of Jill Brothers' curling career came at the Liverpool Curling Club almost 15 years ago. She's hoping a return to hometown ice at the upcoming qualifier for the Olympic trials yields a similar result.