Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence leaves with shoulder injury after ...

Associated Press

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence cleared the NFL's concussion protocol Saturday and will travel with the team to Tampa Bay. Lawrence is expected to start against the Buccaneers (7-7) on Sunday, a huge boost for the Jaguars (8-6) as they try to end a three-game losing streak and stay atop the AFC South. Lawrence practiced Friday for the first time all week and was later cleared by team doctors and the league's independent neurological consultant.

The Canadian Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Auston Matthews added to his torrid stretch with two goals and an assist, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Saturday night. Matthews scored for the seventh consecutive game. He has 12 goals during the streak, running his NHL-leading total to 28 on the season. William Nylander had a short-handed goal and two assists, extending his point streak to 11 games while helping Toronto stop a two-game slide. John Tavares also scored, and Mitchell Marne

The Canadian Press

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mason Rudolph didn't get ahead of himself. Nor should he. Call it the residue of six years spent mostly as an afterthought for an organization that said once upon a time it regarded him as a first-round pick. So while the Pittsburgh Steelers longtime backup quarterback soaked in a dominant 34-11 win over Cincinnati on Saturday night in which he served not as a “freeloader” (his term for being a third-stringer on game days) but a difference-maker while throwing for 290 yards and

Reuters

Chinese state media accused the Philippines on Monday of repeatedly infringing on China's territory in the South China Sea, spreading false information and colluding with extraterritorial forces to cause trouble. The Philippines has relied on U.S. support to continually provoke China, with such "extremely dangerous" behaviour seriously harming regional peace and stability, China's Communist Party mouthpiece, the People's Daily, wrote in a commentary on Monday. The Philippines foreign ministry and a national task force handling the South China Sea did not immediately respond on Christmas Day to requests for comment on the report.

The Canadian Press

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Baker Mayfield threw for 283 yards and two touchdowns to help the NFC South-leading Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Trevor Lawrence and the reeling Jacksonville Jaguars 30-12 for their fourth straight victory on Sunday. The Jaguars (8-7) lost their fourth game in a row, this time with Lawrence starting but struggling to find a rhythm after spending the past week in the NFL's concussion protocol. The third-year quarterback threw a second-half TD pass to Calvin Ridley before spending

The Canadian Press

WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Chelsea slumped to a third defeat in four Premier League games as second-half goals from Mario Lemina and Matt Doherty earned Wolverhampton a deserved 2-1 victory at Molineux on Sunday. Lemina headed in unmarked from Pablo Sarabia’s corner early in the second period, just reward after Gary O’Neil’s side had weathered early pressure and the hosts had spurned a host of chances, most glaringly from Raheem Sterling. Chelsea labored to find a way back, but as has been th

The Canadian Press

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — More than a year after it was put up for sale, Manchester United said Sunday that British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe had agreed to buy a minority stake in the storied Premier League club. Ratcliffe, who owns petrochemicals giant INEOS and is one of Britain’s richest people, has bought a stake of “up to 25%” of the 20-time league champions and will invest $300 million in its Old Trafford stadium. As part of the deal, United said Ratcliffe would take responsibility for th

CBC

When Simon Richard laces up his skates and takes the ice for Canada's blind hockey team, he hopes more countries will be inspired to invest in the sport. Canadian Blind Hockey announced the first half of its national team roster on Dec. 14. It will decide which other players to add to the team at the Canadian National Blind Hockey Tournament from March 22-24 in Toronto."It's always an honour to represent Canada for sure," said Richard, of Dieppe, N.B. "You dream of it as a kid, of course, and yo

CBC

Nolen Greenspan rubs his hand along his five o'clock shadow as he waits his turn in the barber chair."This is not me," he says of the stubble. "I don't like it at all." He's among half a dozen men lined up for Collin Alfred's free services in Hamilton's bustling, downtown Gore Park — an unlikely place for a beard shave or hair trim, but a "great opportunity" all the same, Greenspan says. "I do need it for my confidence," says the 46-year-old Hamilton resident who is on a fixed income.Alfred, 28,

The Canadian Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers will get top cornerback Jaire Alexander and running back AJ Dillon back for Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers but will be without two of their top wide receivers. Christian Watson (hamstring) and Jayden Reed (toe/chest) were declared inactive. Alexander, who had been listed as questionable this week, has missed the past six games for the Packers with a shoulder injury. He should provide some needed help in the secondary for a Green Bay team

The Canadian Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans will be starting Ryan Tannehill at quarterback with rookie Will Levis declared out for Sunday's game against Seattle. The Seahawks (7-7) are on the NFC playoff bubble going into Sunday's games, just a spot outside the seventh and final playoff spot. They're getting some help with the Titans (5-9) already eliminated from contention, having put a pair of defensive starters on injured reserve in safety Amani Hooker and two-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman