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Josh Donaldson says he’s retiring after a 13-year career in which he was voted the 2015 AL MVP and was selected to three All-Star Games.

NEW YORK — Defenceman swept the latest NHL player of the week awards, with Nashville's Roman Josi, Florida's Brandon Montour and Winnipeg's Josh Morrissey earning honours.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville Predators don’t appear likely to be sellers at the NHL trade deadline, and they took an important step toward at least standing pat in their playoff pursuit by extending pending free agent forward Tommy Novak.

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks have converted the contract of Canadian guard A.J. Lawson from a two-way to a standard NBA deal. The move makes Lawson, from Brampton, Ont., eligible to play for Dallas in the post-season.

One-quarter of respondents polled last year felt that racism and discrimination were problems in community sports in the country, according to a survey published Monday by Statistics Canada.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — There's still a chance Mike Evans could play his entire career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Soccer is going back to having its All-Star Game feature the league's top players facing the best of Mexico's Liga MX. MLS said Monday the July 24 game at Lower.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Austin Eckroat waited a long time to become a winner on the PGA Tour. Another day didn’t hurt.

The Canadian women, coming off a fourth-place showing in Los Angeles, have been drawn with the U.S., Japan and Spain in Pool C at next month's Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens.

Never say never. There’s a slim chance that one day someone will join LeBron James in the NBA’s 40,000-point club .