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VANCOUVER — A single word resonates for the Vancouver Canucks heading into a new NHL season — playoffs.

The Maple Leafs thought they had addressed the problem.

Mark Scheifele is ready for the NHL to feel normal again. And after 19 months living in a global pandemic, very different at the same time. Fans in the stands, road trips to the U.S.

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Missing some key players and facing a physical Jamaica side under fire for a poor start to the final round of World Cup qualifying, Canada emerged with a valuable away point after a scoreless draw Sunday.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Canadian Leylah Fernandez rallied from an error-filled first set to defeat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in a marathon match in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open Sunday night.

CHICAGO (AP) — Two big swings by pint-sized Leury García. A rule-testing run by Yasmani Grandal. Solid relief work from Liam Hendriks and company. Right when the Chicago White Sox got in big trouble, they found a way.

Sunday's Games MLB Playoffs American League Division Series Boston 6 Tampa Bay 4 (13 innings) (Boston leads series 2-1) Chicago 12 Houston 6 (Houston leads series 2-1) --- NBA Pre-Season San Antonio 101 Orlando 100 Chicago 102 Cleveland 101 Milwaukee

INDIAN WELLS, Calif (AP) — Iga Swiatek routed 25th-seeded Veronika Kudermetova 6-1, 6-0 on Sunday to reach the third round of the BNP Paribas Open. Andy Murray had to work a lot harder to get there.

BOSTON (AP) — Saved by a bizarre bounce and an obscure ruling, the Boston Red Sox beat Tampa Bay 6-4 Sunday night on a walk-off, two-run homer by Christian Vázquez in the 13th inning to move one victory from eliminating the 100-win Rays from the AL D

RIMOUSKI, Que. — Julien Beland scored 54 seconds into overtime to give the Rimouski Oceanic a 3-2 victory over the Victoriaville Tigres in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action Sunday.