Raptors head coach Nick Nurse seemed pretty deflated as he took the podium to break down Toronto’s crushing Game 3 overtime loss to Joel Embiid and the Sixers. Follow our Raptors coverage all season long on Yahoo Sports Canada.

BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 22 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, and the Boston Celtics rallied from 17 points down to beat the Brooklyn Nets 114-107 on Wednesday night and take a 2-0 lead in their first-round series. Jayson Tatum added 19 points for the Celtics, who held Kevin Durant without a basket in the second half. Al Horford had 16 points, Daniel Theis scored 15 and Payton Pritchard had eight of his 10 in the final period. Durant finished with 27 points but struggled from

Two things are clear in the wake of Samuel's trade request: A bunch of teams want to acquire him, but as one NFL executive put it, the 49ers "do not want to trade him. At all."

DeMar DeRozan made sure the Chicago Bulls altered their painful recent history against the Milwaukee Bucks and gave this first-round series a fresh new start. Now it’s the defending champion Bucks who are suddenly hurting as the teams head to Chicago all tied up. DeRozan scored a career playoff-high 41 points and the Bulls outlasted the Bucks 114-110 on Wednesday night in Game 2.

Led by Jayson Tatum’s 19 points, six rebounds and 10 assists, the No. 2 seed Celtics defeated the No. seven seed Nets in Game two, 114-107. Jaylen Brown added 22 points, four rebounds and six assists for the Celtics in the victory, while Kevin Durant (27 points, 4-17 FG) and Kyrie Irving (10 points, 4-13 FG) combined for 37 points for the Nets. The Celtics lead this best-of-seven First Round series 2-0, with Game three taking place on Saturday, April 23 (ESPN, 7:30 p.m. ET).

These are the most common causes of vaginal pain, according to ob-gyns—from endometriosis, infections like STIs, to menopause—and what to do about them.

The Tampa Bay Lightning clinched a spot in the postseason, but they're still looking for answers on the defensive end. The silver lining from Tuesday's loss to Detroit was captain Steven Stamkos earning another franchise milestone.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers are on the cusp of clinching a playoff spot. Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists to move back into the league lead for points as the Oilers earned a 5-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night. It's all but a foregone conclusion the Oilers will clinch as they're nine points up on both Vegas and Vancouver, who are tied for fourth in the Pacific Division with all three teams having five games to play. “I think guys are confident right now,” McDavid sai

Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson left the game with a concussion in the first inning.

Precious Achiuwa summed up his night as a “learning experience” following the best postseason outing of his career — one that was unfortunately marred by a pair of tough missed free throws in the game’s dying minutes. Follow our Raptors coverage all season long on Yahoo Sports Canada.

Here are the top stories for Wednesday, April 20th: Zelenskyy offers trade for trapped civilians; UN leader seeks peace talks in Moscow, Kyiv; Johnny Depp testifies he was demeaned, berated by ex-wife; Feminine focus at Venice Biennale.

MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 26 more deaths due to COVID-19 today and 100 more people hospitalized with the disease. There are now 2,381 people in hospital with COVID-19 after 235 patients were admitted in the past 24 hours and 135 were discharged. The number of people in intensive care is stable at 101. Health officials say there are 10,833 health workers off the job for reasons linked to the novel coronavirus. Officials are reporting 2,330 new cases by PCR testing, which is limited to certai

Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for residents near Mount Union in north-central Arizona. (April 19)

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Marlene Thomas had a front-row seat to hear Pope Francis make his historic apology to Canada's Indigenous people earlier this month, but her journey included a sudden and unexpected stay in hospital in Rome — and it nearly kept her away from the long-awaited event. "I was elated," said Thomas, 67, at home again on Lennox Island First Nation this week. "I wouldn't have got any other opportunity. I figured that was my time, my only time that I could get to see him and be in the same room." On Apri

As Melissa Sims and Andrew Mills watched news coverage of the war in Ukraine, they were moved to help. An urgent call for ambulances and medical supplies flashed across the screen, and they knew they could use their expertise in emergency medicine to help. "When we were seeing paramedics being attacked and targeted, as well as ambulances being shelled, it kind of struck home for us," Sims said. As of Tuesday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) estimates there have been 4,966 civil

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia assaulted cities and towns along a boomerang-shaped front hundreds of miles long and poured more troops into the country Tuesday in a potentially pivotal battle for control of Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories. If successful, the Russian offensive in what is known as the Donbas would essentially slice Ukraine in two and give President Vladimir Putin a badly needed victory after the failed attempt by Moscow's forces to storm the capital

Epidemiologists say the COVID-19 reinfection period could be shorter with the new Omicron variants. Abigail Turner reports.

Kelowna wine tour operator Nicholas Wilson says he remembers his parents being gobsmacked when he told them five years ago he wanted to organize cannabis tours in the Okanagan, once Canada legalized the use of recreational weed. "The baby boomer generation, you know, they were fed those indoctrinated documentaries like Reefer Madness," Wilson said of the 1936 American propaganda film filled with alarmist views about marijuana addiction. "My mum was terrified if she smoked a joint, she would imme

The Nova Scotia government says it is "urgently" processing applications from Ukrainian nationals hoping to come to the province. It is part of efforts to streamline the immigration process for Ukrainians fleeing the war in their country and make it easier for newcomers to settle in Nova Scotia, said the province Wednesday in a news release. Those efforts also include working with the YMCA to help Ukrainians arriving in the province access employment and community supports, including settlement

Two toddlers suffered burn-type injuries Easter Monday after coming into contact with a grizzly bear statue in a downtown Kelowna park. Elizabeth Jacobson says she was out for a morning walk with grandkids Emma and Kalum in Kelowna City Park when they came upon the bear sculptures. "My little grandson [Kalum] wanted to kiss the bear, then he put his cheek against the big bear's ear," she told Sarah Penton, the host of CBC's Radio West. "Almost instantaneously, he started grabbing at his tongue a