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ROME - For a city already familiar with losing a basketball hero, Kobe Bryant's death made a particularly strong impact in the Italian town of Rieti. Nicknamed "the centre of Italy" for its geographic...

ROME - For a city already familiar with losing a basketball hero, Kobe Bryant's death made a particularly strong impact in the Italian town of Rieti. Nicknamed "the centre of Italy" for its geographic...

CALGARY - The National Sport School in Calgary that produces Olympic and Paralympic champions faces possible closure after a quarter century. The Calgary Olympic Development Association - no...

MONTREAL - An "incredibly happy and very relieved" Laurence Vincent Lapointe said Monday she's ready to resume training for her sport's Olympic debut after an anti-doping panel conclude...

LOS ANGELES - From the red carpet to the main stage, sadness loomed over music's biggest night Sunday at the arena in downtown Los Angeles where Kobe Bryant played for 20 years for the city's NBA team...

SAN ANTONIO - The Toronto Raptors and San Antonio Spurs did not want to be on the court after learning Kobe Bryant had died, but they tried to honour him as best they could. The teams collaborated on ...

LANGLEY, B.C. - It was a Manitoba sweep at the Canadian junior curling championships. Manitoba third Karlee Burgess captured a record third Canadian women's junior title on Sunday, helping Mackenzie Z...

DARTMOUTH, N.S. - Colleen Jones fell just short in her bid to skip a Nova Scotia rink at the Canadian women's curling championship at the age of 60. Jones, a six-time Scotties Tournament of ...

CALABASAS, Calif. - Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles La...

Jay Triano remembers the day Kobe Bryant explained why he wore No. 24. "It represented the number of hours in a day, and that's what it would take to be the best," Triano said. Triano reminisced with ...