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TORONTO - For one night, Steven Stamkos and 38 other locked-out NHL players were back where they belonged.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks know they can't entirely dismiss the rivalry talk, not with the Nets just a few miles away. On the court and in the standings, the distance keeps growing.

SEATTLE - The Los Angeles Angels got the pitching depth they wanted. The Seattle Mariners got the power-bat they so desperately needed.

TORONTO - Donald Fehr says the NHL Players' Association is ready to get back to the bargaining table at any moment. He's just waiting for the NHL to feel the same way.

ST-HUBERT, Que. - The Stanley Cup may have been created by the office of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s governor general — but don't count on the current office-holder to take the trophy back. Gov. Gen.

TORONTO - sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s performance at the London Olympics may have been bathed in a bronze hue. It may have prompted cheeky chants of "We're No. 3!" and nicknames like "Bronzilla." But the Canadian storyline was a complicated one, says Mark Tewksbury.

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ opens the world junior hockey championship in Ufa, Russia, on Dec. 26. Here is a look at the players who make up the Canadian team: Goaltenders Malcolm Subban, Toronto — Quick and athletic, relies on speed.

CALGARY - The puck drop for sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s first three games at the world junior hockey championship in Russia is 4:30 a.m. ET. Host city Ufa is 10 to 14 hours ahead of the Canadian players' body clocks, depending on what part of the country they're from.

SAN DIEGO - All that happy talk about Phil Mickelson becoming part owner of his hometown San Diego Padres was just that — talk. Mickelson will not be involved with the group that bought the Padres in August, his spokesman, T.R.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Beating the Charlotte Bobcats by one point isn't a true barometer of where the slow-starting Los Angeles Lakers are at the moment.