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Defending champion Tyler Tardi opens with back-to-back wins at Canadian juniors
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – B.C. skip Tyler Tardi is off to a strong start in…
Guerrero Jr. highlights promising class of young Blue Jays prospects
TORONTO – Vlad Guerrero Jr. wants to be the best player he can when he…
Team World way in front of North America at Continental Cup
LAS VEGAS – Team North America is on the board at the Continental Cup, but…
Tardi aiming for three-peat at Canadian junior men’s curling playdowns
B.C. skip Tyler Tardi is always on the lookout for any morsel of knowledge that…
Curlers monitoring international developments ahead of Beijing World Cup
Canadian coach Marcel Rocque spent nearly three years working with the Chinese curling program. He’d…
Continental Cup in Vegas mixing and matching curlers in new team scramble
Kaitlyn Lawes playing third for Rachel Homan, Ben Hebert throwing lead stones for U.S. skip…
Homan wins Canadian Open to capture record-breaking 10th Grand Slam
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. – Rachel Homan is on a roll. The Ottawa skip picked up…
Epping, Bottcher reach final at Canadian Open Grand Slam of Curling event
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. – Toronto’s John Epping made quick work of Sweden’s Niklas Edin to…
Ozil dropped as Arsenal loses; Liverpool leads by 7 points
LONDON – Trailing 1-0 in a dreary London derby, what Arsenal manager Unai Emery needed…
Russian curler Krushelnitsky drops plans for doping appeal
MOSCOW – The Russian curler stripped of a bronze medal for doping at last year’s…
Bottcher, Mouat win A finals, advance to playoffs at Canadian Open
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. – Edmonton’s Brendan Bottcher and Scotland’s Bruce Mouat advanced to the playoffs…
In the Rings: Jacobs ices third different lineup in three events as Fry returns
After avoiding public comment since his ejection from the Red Deer Curling Classic, Ryan Fry…
CBC Sports head Stremlaw to leave corporation to run unnamed sports franchise
TORONTO – CBC Sports executive Greg Stremlaw will be leaving the corporation later this month…
Dubnyk perfect as Wild blank Canadiens 1-0; Weber avoids scary injury
MONTREAL – It looks like the Montreal Canadiens avoided the worst after losing captain Shea…
Ex-NFL Pro Bowl players try curling with 2022 Olympic goal
Defensive lineman Jared Allen retired from the NFL in 2015 and wasn’t ready to give…
In the Rings: Ryan Fry set to make his return with Team Jacobs at Canadian Open
After taking a leave of over six weeks after his disqualification from the Red Deer…
Now’s a good time to savour the subtle beauty of trees’ barks
Autumn’s fiery-colored leaves have fallen, so now let’s look for more subtle beauty in trees…
Dives, buzzer-beaters and kicks: 2018’s AP Plays of the Year
This was a year of moments. Justify won the Triple Crown. The U.S. beat Canada…
Scandal and justice: #MeToo reached the sports world in 2018
One by one they came forward, more than 150 in all. Fearful yet defiant. Vulnerable…
Top stories of 2018 – July-Dec.
JULY 2018 1 – Manuel Lopez Obrador won Mexico’s presidential election, defeating incumbent Enrique Pena…
Top stories of 2018 – Jan.-June
JANUARY 2018 1 – DeMar DeRozan scored a career-high and Toronto Raptors franchise single-game record…
With Fry still on leave, Team Jacobs to solidify lineup plans in coming days
With the Canadian Open just over a week away, Team Brad Jacobs is planning to…
Canadian sports fans win as longtime broadcast rivals force a raised game
TORONTO – The way the NHL regular season is shaping up, it’s a good bet…
China mines Canadian curling expertise ahead of 2022 Winter Games
China is serious about winning Olympic curling medals on home ice in 2022, and the…