Category Archives: Sports
Maple Leafs hire Steve Sullivan as assistant coach
The Toronto Maple Leafs have hired Steve Sullivan as an assistant coach, the team announced Friday. Sullivan joins the NHL club after being an assistant with the Leafs' American Hockey League affiliat...
Dec 26, 2025
Swimmer Summer McIntosh again named The Canadian Press female athlete of the year
Summer McIntosh continued to blaze a trail in the pool in 2025. The 19-year-old swimmer from Toronto was voted The Canadian Press female athlete of the year for a third straight year. McIntosh won fou...
Dec 26, 2025
Large flag that was draped outside Manitoba's legislature is back with football club
WINNIPEG - A large Canadian flag that hung on the front of the Manitoba legislature has been returned to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers football team. The provincial government borrowed the nine-by-18-metr...
Dec 26, 2025
Jokic's 56-point triple-double powers Nuggets past Timberwolves in OT
DENVER (AP) - Nikola Jokic recorded a 56-point triple-double and set an NBA record with 18 points in overtime, leading the Denver Nuggets to a 142-138 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday n...
Dec 26, 2025
Jokic's 56-point triple-double powers Nuggets past Timberwolves in OT
DENVER (AP) - Nikola Jokic recorded a 56-point triple-double and set an NBA record with 18 points in overtime, leading the Denver Nuggets to a 142-138 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday n...
Dec 26, 2025
Spurs beat Thunder 117-102 for 3rd win over defending NBA champs in 2 weeks
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - De'Aaron Fox scored 29 points, and the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 117-102 on Thursday for their third win over the defending NBA champs in the past two w...
Dec 25, 2025
Raids carried out at Mexican homes linked to former Olympian Ryan Wedding
MEXICO CITY - Mexican authorities have executed four raids on homes linked to a suspect whose description matches that of former Olympic snowboarder and alleged Canadian drug kingpin Ryan Wedding. Mex...
Dec 25, 2025
Some of the players to watch at the world junior hockey championship
The world junior hockey championship gets going Friday with plenty of top-end talent set to be on display. Future stars in the NHL to suit up at the men's under-20 tournament in recent years include C...
Dec 25, 2025
Roughriders re-sign Canadian receiver Samuel Emilus to two-year contract extension
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed Canadian receiver Samuel Emilus to a two-year contract extension, the CFL club announced Wednesday. Emilus was named the top Canadian of this year's Grey Cup a...
Dec 24, 2025
'There was one phone call to be made:' Hunter back to lead Canada at world juniors
Alan Millar and Scott Salmond were sifting through the wreckage. Canada had endured a second straight quarterfinal exit at the world junior hockey championship - this time on home soil. The battered a...
Dec 24, 2025
