Michigan was given three years of probation, fined and hit with recruiting limits by the NCAA on Tuesday after football coaches and staff had impermissible contact with recruits and players under then-coach Jim Harbaugh while access was restricted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The NCAA said it had reached a negotiated ...

Travis Kelce's NFL off-season with the Kansas City Chiefs has been a busy one. The Super Bowl LVIII-winning tight end is the host of a new game show called "Are You Smarter than a Celebrity?" for Prime Video, the streaming service confirmed Tuesday. Filming for the 20-episode season has already completed. The...

The Arizona Coyotes are headed out the door for Utah after insisting for years they would stay. Team owner Alex Meruelo is expected to sell the team for $1.2 billion to Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith, who intends to move the franchise to Salt Lake City. The deal could come as soon as Thursday, a day after the Coyotes' fina...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A cheerleading club in Lethbridge is celebrating recent success.Teams from Peak Elite Cheerleading competed at the Canadian Cheer Nationals in Niagara Falls, Ontario April 12-14, 2024.The big highlight of the weekend was a national championship title win for one of Peak Elite's teams, Yetis. Officials ...

WINNIPEG - Three 17-year-old boys have been arrested following alleged hazing involving a high school hockey team from rural Manitoba. RCMP say there are five complainants, ages 15 and 16, who were rookies on the team. The alleged assaults happened in January and November, when the team was staying at a Winnipeg hotel ...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Canada is one win away from qualifying for the FIFA Futsal World Cup this fall in Uzbekistan. But to get there, the Canadian men will have to get past reigning CONCACAF champion Costa Rica in quarterfinal play Wednesday at the CONCACAF Futsal Championship at Polideportivo Alexis Arguello. The Canad...

TORONTO - Lululemon says it is combining function and fashion in its first-ever summer kit for Canada's Olympians and Paralympians. The Canadian outfitter unveiled its kit for this summer's Paris Olympics and Paralympics today in Toronto. The company says it conducted product testing and feedback sessions with 19 Canad...

Veteran skip Brendan Bottcher is looking for teammates after parting ways with the crew he has led for the past two years. Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert and coach Paul Webster made a joint announcement Tuesday on social media that they "have decided to make a change at the skip position." Bottcher s...

Blake Griffin announced his retirement Tuesday after a 14-year career that included six All-Star selections, Rookie of the Year honors and a dunk contest victory. Griffin said in a social media post that he's "thankful for every single moment" of his career. He was the No. 1 overall pick by the Los Angeles Cl...

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - The Arizona Coyotes dubbed Mullett Arena "The Party Barn" for its raucous, closed-quarters atmosphere. The NHL's smallest arena ended up being one of the franchise's biggest problems and will be the site of one final party that will be more like a wake. The Coyotes' game against Edmonton o...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge has been selected to host two more curling championships in 2025.The 2025 U SPORTS/Curling Canada Canadian University Championships and the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association/Curling Canada Canadian College Championships will be held in the city.Nolan Thiessen, Chief Executive Officer of...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Three Lethbridge Hurricanes have been listed on the NHL Central Scouting rankings ahead of the 2024 NHL Draft.Miguel Marques, Brayden Edwards and Landen Ward have all made the list.Marques was ranked as the 53rd North American skater in the draft. The Prince George, B.C. product was the Hurricanes' lea...

NEW YORK (AP) - Whitey Herzog, the gruff and ingenious Hall of Fame manager who guided the St. Louis Cardinals to three pennants and a World Series title in the 1980s and perfected an intricate, nail-biting strategy known as "Whiteyball," has died. He was 92. Cardinals spokesman Brian Bartow said Tuesday the ...

MONTREAL - The NHL says it has cleared Logan Mailloux for participation after the Montreal Canadiens recalled the defenceman Monday night ahead of their regular-season finale Tuesday. The 21-year-old Mailloux is expected to make his NHL debut against the Detroit Red Wings after spending the entire season to date with t...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - There will be some local representation at the Calgary Stampede this summer.The Lethbridge Lodging Association has announced that its consumer-facing brand, VisitLethbridge.com, has secured a sponsorship of a renowned chuckwagon racer. Chance Thomson will be competing in the 2024 Rangeland Derby at the...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A federal appeals court has overturned a West Virginia transgender sports ban, finding that the law violates Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools. The ruling Tuesday from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocks a West Virginia law bannin...

NEW YORK - Boston University Macklin Celebrini remained the top North American skater in the NHL Central Scouting Bureau's final rankings released Tuesday ahead of the 2024 entry draft. Celebrini, a 17-year-old freshman from North Vancouver, B.C., led the Terriers with 64 points (32 goals, 32 assists) in 38 games this ...

MONTREAL - The organization that oversees Montreal's Olympic Stadium is holding an international competition to find a second life for the building's tattered, old roof. The Olympic Park has launched a contest on how best to recycle and reuse the materials and components that are set to be dismantled this summer. Quebe...

MUNICH - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime was pushed to the limit before narrowly defeating Germany's Maximilian Marterer 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6), and 7-6 (3) in the first round of the Bavarian International Tennis Championships on Tuesday. Auger-Aliassime, firing 11 aces, overcame the unseeded Marterer in a marathon match th...

The Canadian men are getting another high-profile test in advance of this summer's Copa America. Canada Soccer has confirmed the 49th-ranked Canadians will play No. 2 France on June 9 at the Matmut Atlantique in Bordeaux, a 42,115-capacity stadium that is home to Ligue 2's FC Girondins de Bordeaux. The France game come...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The Buffalo Sabres fired head coach Don Granato on Tuesday, making him the seventh coach to be ousted during what's grown into an NHL-record 13-season playoff drought. The move was announced by the team a day after the Sabres closed their season with a 4-2 win at Tampa Bay. They finished with a 39-...

NEW YORK (AP) - Arenas are full, the NHL is a fixture on TV screens across North America, highlight-reel goals are talking points on a near-daily basis and "The Pat McAfee Show" even has a segment called "Hockey is Awesome." Piece it all together, and more eyes are on the puck than ever before with ...

EDMONTON - Warren Foegele had two goals and Adam Henrique and Dylan Holloway each had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers closed out the home portion of their regular-season schedule with some panache, squashing the San Jose Sharks 9-2 on Monday. Connor McDavid had a goal and added his 100th assist of the sea...

EDMONTON - Connor McDavid has achieved something only three other people in the NHL have ever done. The Edmonton Oilers captain, who missed his team's last three games with an undisclosed injury, recorded his 100th assist of the season in Monday's game against the visiting San Jose Sharks. Wayne Gretzky did it 11 times...

John Carlson scored another big goal, Charlie Lindgren stopped all 16 shots he faced, and the Washington Capitals moved another step closer to the playoffs by beating the Boston Bruins 2-0 on Monday night. Nic Dowd sealed it with an empty-netter with 11.7 seconds left, and now a win at Philadelphia on Tuesday night wou...

NEW YORK (AP) - Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist, Igor Shesterkin made 26 saves for his fourth shutout of the season, and the New York Rangers beat the Ottawa Senators 4-0 on Monday night to clinch the Presidents' Trophy for the NHL's best regular-season record. Jack Roslovic, Adam Fox and Alexis Lafreniere also...

DETROIT (AP) - Lucas Raymond scored 4:35 into overtime after he scored a game-tying goal with 1:17 left in regulation, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-4 comeback win over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night that keeps their playoff hopes alive. Detroit drew iron on two shots in overtime before Raymond's shot fr...

TORONTO - Chris Bassitt provided a quality start and Alejandro Kirk had two hits as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees 3-1 on Monday night at Rogers Centre. Bassitt (2-2) held the Yankees to one earned run and four hits over his 6 1/3-inning appearance. Yimi Garcia pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his...