Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - J.A. Happ thought he pitched better than his stat line suggested on Sunday. Nicholas Castellanos hit a grand slam off the Toronto left-hander as the Detroit Tigers beat the Blue Jays 9-1 to ...

OTTAWA - As promised months ago, Ottawa Senators general manager Pierre Dorion made a contract offer to Erik Karlsson on Sunday. Whether it does anything to clear up the star defenceman’s future...

TORONTO - Teen phenom R.J. Barrett made a huge splash in his national senior basketball team debut. But partly lost in Barrett’s big shadow was the play of his friend and fellow 18-year-old Andr...

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets signed free-agent goaltender Laurent Brossoit to a one-year contract on Sunday. The deal will pay Brossoit US$650,000. Brossoit played 14 games for the Edmonton Oilers las...

NEW YORK - While other players were prepping for this season at spring training, Jose Bautista was on his own. A six-time All-Star without a big league job, Bautista remained eager to catch on somewhe...

LONDON - Denis Shapovalov is heading into Wimbledon with low expectations. The young star from Richmond Hill, Ont., has a tough draw at the third Grand Slam of the season, beginning with a first-round...

EDMONTON - A former Oiler and Oiler draft pick are returning to Edmonton. The team brought 34-year-old centre Kyle Brodziak back to his home province and signed forward Tobias Rieder when NHL unrestri...

CALGARY - Versatile forwards were hot commodities for the Calgary Flames when unrestricted free agency opened Sunday. The team tapped into the Carolina Hurricanes pipeline again to get one. Calgary si...

NANAIMO, B.C. - A large aluminum dragon sculpture that went missing from its perch in a Nanaimo, B.C., park has been found. Artist Heather Wall says in an email the dragon turned up in a library parki...

John Tavares signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday, ending the saga of one of the most highly sought after free agents in NHL history. The 27-year-old will make US$77 million over the next sev...