Category Archives: The Canadian Press

NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Knicks jumped on the Utah Jazz for a 23-0 lead Friday night, the largest game-opening run in the NBA since the league began keeping detailed play-by-play for all four quar...

HOUSTON (AP) - Kevin Durant became the eighth player in NBA history to reach 31,000 career points on Friday night in the Houston Rockets' game against the Phoenix Suns. He entered the game needing jus...

LOS ANGELES - Former Vancouver Whitecaps boss Marc Dos Santos has been named head coach of Los Angeles FC. The 48-year-old from Montreal succeeds Steve Cherundolo, who announced in April that he was s...

VANCOUVER - A horse racing tradition in Vancouver for more than 130 years is closing permanently. Hastings Racecourse and Casino says in a statement that thoroughbred horse racing at the facility in E...

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers says he anticipates Giannis Antetokounmpo missing about a month as the two-time MVP recovers from a strained right calf. Initial reports indicated Ant...

DAVIE - Maria Sanchez scored a hat trick to lift Mexico's Tigres Femenil to a 3-2 win over AFC Toronto at the World Sevens Football seven-a-side tournament Friday. Tigres rallied from 1-0 and 2-1 defi...

Conservation officers in British Columbia are no longer actively trying to capture the grizzly bear responsible for last month's "extraordinary attack" on a group of schoolchildren and teachers that l...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Six-time Pro Bowl cornerback Darius Slay has decided not to report to the Buffalo Bills for now to focus instead on his family and consider retirement after a 13-year NFL car...

BOSTON (AP) - LeBron James and Luka Doncic are both out for the Los Angeles Lakers' matchup with the Boston Celtics on Friday night. James is sitting with sciatica, which kept him sidelined for the fi...

MIAMI - In the midst of preparing for their biggest game of the season, several Vancouver Whitecaps players took a break Friday to watch the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw. After all, many wanted to know wh...