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NHL suspends Leafs centre Nazem Kadri three games for hit on Bruins' Wingels
NEW YORK - Toronto Maple Leafs centre Nazem Kadri has been suspended three game by the NHL for his hit on Boston Bruins forward Tommy Wingels in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. Kadri was a...
Apr 13, 2018
SJHL named Broncos 'Player of the Week' to honour victims of fatal bus crash
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League has named the entire Humboldt Broncos hockey team as player of the week. The SJHL honoured the team in the wake of an accident last week when the Broncos’ b...
Apr 13, 2018
Minus the suspended Kadri, Leafs looking to rebound against Bruins in Game 2
BOSTON - Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock usually meets the media after practice with sweat dripping from his brow following a quick and intense off-ice workout. Friday’s session took...
Apr 13, 2018
Standing room only as Humboldt Broncos bus driver remembered at service
CARROT RIVER, Sask. - Hundreds gathered in a small northeastern Saskatchewan town Friday to pay their respects to the Humboldt Broncos bus driver who died with 15 others as a result of the crash last ...
Apr 13, 2018
Kyle Lowry: Raptors need to treat Game 1 against Wizards like a Game 7
TORONTO - A lot of critical fingers pointed in Kyle Lowry’s direction when the Toronto Raptors were swept by Washington in the opening round of the 2015 NBA playoffs. The humiliating exit was a ...
Apr 13, 2018
Homan winless, world champion Jones undefeated at Players' Championship
TORONTO - Ottawa’s Rachel Homan remained winless at the Players’ Championship, losing her final round-robin game 8-3 to Scotland’s Eve Muirhead in Friday’s evening draw. Homan ...
Apr 13, 2018
Blue Jays place 3B Josh Donaldson on DL with shoulder injury
CLEVELAND - The Toronto Blue Jays have placed third baseman Josh Donaldson on the 10-day disabled with right shoulder inflammation. Donaldson, the AL’s MVP in 2015, is batting .239 with three ho...
Apr 13, 2018
Canada's Nurse looks forward to taking her responsibility as role model to WNBA
TORONTO - Kia Nurse was just 15 when her uncle Donovan McNabb took her to a Minnesota Lynx game. Nurse and McNabb, a 13-year NFL veteran who’d just been traded to the Vikings, had courtside seat...
Apr 13, 2018
South American nations to vote for 2026 N America World Cup
The North American bid for the 2026 World Cup has gained the support of the 10 South American soccer nations. The announcement from CONMEBOL on Friday came two months before the FIFA Congress is due t...
Apr 13, 2018
Athletes mobilize, tell Calgary not to bail on a bid for 2026 Winter Games
CALGARY - Sensing a Calgary bid for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games is about to die, some Canadian athletes have mobilized to keep it alive. About 50 active and retired athletes held a news conf...
Apr 13, 2018