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VanVleet has 32 as Raptors get 117-111 win over Rockets
HOUSTON (AP) - Fred VanVleet scored 32 points, Gary Trent Jr. added 29 and the Toronto Raptors snapped a two-game skid with a 117-111 win over the Houston Rockets on Friday night. The Raptors took a c...
Feb 3, 2023
Kitayama leads Pebble Beach as the worst of the wind looms
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Kurt Kitayama is starting to feel more comfortable each time he gets in contention on the PGA Tour, and the Californian can only hope that's the case going into the weekend...
Feb 3, 2023
CF Montreal tops Quebec semi-pro all-stars in friendly, looks to build on progression
MONTREAL - After four long weeks, CF Montreal concluded the first leg of training camp with a 6-1 win over the Premire ligue de soccer du Qubec's all-star team in a friendly match on Friday. Sunusi Ib...
Feb 3, 2023
Tiger-Cats OL Colin Kelly suspended for drug policy violation
TORONTO - The CFL has handed Hamilton Tiger-Cats offensive lineman Colin Kelly a two-game suspension for violating the league's drug policy. The league says Kelly tested positive for the banned substa...
Feb 3, 2023
California won't require COVID vaccine to attend schools
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California won't make children get the coronavirus vaccine to attend schools, state public health officials said Friday, reversing a state policy first announced by Gov. Gavi...
Feb 3, 2023
Crosby, Ovechkin reunited at NHL all-star game: 'They've kind of grown up together'
SUNRISE, Fla. - Alex Ovechkin predicts he will sit down with Sidney Crosby to look back on their careers one day. His forever rival agrees. For now, the dynamic duo linked by talent and circumstance s...
Feb 3, 2023
6th officer fired after beating death of Tyre Nichols
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A sixth Memphis officer was fired Friday after an internal police investigation showed he violated multiple department policies in the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols, including...
Feb 3, 2023
House arrest, probation for old-growth protester who blocked Metro Vancouver traffic
VANCOUVER - A man who took part in four traffic-stopping protests in Metro Vancouver in an effort to save old-growth forests has been given a conditional sentence and six months' probation by a provin...
Feb 3, 2023
Longstanding adult hockey tournament returns to Nanaimo for 40th year
NANAIMO - An annual February hockey tradition in Nanaimo is back following two years of pandemic restrictions scrapping the popular event. The 40th annual Tubbers Hockey Tournament sees 17 teams compe...
Feb 3, 2023
Kurleigh Gittens Jr. re-signs with Argos, Janarion Grant stays with Blue Bombers
A pair of CFL all-stars have re-signed with their teams. Wide receiver Kurleigh Gittens Jr. inked a three-year deal with the Toronto Argonauts on Friday and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers re-signed returne...
Feb 3, 2023