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Shohei Ohtani wins 3rd AP Male Athlete of the Year award, tying Michael Jordan for 1 shy of record
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shohei Ohtani is keeping elite company. The Japanese superstar caps 2024 by winning The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for the third time, tying him with basketball great...
Dec 23, 2024
Shohei Ohtani wins 3rd AP Male Athlete of the Year award, tying Michael Jordan for 1 shy of record
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shohei Ohtani is keeping elite company. The Japanese superstar caps 2024 by winning The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for the third time, tying him with basketball great...
Dec 23, 2024
Mounties in Squamish, B.C., recover stolen search-and-rescue equipment
SQUAMISH, B.C. - Mounties in Squamish, B.C., say they have recovered BC Parks and search-and-rescue equipment that was stolen this fall. They say in a news release that police received a report on Oct...
Dec 23, 2024
An ex-police officer is convicted of lying about leaks to the Proud Boys leader
WASHINGTON (AP) - A retired police officer in the nation's capital was convicted Monday of lying to authorities about leaking confidential information to the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group. ...
Dec 23, 2024
'Make dreams become reality': Canada set to begin world junior quest on home soil
Easton Cowan watched Canada's chances crumble in an instant. The winger was seated on the bench at last year's world junior hockey championship when Czechia scored a late winner off a lucky bounce to ...
Dec 23, 2024
Ontario asks Canada's highest court to hear youth-led climate case
TORONTO - Ontario is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to urgently decide whether it will hear a historic youth-led challenge of the province's climate plan. It's the first case to be tried in Canada...
Dec 23, 2024
House Ethics Committee accuses Gaetz of 'regularly' paying for sex with women, including minor
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Ethics Committee on Monday accused Matt Gaetz of "regularly" paying women, including a 17-year-old girl, for sex and purchasing and using illicit drugs all while the Florid...
Dec 23, 2024
Q&A: Canada Basketball’s Steve Baur says women’s team will build off Paris failure
Expectations for Canada's women's basketball team were high heading into 2024. Veteran WNBA stars Natalie Achonwa and Kia Nurse were set to lead the squad into a fourth-straight Olympics in Paris, whe...
Dec 23, 2024
Matt Petgrave makes crowdfunding appeal, calls death of Adam Johnson a 'tragic accident'
Hockey player Matt Petgrave has called the death of Adam Johnson "a tragic accident" in a public appeal for donations to his legal costs amid a police investigation. Johnson, who had briefly played fo...
Dec 23, 2024
'Front-row seats to something amazing': 2024 had unforgettable moments in sports
Patrick Mahomes threw a walk-off pass to win the Super Bowl. Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off grand slam to win a World Series game. Stephen Curry said "nuit, nuit" to win an Olympic basketball title in...
Dec 23, 2024