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AHL suspends Syracuse's Maxim Groshev for 10 games for using racial language at an opponent

Syracuse Crunch forward Maxim Groshev was suspended 10 games Friday by the American Hockey League for using what the AHL termed "racially insensitive language" toward an opponent. The game in question...

Mar 07, 2025

University lecturer argues Scotland should get its due in the creation of basketball

At a time when Canadians are looking over their shoulder thanks to some bluster south of the border, Scotland's University of Stirling seems to be piling on with a news release titled "Research Reveal...

Mar 07, 2025

If Lake Placid becomes the Olympic sliding site, New York's Rockefeller Center will be a big part

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) - Picture this: A sliding athlete wins an Olympic medal in Lake Placid next winter, then is chauffeured down to New York for an award ceremony at Rockefeller Center a few days l...

Mar 07, 2025

Surging Whitecaps, struggling CF Montreal set for all-Canadian clash

VANCOUVER - Three seasons into his Major League Soccer career, the allure of facing another Canadian club hasn't faded for Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Ali Ahmed. He's set to experience the exciteme...

Mar 07, 2025

Jets acquire defenceman Luke Schenn, reportedly add forward Brandon Tanev at deadline

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have acquired veteran defenceman Luke Schenn from the Pittsburgh Penguins for two draft picks ahead of Friday's NHL trade deadline. Winnipeg is sending a second-round pick...

Mar 07, 2025

Terry Wilson, who helped Stampeders win 1971 Grey Cup, dead at 83

CALGARY - Terry Wilson, who played nine seasons in the CFL and helped the Calgary Stampeders win the 1971 Grey Cup, has died. The Stampeders said in a release that Wilson died Wednesday after a long i...

Mar 07, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Senators trade Norris, Bernard-Docker to Sabres for Cozens, Gilbert

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have acquired centre Dylan Cozens, defenceman Dennis Gilbert and a second-round draft pick from the Buffalo Sabres for centre Josh Norris and defenceman Jacob Bernard-Dock...

Mar 07, 2025

Canada rugby sevens men down Tonga, Uganda to advance to Challenger Series semifinals

CAPE TOWN - Kal Sager ran in two of Canada's six tries in a dominant 38-7 win over Uganda on Friday in the second round of the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger Series. The Canadian men, who opened t...

Mar 07, 2025

Canadian men to play two friendlies in Montreal ahead of 2026 FIFA World Cup

Canada Soccer says the Canadian men's team will play at least two friendlies in Montreal in the lead-up to the 2026 World Cup. There is no word on opposition yet for the games, the first of which is s...

Mar 07, 2025

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. says his request to Blue Jays was for less than $600 million

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. says his proposal for a long-term contract with the Toronto Blue Jays was for less than $600 million. In an interview to ESPN, the four-time All-Star dispute...

Mar 07, 2025