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Canadian QB Nathan Rourke officially returns to the New England Patriots

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Canadian Nathan Rourke is officially back with the New England Patriots. The NFL club formally announced Rourke had signed a one-year deal Tuesday. Reports earlier this month had t...

Mar 13, 2024

Canadian rugby league international Megan Pakulis off on Australian adventure

The Manly Sea Eagles and Sydney Roosters weren't the only winners when Australia's National Rugby League kicked off its 2024 season with a Las Vegas doubleheader earlier this month Canadian Megan Paku...

Mar 13, 2024

Sebastian Szirmak's Mexican Tour win prepares him for European Challenge Tour

Sebastian Szirmak won't be coming home to Toronto this summer for the best possible reason - he'll be playing golf in Europe. Szirmak won the Wipa's Open in a three-way playoff on Sunday for his first...

Mar 13, 2024

Teen defender finds way in soccer after fateful Christmas gift for CPL open tryout

You could say a Christmas gift, combined with a lot of hard work, changed James Cameron's life. For Christmas 2022, Cameron's father gifted him a ticket to a Vancouver FC open tryout. Cameron went on ...

Mar 13, 2024

'Look out for yourself': How some NHLers have taken more ownership over their careers

Jack Eichel needed a change of scenery. Matthew Tkachuk felt the same. Auston Matthews, meanwhile, was happy to sign on the dotted line for the next four seasons, just not seven or eight. Unlike the o...

Mar 13, 2024

Canadian wrestler Erica Wiebe, an Olympic gold medallist, announces retirement

Wrestler Erica Wiebe, who won a gold medal for Canada at the 2016 Olympics, announced her retirement from competition on Wednesday. Wiebe claimed Olympic gold in the women's 75-kilogram weight class, ...

Mar 13, 2024

50 years later, Tommy John surgery remains a game-changer

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - There is a bridge that runs from Tommy John and Dr. Frank Jobe in 1974, all the way to Shohei Ohtani, Justin Verlander and Bryce Harper. A thread that connects an increasing num...

Mar 13, 2024

Returns from Tommy John surgery may seem routine. Recovery can be full of grief, angst and isolation

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - One August morning in 2022 while all alone at the Oakland Coliseum, Daulton Jefferies plopped down in the grass and wept. The pitcher cried for a good 45 minutes. Six years afte...

Mar 13, 2024

Mikko Rantanen's four-point night lifts Avalanche over Flames 6-2

CALGARY - Mikko Rantanen had two goals and two assists on Tuesday night to extend his point streak to 10 games and lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 6-2 NHL victory over the Calgary Flames. Fourteen of...

Mar 12, 2024

Connor Bedard has goal, 4 assists for single-game point high as Blackhawks beat Ducks 7-2

CHICAGO (AP) - Connor Bedard had a goal and four assists to set his single-game high in points, Philipp Kurashev scored twice and had two assists, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Anaheim Ducks 7-2...

Mar 12, 2024