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Former world junior hockey players charged with sexual assault choose jury trial

LONDON, Ont. - Five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team who are charged with sexual assault in a 2018 incident in London, Ont., have chosen to be tried by a jury. Dillon Dube, Carter H...

Feb 28, 2024

Shane Pinto has sparked the Ottawa Senators since returning from his half-season gambling suspension

Shane Pinto brushed off his three-point game in Washington, which came in a 6-3 Ottawa Senators loss to the Capitals and ended their two-game winning streak. He'd trade all his production victories. "...

Feb 28, 2024

Shohei Ohtani won't pitch this season after major elbow surgery, but he can still hit. Here's why

PHOENIX (AP) - Shohei Ohtani is unique in Major League Baseball history, a two-way Japanese superstar who can excel as a hitter and a pitcher, sometimes in the same game. But for the 2024 season, Ohta...

Feb 28, 2024

Former CFL defensive lineman Craig Roh dies at the age of 33

Defensive lineman Craig Roh, who won a Grey Cup with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2019, has died. He was 33. Roh's wife, Chelsea, confirmed his death on social media. The six-foot-five, 266-pound Roh,...

Feb 28, 2024

Canada's Morales Williams denied world record in indoor 400 due to technicality

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Canadian sprinter Christopher Morales Williams is the all-time fastest runner in the indoor men's 400 metres - but not an official world record-holder - due to a technicality beyo...

Feb 28, 2024

Only 32 per cent of Proline bettors picked Raptors to down Pacers

It seems many Proline players are having some difficulty jumping on the Toronto Raptors' bandwagon. Toronto is on a modest three-game win streak, the latest victory being a 130-122 road decision over ...

Feb 28, 2024

Kirk Cousins and Chris Jones head an NFL free agents list filled with star-quality players

Need a Pro Bowl quarterback, an All-Pro defensive lineman or a future Hall of Fame wide receiver? NFL teams could find one of these guys and plenty more star-quality players when the free agency perio...

Feb 28, 2024

Canada to host 2024 WXV 1 tournament with top women's rugby teams converging on B.C.

British Columbia will host the 2024 edition of WXV 1, the elite division of a three-tiered women's 15s rugby competition that debuted last year. WXV 1 features the top three teams from the 2024 Pacifi...

Feb 28, 2024

Paris City Hall says no Olympic Games policing plans were lost in theft of a worker's computer gear

PARIS (AP) - Paris City Hall said Wednesday that no policing plans for the upcoming Olympic Games were lost in the theft of computer gear reported by one of its employees. A City Hall statement said: ...

Feb 28, 2024

MLB wants to make starting pitching more prominent, but it's a tough task in today's game

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) - Max Scherzer logged at least 179 innings in 10 of his first 16 years in the majors. And the three-time Cy Young Award winner learned some tough lessons on the road to pitching d...

Feb 28, 2024