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Canadian speedskater Ivanie Blondin earns mass start Olympic silver medal

BEIJING - Canadian speedskater Ivanie Blondin won an Olympic silver medal in the women's mass start Saturday in Beijing. The 31-year-old from Ottawa also won gold in the team pursuit with Isabelle Wei...

Feb 19, 2022

By a toe: Canadian speedskater Blondin captures silver in dramatic mass start finish

BEIJING - Six-hundredths of a second. The difference between gold and silver for Canadian speedskater Ivanie Blondin came down to the final straightaway sprint after 16 laps in the women's mass start ...

Feb 19, 2022

Pistons' Cunningham named MVP of All-Star Rising Stars

CLEVELAND (AP) - The No. 1 overall pick came out on top again. Detroit rookie Cade Cunningham, being counted on to bring the Pistons back to relevancy, was named MVP of the NBA's All-Star Rising Stars...

Feb 18, 2022

Auger-Aliassime through to Marseille semifinal one week after first title win

MARSEILLE, France - Flix Auger-Aliassime is through to the semifinals of the Open 13 in Marseille. The Canadian beat Ilya Ivashka in 6-3 and 6-4 in the winning effort. The success comes a week after A...

Feb 18, 2022

MLB cancels spring games through March 4 due to lockout

NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball cancelled the first week of spring training games through March 4 on Friday in the first public acknowledgement of the disruption caused by the lockout. The annou...

Feb 18, 2022

Canada stands to have Tokyo relay medal upgraded over Ujah doping

LONDON (AP-CP) - Canada's 4x100-metre relay team stands to be upgraded to a silver medal from the Tokyo Summer Games after Britain was stripped of its silver medal due to C.J. Ujah's doping violation....

Feb 18, 2022

Arrows captain Mike Sheppard no stranger to showing up to work a little battered

TORONTO - No one was taken aback when Mike Sheppard showed up at his day job with a shiner this week. No stranger to taking damage on the rugby field, the Toronto Arrows captain's black eye was courte...

Feb 18, 2022

Canadiens add Nick Bobrov, former NHL star Vincent Lecavalier to their front office

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens added Nick Bobrov and former NHL star Vincent Lecavalier to their front office Friday. Bobrov will serve as co-director of amateur scouting while Lecavalier becomes a...

Feb 18, 2022

Alberta bantamweight Chad (The Monster) Anheliger ready for long-awaited UFC debut

After earning his UFC contract with a win on Dana White's Contender Series, Alberta bantamweight Chad (The Monster) Anheliger makes his UFC debut Saturday against American Jesse (Sui Generis) Strader ...

Feb 18, 2022

Canada's Connolly, Lainesse added to UFC Fight Night card in April

TORONTO - Canadians Tristan (Boondock) Connelly and Yohan (White Lion) Lainesse have been added to an April 30 UFC Fight Night card in Las Vegas. Connelly (14-7-0) will face veteran American featherwe...

Feb 18, 2022