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NHL Notebook: Boudreau finally gets valuable practice time with Canucks

Bruce Boudreau took advantage of something he hasn't had much of since being hired to coach the Vancouver Canucks. Time. With the NHL pausing cross-border travel due to COVID-19 until after its holida...

Dec 22, 2021

Raptors' game at Chicago postponed; Toronto unable to field NBA minimum 8 players

The NBA has postponed Toronto's game at Chicago tonight because the Raptors do not have the required eight players available. The announcement from the NBA comes a day after the Raptors added four pla...

Dec 22, 2021

Manchester United hires a second former member of Toronto FC's coaching staff

TORONTO - Manchester United has added another former Toronto FC coach to its staff. Ewan Sharp, an assistant coach with the MLS team this season, has joined the iconic English Premier League side as a...

Dec 22, 2021

NHL players officially not going to Beijing Olympics due to COVID-19 concerns

The NHL won't be going to the Beijing Olympics. The official announcement, confirmed to The Canadian Press on Tuesday by a person with direct knowledge of the decision, comes amid COVID-19 concerns th...

Dec 22, 2021

Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek says Flames intend to pull plug on Event Centre project

CALGARY - Mayor Jyoti Gondek says it appears the Calgary Flames intend to pull out of the multi-million dollar Event Centre arena complex project. The mayor said in a series of tweets that Murray Edwa...

Dec 21, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Alberta tightens COVID rules, cuts capacity for world junior hockey

EDMONTON - Alberta is bringing in stricter COVID-19 restrictions, including a capacity limit for the world junior hockey tournament. Premier Jason Kenney says large venues that seat more than 1,000 pe...

Dec 21, 2021

NewsAlert: NHL players not going to Beijing Olympics due to COVID-19 concerns

NHL players won't be going to the 2022 Beijing Olympics, a person with direct knowledge of the decision said Tuesday. The move by league and the NHL Players' Association comes amid COVID-19 concern th...

Dec 21, 2021

MLB payrolls drop 4%, back to 2015 level

NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball payrolls dropped 4% in 2021 compared to the league's last full season, and the $4.05 billion total was the lowest in a fully completed year since 2015. Falling pa...

Dec 21, 2021

Olympic team doctor confident Canada "can get a team in and out safely" from Olympics

The explosion of COVID-19 cases amid the new highly contagious Omicron variant couldn't come at a worse time for the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Less than seven weeks before the Games open on Feb. 5, outbr...

Dec 21, 2021

Chris Jones hired as Edmonton Elks head coach and general manager

EDMONTON - Chris Jones is the new general manager and head coach of the Edmonton Elks. Jones begins his second stint in Edmonton after previously serving as head coach during the 2014 and 2015 seasons...

Dec 21, 2021