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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

Martin Nash leaves Cavalry FC to take over York United as head coach

TORONTO - Martin Nash is leaving Cavalry FC to become head coach of York United FC. Nash, who was first-team coach and technical director under head coach and GM Tommy Wheeldon Jr. at the Calgary-base...

Dec 21, 2021

'A little overkill': Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck not keen on NHL's schedule pause

Connor Hellebuyck isn't a fan of the NHL's latest move to combat the spread of COVID-19. The league pushed up the start of its traditional holiday schedule pause by 48 hours because of coronavirus con...

Dec 21, 2021

Raptors add Fred VanVleet and Malachi Flynn to COVID-19 protocols

TORONTO - Fred VanVleet and Malachi Flynn have been added to the NBA's COVID-19 protocols by the Toronto Raptors. There are now five Raptors in league protocols. Gary Trent Jr. was added to Toronto's ...

Dec 21, 2021

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League pauses season until Jan. 7 as COVID cases surge

MONTREAL - The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has paused all activities until Jan. 7. The league says the pause is necessary because of surging COVID-19 infection rates in Eastern Canada. Players w...

Dec 21, 2021

Cameron a more seasoned coach in return to Canadian junior hockey team's bench

Ottawa 67's general manager James Boyd was bouncing potential coaching candidates off his longtime friend Dave Cameron when Boyd took a flyer. "All of a sudden I asked the question 'would you ever be ...

Dec 21, 2021

Larkin, Tarasenko, Elhers named NHL's three stars

NEW YORK - Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin, St. Louis Blues sniper Vladimir Tarasenko and Winnipeg Jets winger Nikolaj Ehlers have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Larkin led the l...

Dec 20, 2021

Marc Kennedy joins Brad Gushue's curling team as Olympic alternate

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Brad Gushue's curling team bound for Beijing's Winter Olympics in February has recruited Marc Kennedy as alternate. Kennedy becomes a three-time Olympian after winning gold playing ...

Dec 20, 2021