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NHL shuts down Canadiens, Blue Jackets due to COVID-19 concerns

The NHL has shut down the Montreal Canadiens and Columbus Blue Jackets through its holiday break because of COVID-19. The league said in a statement today the move was made "due to concern with the nu...

Dec 20, 2021

Hockey Canada withdraws from Spengler Cup due to COVID-19 concerns

CALGARY - Hockey Canada has withdrawn its team from the Spengler Cup. Canada often competes in the European club-based tournament based in Davos, Switzerland, sending a squad of Canadians selected off...

Dec 20, 2021

NBA postpones 5 more games; Young, Vogel enter protocols

The NBA on Sunday postponed a total of five games involving nine teams in response to rising coronavirus numbers, raising the number of contests that have been pushed back this season to seven. Called...

Dec 19, 2021

Peng Shuai tells paper she never wrote of being assaulted

BEIJING (AP) - Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has told a Singapore newspaper that she never said she wrote of having been sexually assaulted, despite a November social media post attributed to her tha...

Dec 19, 2021

Stastny scores two to lift Jets 4-2 over Blues, Winnipeg's last game for awhile

WINNIPEG - Linemates Nikolaj Ehlers, Mark Scheifele and Paul Stastny accounted for all the goals to propel the Jets to a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday and give interim Winnipeg head c...

Dec 19, 2021

Kripps pilots Canada to bronze, Coackwell ties record for medals by a brakeman

ALTENBERG, Germany - Justin Kripps bounced back from a crash in training to pilot Canada to silver in a World Cup four-man bobsled race Sunday. The 34-year-old from Summerland, B.C., teamed up with Ca...

Dec 19, 2021

On the heels of horrible season, Redblacks look to new GM Shawn Burke

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks have tasked Shawn Burke with turning around their struggling franchise. The CFL team named Burke its new general manager on Sunday, a month after finishing a disappointin...

Dec 19, 2021

Foegele scores twice to lift Edmonton Oilers over Seattle Kraken 5-3

SEATTLE (AP) - Warren Foegele scored twice, including the go-ahead goal in the third period, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Seattle Kraken 5-3 on Saturday night. Evan Bouchard and Connor McDavid eac...

Dec 18, 2021

Sanheim leads Flyers to overtime victory over Senators

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Travis Sanheim scored 1:35 into overtime and also had an assist to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night. Claude Giroux, Oskar Li...

Dec 18, 2021

Greater Toronto Hockey League postpones all competitive games until Dec. 23

TORONTO - Canada's largest minor hockey association has postponed all competitive games until Thursday, effectively suspending play until the new year. The Greater Toronto Hockey League says the decis...

Dec 18, 2021