Sports

"Superfan" Nav Bhatia in isolation, misses Raptors game for the first time in history

TORONTO - Friday night's Toronto Raptors game was notable for who wasn't in attendance. The Raptors' COVID-19 scare kept "Superfan" Nav Bhatia from Toronto's game against the New York Knicks. It's the...

Dec 10, 2021

Bedard aims to join Gretzky, Crosby in playing for Canadian junior hockey team at 16

CALGARY - The half-dozen who played for the Canadian junior men's hockey team at age 16 is sprinkled with names like Gretzky, Crosby and McDavid. Connor Bedard of North Vancouver, B.C., wants to join ...

Dec 10, 2021

Like father like son. Ticats QB Dane Evans happy to learn footballs X's and O's

HAMILTON - The son of a football coach, Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Dane Evans got into the X's and O's himself last year - almost by accident. When the CFL cancelled its 2020 season due to the pa...

Dec 10, 2021

Speedskater Laurent Dubreuil shatters Canadian record at World Cup stop in Calgary

CALGARY - Laurent Dubreuil didn't just break Jeremy Wotherspoon's Canadian record, he shattered it. On the opening day of the ISU World Cup speedskating event at Calgary's Olympic Oval, Dubreuil of Le...

Dec 10, 2021

Edmonton Stingers pro basketball team set to make Champions League Americas debut

The Edmonton Stingers flew to Nicaragua on Friday with one major goal in mind - to prove Canadian pro basketball is as good as any league in the Americas not named NBA. The Stingers open the FIBA Bask...

Dec 10, 2021

Veteran Mike Miller continues to thrive as Winnipeg Blue Bombers special-teams ace

HAMILTON - Mike Miller has brought a lot of attention to one of pro football's most unheralded jobs. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers fullback was the CFL's special-teams tackles leader this season with 25. ...

Dec 10, 2021

Bombers, Ticats arrive at Grey Cup with far more than football on their resumes

HAMILTON - Need a car? Hamilton offensive lineman Brandon Revenberg has connections. Financial advice? Try Winnipeg linebacker Adam Bighill. Blue Bombers defensive lineman Willie Jefferson has his com...

Dec 10, 2021

Bettman: NHL continues to have 'real concerns' regarding Olympic participation

MANALAPAN, Fla. - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says concerns over "a whole host of issues" regarding the league's participation at the Beijing Olympics remain with less than 60 days until the opening...

Dec 10, 2021

Hamilton lineman Ted Laurent misses practice for second straight day through illness

Hamilton defensive lineman Ted Laurent is a question-mark for Sunday's Grey Cup after missing practice Friday for the second straight day through illness. "I'm totally waiting on the (medical) reports...

Dec 10, 2021

Canadian swingman Dillon Brooks of Memphis Grizzlies fined US$25,000 by the NBA

NEW YORK - Canadian swingman Dillon Brooks of the Memphis Grizzlies was fined US$25,000 by the NBA on Friday. Brooks, from Mississauga, Ont., was fined for aggressively confronting a game official and...

Dec 10, 2021