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Baseball Canada cancels 11 national championships due to COVID-19

OTTAWA - Baseball Canada has cancelled all its 2020 national championships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision announced Thursday affects 11 national tournaments, from the Baseball Canada ...

Apr 23, 2020

Expansion Ottawa Aces rugby league team plans Canadian tryouts in the fall

The Ottawa Aces want you. The fledgling transatlantic rugby league team is planning tryouts for elite Canadian athletes in the fall in Ottawa, pending any COVID-19 restrictions. Those who survive the ...

Apr 23, 2020

Prospects ready for their closeup on draft night from home

Yetur Gross-Matos would have liked to have been in Las Vegas for the NFL draft on Thursday night, but the Penn State defensive lineman is OK participating from home. Gross-Matos is one of 58 prospects...

Apr 23, 2020

Woods, Mickelson to stage TV match with Brady, Manning

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are ready for a made-for-TV rematch at a time when fans are craving live action. And this time, they'll have company. Turner Sports says quarterbacks Tom Brady and Peyto...

Apr 22, 2020

MacLean sisters draw on Olympic swim careers, each other during pandemic

Heather MacLean was walking into Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital for a night shift recently when she heard people shouting her name. "I'm talking on the phone walking into the hospital," the Olymp...

Apr 22, 2020

Raptors guard VanVleet said public health is more important than a big payday

TORONTO - Fred VanVleet said he'd by lying if he hasn't thought about how the financial impact of COVID-19 will affect this summer's NBA free agency. The Toronto Raptors guard was enjoying the be...

Apr 22, 2020

Claypool, Gallimore top-rated Canadian prospects for 2020 NFL draft

Winnipeg Blue Bombers GM Kyle Walters isn't spending much time evaluating Oklahoma defensive lineman Neville Gallimore and Notre Dame receiver Chase Claypool. That's because neither of the t...

Apr 22, 2020

Melbourne Storm hard man challenges Wolfpack forward Darcy Lussick to a fight

Melbourne Storm prop Nelson Asofa-Solomona has challenged Toronto Wolfpack forward Darcy Lussick to put up his dukes. Lussick won his heavyweight pro boxing debut in December when he knocked out ...

Apr 22, 2020

Red Sox stripped of pick, Cora banned in sign stealing scams

NEW YORK - The Boston Red Sox were stripped of their second-round pick in this year's amateur draft by Major League Baseball for sign stealing in 2018 and former manager Alex Cora was suspended throug...

Apr 22, 2020

Bend it like Beckham? How about Bend it WITH Beckham

Why bend it like Beckham when you can bend it WITH Beckham? David Beckham, part owner of the Major League Soccer club Inter Miami, is auctioning off a chance to take him on in a five-on-five match, pa...

Apr 22, 2020