National Sports

HAMILTON — The Grey Cup game is always special to Blue Bombers head coach Mike O'Shea. The 51-year-old North Bay, Ont.

VAL THORENS, France — Canada's Brittany Phelan won silver at the Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup on Saturday. Phelan, from Mont-Tremblant, Que., finished behind Sweden's Sandra Naeslund in the big final.

WINTERBERG, Germany — Canada won bronze in the monobob and four-man races Saturday at the Winterberg World Cup bobsled competition. Toronto's Cynthia Appiah finished third with a two-run time of one minute 58.

Football star and TV celebrity Michael Strahan caught a ride to space with Jeff Bezos’ rocket-launching company Saturday, sharing the trip with the daughter of America’s first astronaut. “TOUCHDOWN has a new meaning now!!!” he tweeted after landing.

TORONTO — RJ Barrett had about 1,000 people in attendance to watch him play his second game with the New York Knicks at Scotiabank Arena on Friday night, everyone from family and friends to his entire church congregation.

ZIBEL, Croatia – Canada’s Keegan Messing won the gold medal Saturday at figure skating's Zagreb Golden Spin.

MADRID (AP) — Manuel “Manolo” Santana, who reached No. 1 in the tennis rankings and was the first man from Spain to win a Grand Slam singles title, has died. He was 83. The Madrid Open announced the death of its honorary president on Saturday.

MANALAPAN, Fla. — Gary Bettman says he's always happy to meet with elected officials. And a specific gathering slated for next month has certainly piqued the interest of fans in a Canadian hockey market starved for the NHL's return.

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — It was Lara Gut-Behrami’s turn to edge Sofia Goggia for victory in a World Cup super-G race on Saturday, reversing the result of their duel in Canada last weekend. Gut-Behrami raced down the typically tricky St.

VAL d'ISÈRE, France (AP) — Marco Odermatt let out a scream and pumped his right fist after finishing a men's World Cup giant slalom Saturday.