National Sports

A team-by-team look at the men's world curling championship field

CALGARY — A capsule look at the 14 countries competing in the April 2-11 BKT Tires and OK Tires Men's World Curling Championship in Calgary (skips listed with each country).

Mar 31, 2021 9:21 AM Read more >

Canada's Bottcher prepares to battle for another curling title in Calgary's bubble

CALGARY — Canada's top curlers competed in Calgary for over a month without a COVID-19 outbreak among them. The world's most talented men in the sport have now entered the bubble.

Mar 31, 2021 9:05 AM Read more >

Maryland's Brenda Frese is the AP women's coach of the year

SAN ANTONIO — Maryland coach Brenda Frese was honoured as The Associated Press women's basketball coach of the year Wednesday for the second time in her career.

Mar 31, 2021 8:31 AM Read more >

CFL, XFL face plenty of hurdles if they want to join forces and form a partnership

The CFL and XFL are continuing their talks on a potential partnership and ways to grow the game. However, Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson, a co-owner of the American-based XFL, gave the impression the two sides are much further along with a recent tweet.

Mar 31, 2021 3:00 AM Read more >

Lehkonen, Gallagher have goal, assist each as Montreal nets 4-0 victory over Edmonton

MONTREAL — It was a triumphant return for Brendan Gallagher, Artturi Lehkonen and the rest of the Montreal Canadiens.

Mar 30, 2021 9:24 PM Read more >

Michael McNiven makes 35 saves, Rocket beat Moose to extend point streak

WINNIPEG — Michael McNiven made 35 saves as the Laval Rocket downed the Manitoba Moose 3-1 on Tuesday in American Hockey League play.

Mar 30, 2021 7:05 PM Read more >

Canadian Milos Raonic falls short in round of 16 at Miami Open

MIAMI — Canada's Milos Raonic is out of the Miami Open after losing a close match in the round of 16. The 12th-seeded Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., lost 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) to No. 26 seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland on Tuesday.

Mar 30, 2021 5:16 PM Read more >

Canucks forward Adam Gaudette leaves practice after testing positive for COVID-19

Vancouver Canucks forward Adam Gaudette was pulled from practice Tuesday after testing positive for COVID-19. Coach Travis Green said the result came back midway through the session.

Mar 30, 2021 4:07 PM Read more >

Canadian Tyrone Crawford retires from NFL after long run with Dallas Cowboys

DALLAS — Canadian defensive tackle Tyrone Crawford has retired from the NFL after nine seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. The 31-year-old native of Windsor, Ont., had 179 tackles and 25 sacks in 112 career games for Dallas.

Mar 30, 2021 3:40 PM Read more >

NFL owners approve 17-game regular season, 3 preseason games

The NFL is increasing the regular season to 17 games and planning to have full stadiums for those games. While reducing the preseason to three games the league will be able to generate additional revenue, of course.

Mar 30, 2021 3:16 PM Read more >