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It's been a challenging first year on the job for B.C. Lions head coach Rick Campbell. Campbell became the Lions' head coach in December following six seasons with Ottawa, where he was the first head coach in franchise history.

Shane Wright is well aware of the names to come before him. Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid are among the 16 year olds to suit up for Canada at the world junior hockey championship.

It was done virtually and for roughly 35 minutes, but the gang was back together again. Scott Milanovich, Mike O'Shea and Orlondo Steinauer opened the Grey Cup Unite coaches availability Wednesday.

PRINCETON, N.J. — The ECHL's two Canadian teams and their four American counterparts in the league's North Division will not play during the 2020-21 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

TORONTO — The invitations are out. Twenty-three NBA 2K gamers are getting a chance to represent Canada at the FIBA Esports Open next month.

Getting a bunch of people together from across Canada to play sports against a bunch of people from another country is logistically complex at the best of times.

Meagan Duhamel noticed a small sign by a family room door while staying with her baby daughter in a neonatal intensive care unit last fall.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks will bring back general manager Marcel Desjardins, head coach Paul LaPolice and the majority of the football operations staff in 2021.

NEW YORK — Nashville SC centre back Walker Zimmerman has been named the 2020 MLS Defender of the Year. Zimmerman was runner-up to Minnesota's Ike Opara last year. The 27-year-old U.S. international received 28.

Melissa Bishop-Nriagu kept every training program coach Dennis Fairall had written for her over the decade the two had worked together.