National Sports

Quebec City, Ottawa Senators exploring joint bid for world junior hockey championship

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard said Wednesday that the Quebec government, the Ottawa Senators and Quebecor are exploring the possibility of Ottawa and Quebec City entering a joint bid to host the 2023 world junior men's hockey championship.

Mar 30, 2022 1:34 PM Read more >

Mighty Carleton will need to walk humble road back to U Sports glory

The Carleton University men’s basketball team is on a mission to, once again, prove itself as the best hoops program in the country — regardless of the road it must take.

Mar 30, 2022 12:17 PM Read more >

Three-time national champ and Olympian Lisa Weagle to focus on mixed doubles

Three-time national champion Lisa Weagle plans to step back from women's team curling next season to focus on the mixed doubles discipline.

Mar 30, 2022 10:41 AM Read more >

NHL GMs thankful after 1st face-to-face meetings since March 2020: 'Tremendous value'

Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving missed the one-on-one conversations. New Jersey Devils counterpart Tom Fitzgerald didn't have a chance to learn from his experienced colleagues up close.

Mar 30, 2022 9:51 AM Read more >

Jake Peavy, Hunter Pence join MLB Network as analysts

SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — Retired pitcher Jake Peavy and outfielder Hunter Pence have joined the MLB Network as analysts. The 40-year-old Peavy last played in 2016. A three-time All-Star, he won the 2007 NL Cy Young Award.

Mar 30, 2022 9:36 AM Read more >

Nashville's Tanner Jeannot fined for kneeing Senators captain Brady Tkachuk

NEW YORK — Nashville Predators forward Tanner Jeannot has been fined $2,000 for kneeing Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk during Nashville's 4-1 win over Ottawa on Tuesday.

Mar 30, 2022 8:18 AM Read more >

Teenager jailed for 6 weeks for racially abusing Rashford

WORCESTER, England (AP) — A teenager was sentenced to six weeks in prison on Wednesday for racially abusing England soccer player Marcus Rashford on social media last year after the European Championship final.

Mar 30, 2022 8:11 AM Read more >

Bruins' Taylor Hall fined $5,000 for roughing Leafs' Ilya Lyubushkin

NEW YORK — The NHL fined Boston Bruins forward Taylor Hall $5,000 for roughing Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Ilya Lyubushkin during Toronto's 6-4 victory over Boston on Tuesday.

Mar 30, 2022 8:05 AM Read more >

Karin Harjo becomes head coach of Canada's women's Alpine ski team

Karin Harjo insists she hasn't stopped smiling since she said yes to Alpine Canada. Harjo was named the new head coach of Canada's women's Alpine ski team on Wednesday morning after more than a decade with U.S. Ski and Snowboard.

Mar 30, 2022 8:03 AM Read more >

Karin Harjo becomes head coach of Canada's women's Alpine ski team

Karin Harjo is the new head coach of Canada's women's Alpine ski team. Harjo becomes the first-ever woman to lead a national ski team at the World Cup level. She joins Canada's Alpine ski program after 11 years as a coach with U.S. Ski and Snowboard.

Mar 30, 2022 7:30 AM Read more >