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Canadians dominate first Professional Women's Hockey League rosters

TORONTO - The six teams in the Professional Women's Hockey League have declared their rosters for the PWHL's inaugural season starting Jan. 1. Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, New York, Boston and Minnesota...

Dec 12, 2023

Ohtani's Dodgers contract has $680 million deferred, lowering tax value to $46 million annually

NEW YORK (AP) - Shohei Ohtani will receive just $20 million of his $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers over the next 10 years, with $680 million payable from 2034-43 in an unusual struc...

Dec 12, 2023

Canada's RJ Barrett applying lessons from FIBA World Cup to NBA's New York Knicks

RJ Barrett can't help but smile when he talks about playing for Canada's men's basketball team at the 2024 Paris Olympics. "It's going to be fun, it's going to be exciting," Barrett said in a recent i...

Dec 12, 2023

Federal sports minister Carla Qualtrough says registry of offenders coming in March

Canada's sports minister says the target date to establish a registry of offenders is March 2024. Carla Qualtrough was questioned in Ottawa on Tuesday by Heritage committee members of Parliament after...

Dec 12, 2023

Canada coach says Gold Cup will be crucial for Olympic team selection

With the Paris Olympics less than eight months away, Canada coach Bev Priestman has roster decisions to make. And she expects more than a few players to put up their hand at the inaugural CONCACAF W G...

Dec 12, 2023

St. Louis: Caufield, Canadiens need to 'get on the inside' to end scoring slump

BROSSARD, Que. - Montreal Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis had one main message for his forwards amid some offensive slumps: get on the inside. The Canadiens rank last in the NHL in goals by forw...

Dec 12, 2023

Best friends Conor Geekie, Denton Mateychuk hoping for more memories at world juniors

TORONTO - Conor Geekie and Denton Mateychuk were rivals. Then they were teammates. And not long after that, best friends. A bond forged inside Manitoba's arenas and on the province's baseball diamonds...

Dec 12, 2023

Wolves coach suspended 10 games by AHL for using homophobic language against official

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The American Hockey League has suspended Chicago Wolves head coach Bob Nardella for 10 games for using homophobic language against an official. Nardella was assessed a game miscon...

Dec 12, 2023

John Herdman says he should have stepped down as Canada coach ahead of World Cup

John Herdman says he should have stepped down as Canada coach ahead of last year's World Cup in Qatar. Herdman, who announced in late August that he was leaving Canada to take over Toronto FC, says he...

Dec 12, 2023

Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen takes offence to comments from teammate's dad, breaks out of slump

DENVER (AP) - Colorado Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen said he had added incentive for his big game Monday night after taking offence to comments from the dad of one of his teammates concerning his o...

Dec 12, 2023