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Canadian Olympic sprinter Donovan Bailey joins Neko Sparks bid to buy Senators

Former Canadian Olympic sprinter Donovan Bailey is joining the bid led by Los Angeles-based producer Neko Sparks to buy the NHL's Ottawa Senators, the 55-year-old announced on Twitter. Bailey won gold...

May 19, 2023

Toronto Marlies cut loose entire coaching staff

TORONTO - The Toronto Marlies won't be renewing the contracts of head coach Greg Moore and assistants A.J. MacLean and John Snowden, the club announced Friday. The move by the top affiliate of the Tor...

May 19, 2023

Kyle Dubas out as general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs after five seasons

TORONTO - Kyle Dubas is out as general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The team said Friday it is "parting ways" with the 37-year-old executive, whose contract was scheduled to expire June 30. The...

May 19, 2023

CFL will live stream exhibition, regular-season games for first time in 2023

TORONTO - The CFL will live stream both exhibition and regular-season games starting in 2023. The league announced Friday that fans in Canada will have free access to exhibition contests not being car...

May 19, 2023

Saskatchewan Roughriders sign decorated Australian punter Korsak

REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed Australian punter Adam Korsak on Friday. The six-foot, 185-pound Korsak was Saskatchewan's first pick, third overall, of the 2023 CFL global draft. The Aus...

May 19, 2023

Canada's Kia Nurse makes WNBA return in new setting, joy but with familiar face

The 2023 WNBA season brings along new threads, teammates and joy for Kia Nurse. The six-foot guard from Hamilton will be suiting up for the Seattle Storm Saturday when they take on the defending champ...

May 19, 2023

Intentional Grounding: CFL coverage to take hit with fewer reporters on the road

When sports writer Darrell Davis was on the Saskatchewan Roughriders beat in his early days at the Regina Leader-Post, he felt like he was "on top of the world" as a journalist. "It was a small newspa...

May 19, 2023

'That sucked': Players from teams that got close reflect on Canada's Cup drought

Shawn Horcoff remembers a pat on the back as he was pumping gas. Wade Redden will never forget the throngs of fans waiting at the airport. Jannik Hansen couldn't walk down a grocery store aisle withou...

May 19, 2023

Tkachuk ends 6th-longest game in NHL history, Panthers outlast Hurricanes 3-2 in 4th OT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Matthew Tkachuk beat Frederik Andersen in the final seconds of the fourth overtime to give the Florida Panthers a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes early Friday in Game 1 o...

May 18, 2023

Murray's big fourth quarter propels Nuggets past Lakers 108-103 for 2-0 lead in West finals

DENVER (AP) - Jamal Murray scored 23 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter, propelling the Denver Nuggets to a 108-103 come-from-behind win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night for a 2-0 lea...

May 18, 2023