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NHL players vent frustration over being barred from Olympics

Brad Marchand is not happy. Neither is Vladimir Tarasenko. And they are not alone. A handful of NHL players are voicing their frustration over the league's decision barring them from participating in ...

Dec 29, 2021

A Canadian sporting legend, Lionel (Big Train) Conacher could do it all

Lionel Conacher did it all. Known as The Big Train, Conacher was an overwhelming winner of CP's outstanding athlete of the half-century in 1950. He was also named Canada's top football player of the h...

Dec 29, 2021

Decathlete Damian Warner wins Lionel Conacher Award as CP's male athlete of the year

Damian Warner won gold in one of track and field's most gruelling events, masterfully laying down one terrific performance after another over 10 events and two days, in the smothering Tokyo heat. But ...

Dec 29, 2021

Kilde confirms his super-G dominance with 3rd straight win

BORMIO, Italy (AP) - Aleksander Aamodt Kilde mastered a tricky course to win a World Cup super-G by a large margin Wednesday for his third straight victory in the discipline. The Norwegian skier finis...

Dec 29, 2021

Perry scores late in regulation and Palat wins it in OT as Lightning rally past Habs

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Ondrej Palat scored 36 seconds into overtime after Tampa Bay teammate Corey Perry tied it late in the third period, and the Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-4 on Tuesday nigh...

Dec 28, 2021

Embiid scores 36 as Philadelphia 76ers beat Toronto Raptors 114-109

TORONTO - Joel Embiid scored 36 points and added 11 rebounds to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 114-109 victory over the undermanned Toronto Raptors on Tuesday. Chris Boucher had 28 points - includin...

Dec 28, 2021

Connor Bedard scores four goals to enter record books, Canada thrashes Austria 11-2

EDMONTON - Connor Bedard's four goals propelled Canada to an 11-2 win over Austria at the world junior men's hockey championship on Tuesday. Mason McTavish scored twice and Cole Perfetti had a goal an...

Dec 28, 2021

John Madden, Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster, dies at 85

Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster John Madden, whose exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades, died Tuesday morning, the NFL sa...

Dec 28, 2021

NHL rescheduling nine games involving Canadian clubs

The National Hockey League says it will be rescheduling nine upcoming games involving Canadian teams due to COVID-19 attendance restrictions in certain Canadian cities. The league says four home games...

Dec 28, 2021

Stricter Canadian rules complicate NHL push through pandemic

Sixteen months after choosing Canada as the safest place to complete its season, the NHL now faces a series of hurdles north of the border that complicate its bid to power through the pandemic all ove...

Dec 28, 2021