Sports

Alouettes face tough choice between quarterbacks Adams and Harris

MONTREAL - The feeling around the Montreal Alouettes as they cleaned out their lockers after an early playoff exit was that they could beat any team in the CFL - including themselves. The Alouettes bo...

Dec 02, 2021

Veteran linebacker Santox-Knox says East final script couldn't be better for Ticats

The script couldn't be better for linebacker Jovan Santos-Knox and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Hamilton faces its arch rival, the Toronto Argonauts, in the East Division final Sunday at BMO Field. The co...

Dec 02, 2021

Sports betting ads: Industry weighs how much is too much?

SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) - If you've turned on a television in the last three years, chances are you've been inundated with advertisements for sports betting, and not only during game broadcasts. Commercia...

Dec 02, 2021

Canadian sportscaster Brian Williams retires after distinguished five-decade career

Ask Brian Williams about his half-century long broadcasting career and he'll rifle off player names and memorable moments with specific detail like they happened yesterday. There was Liz Manley's skat...

Dec 02, 2021

Canadian Olympic medallist Valois-Fortier retires from competitive judo

MONTREAL - Canadian judoka Antoine Valois-Fortier announced his retirement Thursday, ending a career that included an Olympic bronze medal and three World Championship podium finishes. Valois-Fortier,...

Dec 02, 2021

Canadian midfielder Tajon Buchanan named to Major League Soccer's Best XI

Canadian midfielder Tajon Buchanan is leaving Major League Soccer as an All-Star. The 22-year-old from Brampton, Ont., was one of four New England Revolution players named to the MLS Best XI Thursday,...

Dec 02, 2021

Canadiens forward Gallagher, defenceman Niku enter NHL's COVID protocol

Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher and defenceman Sami Niku have entered the NHL's COVID-19 protocol. The Canadiens said Thursday both players are being monitored closely by team doctors. Ga...

Dec 02, 2021

Amihere, Pellington among Canadian women to keep an eye on this NCAA season

Nearly four months after Canada's women's basketball team was bounced from the Tokyo Olympics in the opening round, Laeticia Amihere can look back at the positives of playing on the biggest stage of h...

Dec 02, 2021

Canada's Marie-Michele Gagnon hitting her stride in women's downhill

Marie-Michele Gagnon was the lone Canadian alpine skier to stand on a World Cup podium last winter. The 32-year-old's transition from slalom and giant slalom to downhill was interrupted by a lost seas...

Dec 02, 2021

Eriksen uses Danish training field as part of rehabilitation

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Christian Eriksen has resumed training in Denmark as part of his rehabilitation after suffering a cardiac arrest at the European Championship. The 29-year-old midfielder is ...

Dec 02, 2021