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Michael Phelps book tip helps Penny Oleksiak manage pandemic life

A Michael Phelps book recommendation resonates with Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak more than ever these days. Oleksiak has read Eckhart Tolle's "The Power of Now" multiple times since the A...

May 04, 2020

Source: CFL, CFLPA to resume talking about potential contingency plans

TORONTO - The CFL and CFL Players' Association are going to get back to talking. A league source said Monday the two sides have agreed to resume discussions on potential conti...

May 04, 2020

Hall of Fame 'keeper Karina LeBlanc endures health scare after giving birth

Karina LeBlanc knew life would change when she became a mother. But the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame goalkeeper did not expect the terrifying roller-coaster that followed the birth of daughter Paris, wi...

May 04, 2020

ESPN to air games from South Korean baseball league

BRISTOL, Conn. - ESPN will begin airing six regular-season games per week from South Korea's KBO baseball league. The agreement with Eclat Media Group was announced Monday, the day before the league i...

May 04, 2020

McIlroy, Johnson headline charity match for COVID-19 relief

Live golf returns to television in just under two weeks with a $3 million charity skins match for COVID-19 relief that includes Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and the broadcast debut of fabled Seminole ...

May 04, 2020

Woodbine's Lawson cautiously optimistic about horse racing's return

TORONTO - Jim Lawson is cautiously optimistic there could be live horse racing as early as next month. Buoying the Woodbine Entertainment CEO's optimism is the Ontario government's gradual easing of C...

May 04, 2020

Raptors Uprising GC enters NBA 2K League season full of hope and confidence

TORONTO - After a six-week delay due to the global pandemic, the NBA 2K League tips off Tuesday with 23 teams chasing US$1.4 million in prize money. The esports circuit will contest at least the first...

May 04, 2020

Canadian in Korean baseball league bracing for season without family, fans

Jamie Romak had no hesitation about going back to South Korea in the midst of a global pandemic to play in his fourth season in the Korean Baseball Organization. The first baseman from ...

May 04, 2020

Shula, winningest coach in pro football history, dies at 90

MIAMI - Don Shula, who won the most games of any NFL coach and led the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in league history, died Monday at his home, the team said. He was 90. Shula surpassed G...

May 04, 2020

Maple Leafs sign defenceman Mikko Lehtonen to one-year, entry-level contract

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed Finnish defenceman Mikko Lehtonen to a one-year, entry-level contract for the 2020-21 season, the club announced Monday. The 26-year-old is comi...

May 04, 2020