Category Archives: Sports

Nervous feeling lingers for players ahead of Canada's World Cup roster decision
CHARLOTTE - Alfie Jones knows he could be in for a long night on Thursday. The centre back is one of the 32 players at Canada's pre-World Cup training camp in Charlotte, N.C., this week. He's hoping t...
May 28, 2026

Bruce Cassidy calls it 'upsetting' as Golden Knights block him from coaching interviews
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Former Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy called it "upsetting" in a podcast Thursday that he can't interview with other clubs after Vegas management declined reported requests by Edm...
May 28, 2026

PWHL Players Association is disclosing salaries as members vote to approve transparency
The Professional Women's Hockey League Players Association began publicly listing salaries this week on its website, doing so after the union's leader said members voted to approve the disclosure. PWH...
May 28, 2026

Canadians Auger-Aliassime, Mboko move on to third round at French Open
PARIS - Canadian tennis stars Flix Auger-Aliassime and Victoria Mboko each came back from a set down to win their second-round matches Thursday at the French Open. Auger-Aliassime, the men's fourth se...
May 28, 2026

MLB owners propose a salary cap for the first time since baseball's 1994-95 strike
Major League Baseball owners made their long-expected salary cap proposal to the players' association on Thursday, a system the union has vowed never to accept, setting the sides on course for a confr...
May 28, 2026

CPL's Vancouver FC settles lawsuit with former head coach Afshin Ghotbi
VANCOUVER - Former Vancouver FC head coach Afshin Ghotbi and SixFive Sports & Entertainment, the ownership group behind the Canadian Premier League team, say they've settled a lawsuit tied to a di...
May 28, 2026

Public Health Agency of Canada defends decision to restrict travel from Ebola-affected countries
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says temporarily blocking entry for people coming from Ebola-affected countries is necessary to reduce the risk of importing the disease, despite the World...
May 28, 2026

Claude Lemieux, former Canadien and four-time Stanley Cup champion, dead at 60
MONTREAL - Claude Lemieux, a four-time Stanley Cup champion and once one of the NHL's most infamous antagonists, has died at the age of 60. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said Thursday that de...
May 28, 2026

'Another challenge': Canadiens facing elimination in Game 5 of East final
Martin St. Louis has been in this situation before - and he knows there's a way out. The Hall of Fame winger was a member of three separate teams that rallied from 3-1 deficits in best-of-seven series...
May 28, 2026

More women are watching the NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs. There are many reasons why
The first two rounds of the NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs are the most-watched in the U.S. in league history. Women are the primary driver of that growth. TNT Sports reported female viewership is up 66% ...
May 28, 2026