3 University of Wyoming swimmers killed in highway crash in Colorado
By Mead Gruver, The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2024
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – Three members of the University of Wyoming swimming and diving team were killed in a highway crash in northern Colorado. The crash happened Thursday afternoon on U.S. 287 about 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of the Wyoming-Colorado line between Laramie and Fort Collins, Colo. The crash injured two other team members ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No. 1 Swiatek loses to Kalinskaya in Dubai semifinals. Paolini awaits in final
By The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2024
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iga Swiatek was upset by qualifier Anna Kalinskaya 6-4, 6-4 in the semifinals of the Dubai Championships after the world No. 1 squandered an early lead on Friday. Swiatek was up 4-2 when Kalinskaya rattled off four straight games to take the first set en route to her third ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jets chairman Chipman says current state of Jets attendance is not sustainable
By The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2024
Winnipeg Jets chairman Mark Chipman says the NHL team’s future could be in jeopardy if attendance doesn’t improve. In an interview with The Athletic, Chipman said the Jets need to get back to a season ticket base of 13,000, and current attendance numbers are “not going to work over the long haul.” The Jets are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jays left-hander Ricky Tiedemann scratched from start due to hamstring discomfort
By The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2024
DUNEDIN, Fla. – Blue Jays left-hander Ricky Tiedemann has been scratched from starting Saturday’s pre-season opener against Philadelphia due to left hamstring discomfort. Manager John Schneider says it’s a precautionary move and the team expects to have more details once imaging results are complete. Tiedemann experienced discomfort while doing conditioning work this morning at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Montreal Canadiens defenceman Jean-Guy Talbot dead at 91
By Michel Lamarche, The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2024
MONTREAL – Jean-Guy Talbot, one of the 12 Montreal Canadiens players to win five consecutive Stanley Cups between 1956 and 1960, has died. He was 91 years old. The Canadiens announced Talbot’s death Friday morning after multiple media outlets reported the news. A cause of death was not given. Born in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Que., on July ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A look at Canada’s cricket men’s team
By The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2024
A look at the Canadian men’s cricket team: — Canada qualified for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup by defeating host Bermuda by 39 runs in October to win the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Americas Region Final. The Canadians had failed to qualify for the eight previous editions of the T20 World Cup, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cricket Canada looks to Boundaries North partnership to build on on-field success
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2024
Canada Cricket looks to make some noise this year, or at least some headlines. For the first time, Canada is headed to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in June in the West Indies and U.S. And the Canadian men return to one-day international play later this year for the first time in almost a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian teenager Hallie Clarke wins skeleton world championship
By The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2024
WINTERBERG, Germany – Canada’s Hallie Clarke won the women’s skeleton competition at the bobsled and skeleton world championships on Friday. The 19-year-old from Brighton, Ont., clocked a four-run time of three minutes 51.27 seconds to become the youngest skeleton world champion in history. She was tied with Germany’s Hannah Neise after three runs but pulled ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto FC reacquires fullback Richie Laryea in transfer from Nottingham Forest
By The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2024
Toronto FC has reacquired Canadian international fullback Richie Laryea from England’s Nottingham Forest. The 29-year-old from Toronto moved to Forest in January 2022, but was loaned back to Toronto seven months later. Laryea returns to Toronto via transfer on a contract through 2026 with an option for 2027. He joined the Vancouver Whitecaps last August ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kerri Einarson chases curling history in Tournament of Hearts with substitute lead
By Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2024
CALGARY – Krysten Karwacki is in a spotlight not of her own making at the Canadian women’s curling championship. Kerri Einarson’s alternate, or fifth, has played every end for four-time champion Einarson at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary. Regular lead Briane Harris was declared ineligible just hours before the team’s opening draw on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian competitors set for final Olympic surfing qualifier in Puerto Rico
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2024
Having won her Canadian citizenship battle, teenage surfer Erin Brooks now looks to book her ticket to the Paris Olympics. Brooks is one of six Canadians competing at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games, the final Olympic qualifier which opens Saturday and runs through March 3 in Puerto Rico. Brooks is joined by Tofino, B.C. ... Read More »
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