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Thompson wins World Cup ski cross race, fellow Canadian Schmidt finishes third
SAINT MORITZ, Switzerland – Marielle Thompson finished first Sunday at the FIS Ski Cross World Cup for her first victory of the season while fellow Canadian Hannah Schmidt was third. Thompson, from Whistler, B.C., has 26 World Cup titles and reached the podium 62 times over her career. “I’m super excited to be on top ... Read More »
Swiss ski star Marco Odermatt dominates World Cup super-G to match Bode Miller’s tally of 33 wins
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) – Swiss ski star Marco Odermatt restored the pecking order in men’s World Cup super-G racing with a dominant victory Sunday, a day after he missed the podium for the first time in 13 races. Racing in sunny conditions on the same course where he placed fourth in Saturday’s overcast super-G, Odermatt ... Read More »
Mahomes, Kelce are headed to the Super Bowl after Chiefs shut down Ravens 17-10
BALTIMORE (AP) – Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were at their magnificent best in the first half, and Kansas City’s defense delivered another masterpiece against Lamar Jackson and Baltimore, helping the Chiefs reach the Super Bowl for the fourth time in five years with a 17-10 victory in the AFC championship game Sunday. Kelce caught ... Read More »
‘Things are not OK’: Priest prays for NWT crash victims and first responders
FORT SMITH, N.W.T. – A priest asked his congregation to pray for victims and first responders at a church service in Fort Smith on Sunday days after six people died in a tragic plane crash. The charter plane had just taken off from the town on the boundary with Alberta and was en route to ... Read More »
Columbus forward Patrik Laine enters the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program
Columbus Blue Jackets forward Patrik Laine is entering the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program, the league and union announced Sunday. Laine will be away from the team indefinitely while he receives care from the joint program. Under the terms of the program, he can return to the team for practice and then games when cleared by ... Read More »
Ex-Prime Minister Alexander Stubb wins first round of Finland’s presidential vote to set up a runoff
HELSINKI (AP) – Former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb won the first round of Finland’s presidential election on Sunday and will face runner-up ex-Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto in a runoff next month. The vote centered on the Nordic nation’s new role as a NATO front-line country with Russia, and the security situation in Europe. With 99.8% ... Read More »
Canadians gather to say a final goodbye to former NDP leader Ed Broadbent
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ed Broadbent was a tireless champion for social justice who left Canada a better place. Trudeau made the comments as political leaders past and present from across Canada gathered in the national capital to pay tribute to the former NDP leader. A long queue of mourners – many ... Read More »
Spurs mascot The Coyote captures bat with net – to the delight of Wembanyama
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A bat descended on the court and delayed play after Victor Wembanyama made a 3-pointer two minutes into the San Antonio Spurs’ 113-112 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night. Dressed in a Batman costume, the Spurs’ mascot, The Coyote, captured the bat with a net after numerous failed attempts, ... Read More »
Lara Gut-Behrami claims her 6th win in Cortina but won’t say if she’ll compete at the 2026 Olympics
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) – Olympic champion Lara Gut-Behrami is halfway to Lindsey Vonn’s Cortina record after claiming a World Cup super-G on Sunday for her sixth career victory on the Olympia delle Tofane course – which again was the site of multiple crashes. Too bad the 32-year-old Gut-Behrami can’t say for sure yet whether ... Read More »
Columbus forward Patrik Laine enters NHL/NHLPA player assistance program
Columbus Blue Jackets forward Patrik Laine is entering the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program, the league and union announced Sunday. Laine will be away from the team indefinitely while he receives care from the joint program. Under the terms of the program, he can return to the team for practice and then games when cleared by ... Read More »
West Brom and Wolves soccer game stopped because of crowd trouble. FA launches investigation
WEST BROMWICH, England (AP) – The FA Cup fourth-round soccer match between local rivals West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton was paused on Sunday after “dangerous and inexcusable” crowd trouble. The English Football Association quickly launched an investigation following the scenes at the Hawthorns, which led to players fearing for the safety of their families inside ... Read More »
