National Sports
Disney, Charter settle cable dispute hours before ‘Monday Night Football’ season opener
By The Associated Press on September 11th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Hours before the fall’s first “Monday Night Football” game, Disney and Charter Communications have settled a business dispute that had left some 15 million cable TV customers without ESPN and other Disney channels. Disney said that because of the deal, the majority of its ESPN customers would have service restored to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton announces new coaches for national skeleton program
By The Canadian Press on September 11th, 2023
CALGARY – Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton has named Joe Cecchini, Kevin Boyer and Micaela Widmer as its newest coaches for the national skeleton program. Cecchini will take on the dual role of head coach and technical lead. After beginning his skeleton career on Canada’s development team from 2006-2012, he went on to compete for Italy at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senators promote Ben Sexton to join D.J. Smith’s staff as assistant coach
By The Canadian Press on September 11th, 2023
Ottawa Senators head coach D.J. Smith has a new assistant on his staff. Ben Sexton has been promoted from American Hockey League affiliate Belleville Senators to join Smith’s staff. Sexton spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach with Belleville after being hired prior to the 2020-21 season. The 32-year-old Ottawa native was a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canucks name defenceman Quinn Hughes 15th captain in franchise history
By The Canadian Press on September 11th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks have named defenceman Quinn Hughes their 15th captain in franchise history. Hughes is the first defenceman to hold the honour for Vancouver since a three-player rotation during the 1990-91 season that included blue-liner Doug Lidster. The last full-time defenceman to don the “C” in Vancouver was Kevin McCarthy from 1979 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Canucks name defenceman Quinn Hughes 15th captain in franchise history
By The Canadian Press on September 11th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks have named defenceman Quinn Hughes their 15th captain in franchise history. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defenceman Matheson named assistant captain of Montreal Canadiens
By The Canadian Press on September 11th, 2023
LAVAL-SUR-LE-LAC, Que. – Defenceman Mike Matheson has been named an assistant captain of the Montreal Canadiens, the team announced Monday. The club said the decision was made by the Canadiens’ management team. Veteran Brendan Gallagher will continue to serve as an assistant captain, while forward Nick Suzuki retains his role as team captain. The 29-year-old ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sunday’s sports scoreboard for Sept. 10, 2023
By The Canadian Press on September 10th, 2023
Sunday’s Scoreboard FIBA Men’s World Cup Bronze-medal game Canada 127 United States 118 (OT) Gold-medal game Germany 83 Serbia 77 — MLB American League Toronto 5 Kansas City 2 Texas 9 Oakland 4 Tampa Bay 6 Seattle 3 Detroit 3 Chicago White Sox 2 Boston 7 Baltimore 3 L.A. Angels 2 Cleveland 1 National League ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada nets silver medal in men’s Continental Volleyball Championship
By The Canadian Press on September 10th, 2023
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Hopes of returning home from the NORCECA men’s Continental Volleyball Championship with a gold medal were spiked on Sunday by a powerful squad from the United States. Thanks to the speed of the U.S. offence, the Americans won the best-of-final, gold-medal match 3-0. “We were in the final, which is good,” said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Djokovic celebrates No. 24 with a tribute to Kobe Bryant, who wore that number and became a friend
By Brian Mahoney, The Associated Press on September 10th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Novak Djokovic couldn’t think about No. 24 without thinking of Kobe Bryant. So after winning the U.S. Open on Sunday night for a historic 24th Grand Slam title, Djokovic put on a blue T-shirt that honored the Los Angeles Lakers great. The shirt read “Mamba Forever” on the front, along with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Djokovic celebrates No. 24 with tribute to late friend Kobe Bryant
By Brian Mahoney, The Associated Press on September 10th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Novak Djokovic couldn’t think about No. 24 without thinking of Kobe Bryant. So after winning the U.S. Open men’s singles final on Sunday night for a historic 24th Grand Slam title, Djokovic put on a blue T-shirt that honoured the Los Angeles Lakers great. The shirt read “Mamba Forever” on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Djokovic beats Medvedev to win U.S. Open, 24th Grand Slam title
By Howard Fendrich, The Associated Press on September 10th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Novak Djokovic emerged from an exhilarating and exhausting U.S. Open final with a 24th Grand Slam title on Sunday night, using every ounce of his energy and some serve-and-volley guile to get past Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in a match that was more closely contested than the straight-set score ... Read More »
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