National Sports
Redblacks defensive lineman Mauldin IV named CFL’s top defensive player
By The Canadian Press on November 17th, 2022
REGINA – Defensive end Lorenzo Mauldin IV of the Ottawa Redblacks was named the CFL’s top defensive player Thursday night. The announcement was made during the CFL’s awards banquet in voting conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and nine league head coaches. The six-foot-four, 259-pound Mauldin IV was one of the few bright spots ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bombers receiver Schoen named CFL’s rookie of the year
By The Canadian Press on November 17th, 2022
REGINA – Receiver Dalton Schoen of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers is the CFL’s top rookie. Schoen received the honour Thursday night at the CFL awards banquet. Voting was conducted by members of the Football Reporters of Canada and the nine CFL head coaches. The six-foot-one, 218-pound American led the CFL in receiving yards (1,441) and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge wins AL MVP in runaway; Goldschmidt takes NL prize
By Mike Fitzpatrick, The Associated Press on November 17th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees won the American League MVP award on Thursday night, and St. Louis Cardinals slugger Paul Goldschmidt took the NL prize. After hitting 62 home runs this season to break the AL record, Judge easily beat out Los Angeles Angels two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cardinals slugger Paul Goldschmidt wins NL MVP award
By Mike Fitzpatrick, The Associated Press on November 17th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – Paul Goldschmidt of the St. Louis Cardinals won the National League MVP award Thursday night, taking the coveted trophy for the first time after a couple of close calls earlier in his career. The first baseman received 22 of 30 first-place votes and eight seconds for 380 points from a Baseball ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!TSN/CTV planning deep coverage of World Cup, won’t be sticking to soccer in Qatar
By Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press on November 17th, 2022
TSN and CTV won’t be sticking to soccer for their upcoming coverage of the World Cup in Qatar. The Canadian men’s team, which is making its return to the tournament for the first time in 36 years, will naturally be the prime attraction in a broadcast schedule with over 200 hours of live coverage. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lydia Ko takes step toward $2 million prize at LPGA finale
By The Associated Press on November 17th, 2022
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) – Lydia Ko began her quest for the largest prize in women’s golf history by hitting a tree and making bogey on a par 5. The rest of Thursday in the CME Group Tour Championship couldn’t have gone better. Ko responded with eight birdies, including four in a row late in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime falls to American Taylor Fritz at ATP Finals
By The Canadian Press on November 17th, 2022
TURIN, Italy – Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime dropped a 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 6-2 decision to American Taylor Fritz on Thursday at the ATP Finals. Fritz earned his first service break of the match midway through the deciding set and went on to complete the victory in two hours 44 minutes. With the win, he locked ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former team psychologist settles suit with Spurs, Josh Primo
By The Associated Press on November 17th, 2022
SAN ANTONIO – A psychologist who worked for the San Antonio Spurs has settled her lawsuit against the team and former player Josh Primo over allegations he had exposed himself to her multiple times in private sessions, her attorney said Thursday. Hillary Cauthen worked as a performance psychologist for the team. In a lawsuit filed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto’s Harris, Winnipeg’s Oliveira friendly combatants in Grey Cup
By Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press on November 17th, 2022
REGINA – The mentor and his protégé are a subplot of Sunday’s Grey Cup game. Among the ties that bind Toronto Argonauts running back Andrew Harris and Winnipeg Blue Bombers counterpart Brady Oliveira is that the latter learned what it takes to be a premiere running back during Harris’s years with the Bombers. Harris was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto FC selects goalkeeper Tomás Romero at MLS re-entry draft
By The Canadian Press on November 17th, 2022
Toronto FC selected goalkeeper Tomás Romero in the first stage of the 2022 Major League Soccer re-entry draft on Thursday. The 21-year-old made 18 MLS appearances with Los Angeles FC as a rookie in 2021, including a clean sheet in a 2-0 win over FC Dallas. Romero made 13 appearances with the Las Vegas Lights ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the Rings: Curling and sports betting — rolling the dice on the pebbled ice
By Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press on November 17th, 2022
A fun moment at the end of the recent Pan Continental curling championship’s men’s final provided a welcome dash of levity in a blowout game. The unusual finish – in a sport still getting used to the arrival of legalized sports betting – may have been costly for some bettors. “If you had the under ... Read More »
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