National Sports
Canadian sim racers vie for chance to play F1 champion Max Verstappen at Grand Prix
By Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press on June 14th, 2023
MONTREAL – A video game is taking Mikel Cunningham somewhere he’s never been before. The 30-year-old gamer from Windsor, Ont., is going to the Canadian Grand Prix this weekend after finishing top five in “Player 0.0,” a simulator racing competition where people across Canada could submit their best lap on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve playing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First Nation in Manitoba celebrates Whitecloud, Golden Knights win for Stanley Cup
By The Canadian Press on June 14th, 2023
MASKAWATA, Man. – The Sioux Valley Dakota Nation in Manitoba is celebrating one of its own after Zach Whitecloud of the Vegas Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup. The First Nation says Whitecloud and the team’s win brings honour to the community and to the Dakota Nation as a whole. It says the player, who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hockey Hall of Famer Henri Richard had stage 3 CTE at time of death, study finds
By The Canadian Press on June 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – Hockey Hall of Famer and Montreal Canadiens great Henri Richard has been posthumously diagnosed with stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the Concussion Legacy Foundation Canada announced Wednesday. CTE is a progressive brain disease associated with repeated traumatic brain injuries, including concussions and repeated blows to the head. Richard’s son, Denis, released the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!IGo report shows first year of Ontario sports betting generated over $1.48 billion
By The Canadian Press on June 14th, 2023
TORONTO – The first year of legal single-game sports betting in Ontario was a profitable one. According to a report released Wednesday by IGaming Ontario, the province’s regulated market generated total revenues of just over $1.48 billion. The analyses was provided as of April 26, 2023. The industry opened up fully in Ontario on April ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Only 1.5 per cent of Proline bettors had Taylor winning RBC Canadian Open
By The Canadian Press on June 14th, 2023
TORONTO – Nick Taylor’s stunning victory at the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday took the vast majority of Proline players by surprise. According to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., Taylor took just 1.5 per cent of all bets in the tournament winner market. But that was expected, given his long odds of 71.0 and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Spezza reunited with Dubas after being named Penguins assistant general manager
By The Canadian Press on June 14th, 2023
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Penguins have named Jason Spezza as assistant general manager, reuniting him with hockey operations president Kyle Dubas. The team announced Spezza’s addition to the Penguins’ front office in a release on Wednesday. Spezza resigned from his role as special assistant to the GM in the Toronto Maple Leafs organization on May ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Brown building on past year’s late-season success with further confidence
By Abdulhamid Ibrahim, The Canadian Press on June 14th, 2023
Aaron Brown’s strong finish last season made him reconsider possibilities for himself on bigger stages. “I ended my season on a really high note and had the most successful Diamond League finals in my career, so I went into the off-season with a lot of confidence and I took away little things from that meet ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tuesday’s sports scoreboard for June 13, 2023
By The Canadian Press on June 13th, 2023
Tuesday’s Scoreboard NHL Stanley Cup Final Vegas 9 Florida 3 (Vegas wins best-of-seven series 4-1) — AHL Calder Cup Final Hershey 5 Coachella Valley 4 (OT) (Coachella Valley leads best-of-seven series 2-1) — MLB American League Baltimore 11 Toronto 6 Oakland 2 Tampa Bay 1 L.A. Angels 7 Texas 3 National League San Francisco 11 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bruce Cassidy coaches Vegas Golden Knights to Stanley Cup
By Mark Anderson And Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press on June 13th, 2023
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Bruce Cassidy struggled so badly in his first NHL coaching job with Washington that it knocked him out of the league for more than a decade. Cassidy coached in the junior ranks and the minors before getting a second chance with Boston. When he was fired from that job, he was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jonathan Marchessault earns playoff MVP honors for leading Vegas Golden Knights to Stanley Cup
By Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press on June 13th, 2023
Jonathan Marchessault won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP after leading the Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup, a fitting honor for one of the franchise’s original players who has been a key contributor since the first puck dropped in Las Vegas. Marchessault led the Golden Knights with 13 goals and ranked second with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Golden Knights blast Panthers 9-3 to win first Stanley Cup
By Mark Anderson, The Associated Press on June 13th, 2023
LAS VEGAS (AP) – The Golden Knights delivered their city a true Vegas-style party from dazzling passes to Mark Stone’s hat trick to all-out goal celebrations, capturing the young organization’s first Stanley Cup with a 9-3 romp over the beaten up and exhausted Florida Panthers on Tuesday night. Coach Bruce Cassidy, in a nod to ... Read More »
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