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Vancouver Canucks assistant coach Jason King will not return next season
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks are making a change to their coaching staff. Assistant coach Jason King will not return to the team next season, general manager Patrik Allvin announced Thursday. King, of Corner Brook, N.L., coached five seasons as an assistant with Vancouver’s American Hockey League affiliate, then the Utica Comets, from 2016 to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Insigne returns but Bernardeschi now listed as questionable for Toronto FC
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
TORONTO – The door to the trainer’s room keeps swinging for Toronto FC. One week after Lorenzo Insigne – in a 14-minute cameo appearance off the bench – returned to action after missing six games with a groin injury, fellow Italian Federico Bernardeschi is questionable for Saturday’s visit to the Philadelphia Union (2-4-2) with a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!June UFC 289 card in Vancouver gets influx of Canadian fighter talent
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
Six Canadians and one Canadian-based fighter have been added to the June 10 UFC 289 card at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena. The six Canadians are flyweight Jasmine Jasudavicius, bantamweight Aiemann Zahabi, featherweights Kyle (The Monster) Nelson and (Mean) Hakeem Dawodu, welterweight (Proper) Mike Malott and middleweight Marc-Andre (Power Bar) Barriault. Strawweight Diana (Warrior Princess) Belbita was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Grizzlies’ Dillon Brooks trying to get under LeBron’s skin
By Teresa M. Walker, The Associated Press on April 20th, 2023
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Calling the NBA’s all-time leading scorer – regular season and playoffs – old and just another player might not seem very smart to most folks. For Dillon Brooks, that’s just the Grizzlies’ defender trying to get under LeBron James’ skin. Brooks is one of the NBA’s best defenders. He started off ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Dillon Brooks trying to get under LeBron’s skin for Grizzlies
By Teresa M. Walker, The Associated Press on April 20th, 2023
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Calling the NBA’s all-time leading scorer – regular season and playoffs – old and just another player might not seem very smart to most folks. For Dillon Brooks, that’s just the Grizzlies’ defender trying to get under LeBron James’ skin. Brooks is one of the NBA’s best defenders. He started off ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘A tough loss’: Maple Leafs moving on minus suspended forward Michael Bunting
By Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
TORONTO – The Maple Leafs are moving on minus Michael Bunting. They don’t have any other choice. Toronto head coach Sheldon Keefe and his players were largely tight-lipped about the three-game suspension handed to the gritty winger for his illegal check to the head on Tampa Bay defenceman Erik Cernak in Tuesday’s opener of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tsitsipas, Rublev to represent Team Europe at Laver Cup in Vancouver
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Top-seeded men’s players Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece and Andrey Rublev of Russia are joining Bjorn Borg’s Team Europe for this year’s Laver Cup in Vancouver. Tsitsipas, ranked fourth in the world, will appear in the event for a fourth time, while Rublev, ranked fifth, will make his second appearance. The announcement comes after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Dabrowski, partner Stefani lose in doubles quarterfinal at Stuttgart Open
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
STUTTGART, Germany – Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani are out of the Stuttgart Open. The duo lost in the doubles quarterfinal to Alexa Guarachi of Chile and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe in straight sets, 7-5, 7-6 (4). Dabrowski and Stefani won just 45 per cent of their points on second serve, while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Do not disturb is a hockey player’s best friend during Stanley Cup playoffs
By Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
EDMONTON – NHL players’ phones start chiming and pinging like casinos when the playoffs start. Moms, dads, siblings, cousins, minor hockey teammates, high-school classmates and that guy who fixed the garage door once are all excited someone they know will contend for a Stanley Cup. In the digital age, they have the means to constantly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Soccer says it was not consulted on U.S.-Mexico bid for 2027 Women’s World Cup
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
TORONTO – Canada Soccer says it was not consulted about the joint bid by the U.S. and Mexico to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup. The U.S. Soccer Federation and Mexico Football Federation announced their intention to bid on Wednesday night, the deadline set by FIFA for expressions of interest. “We wish our close neighbours ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Shapovalov ousted from Barcelona Open in straight sets by Greece’s Tsitsipas
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
BARCELONA, Spain – Canada’s Denis Shapovalov has been bounced from the Barcelona Open. He lost in straight sets to Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas in the clay court tournament’s Round of 16 on Thursday. The second-seeded Tsitsipas beat Shapovalov 6-3, 6-2 in less than 80 minutes. Shapovalov was the only Canadian competing in the ATP Tour event. ... Read More »
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