National Sports
Canada’s Roger Sloan using analytics to prepare for critical FedEx Cup Fall season
By John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press on September 11th, 2024
The chase for the remaining PGA Tour cards for the 2025 season begins Thursday at the Procore Championship. Roger Sloan of Merritt, B.C., is one of the players hunting to stay on the tour in the FedEx Cup Fall mini-season, and he’s using every tool at his disposal to secure one of the 55 remaining ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa Redblacks look to return to CFL playoffs with road victory
By Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press on September 11th, 2024
Dru Brown can take the Ottawa Redblacks somewhere they haven’t been since 2018 on Saturday afternoon. Ottawa (8-3-1) visits the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3-9) needing a victory to clinch a playoff berth. The Redblacks haven’t been to the CFL post-season since losing 27-16 to Calgary in the ’18 Grey Cup game. Ottawa entered 2024 having posted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Charles (Air) Jourdain moves down to bantamweight on UFC Edmonton card
By The Canadian Press on September 11th, 2024
Canadian Charles (Air) Jourdain is moving down to bantamweight to take on Victor (La Mangosta) Henry on the UFC’s Nov. 2 Fight Night card in Edmonton. The five-foot-nine Jourdain (15-8-1) has been fighting at 145 pounds as a featherweight but is dropping down to 135 after back-to-back losses to Sean (The Sniper) Woodson at UFC ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All nine CFL teams unveil 10 players from their respective negotiation lists
By The Canadian Press on September 11th, 2024
TORONTO – He’s currently a senior at Purdue but quarterback Hudson Card now has a second option at a pro football career. Card was one of 10 negotiation-list players revealed Wednesday by the Edmonton Elks. All nine CFL teams unveiled players Wednesday in the first of two revelations this year. Card, a six-foot-three, 210-pound Texan, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2018 world junior appeal adjourned by independent panel until criminal trial complete
By The Canadian Press on September 11th, 2024
CALGARY – An appeal made by members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team to an independent board has been adjourned until the criminal trial involving those players has ended. A London, Ont., court has heard legal arguments in the sexual assault case of five former members of Canada’s world junior team. The trial is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Leafs sign forward Max Pacioretty to professional tryout
By The Canadian Press on September 11th, 2024
TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Max Pacioretty to a professional tryout. The 35-year-old played in 47 games last season with the Washington Capitals, scoring four goals and dishing out 19 assists. Pacioretty returned to action last season after suffering a second achilles tear in January 2023, having only played five games ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MacKinnon backs underfire Marner: ‘One of the best players in the league’
By Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press on September 11th, 2024
LAS VEGAS – Nathan MacKinnon got his first up-close look at Mitch Marner back in 2017. The former was an established NHLer. The latter had just completed his rookie season. The pair were poised to suit up for Canada at that year’s world hockey championship in Germany. “Hit it off on and off the ice,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sports scoreboard for Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024
By The Canadian Press on September 10th, 2024
Tuesday’s Games MLB Interleague Toronto 6 N.Y. Mets 2 Detroit 11 Colorado 0 San Diego 7 Seattle 3 Philadelphia 9 Tampa Bay 4 Arizona 6 Texas 0 American League Kansas City 5 N.Y. Yankees 0 Baltimore 5 Boston 3 Cleveland 5 Chicago White Sox 0 Minnesota 10 L.A. Angels 5 Oakland 4 Houston 3 (12) ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian flyweight Corinne Laframboise misses out on UFC contract again
By The Canadian Press on September 10th, 2024
LAS VEGAS – Brazilian Nicolle Caliari submitted Canadian flyweight Corinne Laframboise for a first-round win Tuesday on Dana White’s Contender Series. The Contender Series, held at the UFC’s Apex production facility, offers fighters a chance to impress UFC president Dana White – and possibly earn a UFC deal. Caliari, showing no fear of Laframboise’s black ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada and Mexico draw 0-0 in chippy international men’s soccer friendly
By The Canadian Press on September 10th, 2024
ARLINGTON, Texas – Canada and Mexico played to a scoreless draw Tuesday in a men’s soccer game that was an international friendly in name only. Mexico, ranked 17th in the world, played a physical game from the start, bundling over the 40th-ranked Canadians at will. But while there were far more fouls (41 in total ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four-run third inning powers Blue Jays to 6-2 victory over Mets
By Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press on September 10th, 2024
TORONTO – Chris Bassitt threw six strong innings and Davis Schneider hit a two-run triple to help the Blue Jays to a 6-2 win over the New York Mets on Tuesday night. Schneider keyed Toronto’s four-run third inning by driving a David Peterson pitch to the wall in right-centre field to bring home Ernie Clement ... Read More »
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