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Boilard’s three-point effort leads Team Red to 3-1 victory in CHL top prospects game
By The Canadian Press on January 24th, 2024
MONCTON, N.B. – Raoul Boilard scored the go-ahead goal 5:52 into the third period and Team Red topped Team White 3-1 in the Canadian Hockey League top prospects game on Wednesday. Boilard added an empty-netter with 1:20 remaining, along with an assist in the game. Ben Danford contributed the other marker for Team Red at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harbaugh returning to NFL to coach Chargers after leading Michigan to national title
By Joe Reedy, The Associated Press on January 24th, 2024
COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) – Jim Harbaugh was hired as head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers on Wednesday, leaving Michigan after capping his ninth season as coach of college football’s winningest program with the school’s first national championship since 1997. Harbaugh signed a five-year deal a person close to the negotiations told The Associated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Yu shoots 8-under 64 for a 1-shot lead over Cantlay, Hisatsune at the Farmers Insurance Open
By The Associated Press on January 24th, 2024
SAN DIEGO (AP) – Kevin Yu of Taiwan shot a bogey-free, 8-under 64 on the North Course at Torrey Pines to take a one-shot lead over Patrick Cantlay and Ryo Hisatsune in the opening round of the Farmers Insurance Open on Wednesday. The eight lowest scores came on the North Course, which generally plays a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harbaugh returning to NFL to coach Chargers after leading Michigan to national title, AP sources say
By Joe Reedy, Rob Maaddi And Larry Lage, The Associated Press on January 24th, 2024
COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) – Jim Harbaugh will be the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers, leaving Michigan after capping his ninth season as coach of college football’s winningest program with the school’s first national championship since 1997, two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The people spoke to the AP ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Training Camp 2.0: Toronto Raptors have crash course over three-day break
By John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press on January 24th, 2024
TORONTO – A new-look Toronto Raptors team means turning a three-day break into a mini-training camp. The Raptors have introduced five new players to their roster in the past month, trading for Canadian RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley, Bruce Brown, Jordan Nwora and Kyra Lewis Jr. in two deals with the New York Knicks and Indiana ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Aaron Cockerill off to flying start on DP World Tour after tie for fourth
By John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press on January 24th, 2024
Just nine tournaments into the DP World Tour season, Canada’s Aaron Cockerill is already in the best position of his career. Cockerill, from Stony Mountain, Man., tied for fourth at the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday, firing a 4-under fourth round to finish at 10 under, just four shots back of Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mooibroek joins Epping, Howard as favourites in deep Ontario curling playdowns field
By Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press on January 24th, 2024
Glenn Howard and John Epping are usually the skips to beat at the Ontario men’s curling championship. Add another name to that list for this week’s playdowns in Dorchester, Ont. Sam Mooibroek’s young Whitby, Ont.-based side has cracked the top 10 in the Canadian rankings thanks to a 46-25 record this season. The 2023 U ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ohio bans gender-affirming care and restricts transgender athletes despite GOP governor’s veto
By Samantha Hendrickson, The Associated Press on January 24th, 2024
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio has banned gender-affirming care for minors and restricted transgender women’s and girls’ participation on sports teams, a move that has families of transgender children scrambling over how best to care for them. The Republican-dominated Senate voted Wednesday to override GOP Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto. The new law bans gender-affirming surgeries ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian singer Tate McRae to perform at NHL All-Star Game in Toronto
By The Canadian Press on January 24th, 2024
TORONTO – Canadian singer-songwriter Tate McRae will perform during the second intermission of the NHL All-Star Game. The 20-year-old McRae, of Calgary, is a nine-time Juno Award winner and multiplatinum artist. Her 2023 hit single, “Greedy,” peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 record chart. McRae will also be a celebrity captain of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!So you want to go cliff diving. The ins and outs of the Red Bull World Series
By The Canadian Press on January 24th, 2024
A look at the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series: ORIGINS: Cliff diving as a sport is believed to have originated in the 1700s when Hawaiian chief King Kahekili first jumped from the holy cliffs of Kaunolo SERIES HISTORY: The Red Bull men’s competition started in 2009 and the women’s in 2014. The series winners ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian cliff diver Molly Carlson set to make the leap in Auckland in season finale
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on January 24th, 2024
Canadian Molly Carlson goes into this weekend’s final stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in New Zealand in second place and with a smile in her face. Whether it’s diving off a bridge, bungee-jumping or skydiving, the 25-year-old from Thunder Bay, Ont., who now makes her home in Montreal, enjoys testing herself. ... Read More »
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