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Nick Dunlap becomes 1st amateur winner on PGA Tour since 1991 with victory at The American Express
By Greg Beacham, The Associated Press on January 21st, 2024
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) – Nick Dunlap became the first amateur in 33 years to win on the PGA Tour, holding on for a one-shot victory over Christiaan Bezuidenhout at The American Express on Sunday. Dunlap, the 20-year-old University of Alabama sophomore and reigning U.S. Amateur champion, is the first amateur winner since Phil Mickelson ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dunlap first amateur to win on PGA Tour since 1991, claims American Express title
By Greg Beacham, The Associated Press on January 21st, 2024
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) – Nick Dunlap became the first amateur in 33 years to win on the PGA Tour, holding on for a one-shot victory over Christiaan Bezuidenhout at The American Express on Sunday. Dunlap, the 20-year-old University of Alabama sophomore and reigning U.S. Amateur champion, is the first amateur winner since Phil Mickelson ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Blondin earns two gold medals at Four Continents speedskating championships
By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2024
SALT LAKE CITY – Canada’s Ivanie Blondin picked up two gold medals on Sunday at the Four Continents speedskating championships. Blondin won the women’s team pursuit alongside Valerie Maltais and Isabelle Weidemann with a time of two minutes 54.02 seconds. Japan (2:57.54) and the U.S. (3:04.32) rounded out the podium in second and third, respectively. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!OHL roundup: Attack complete comeback with 6-5 OT win over 67’s
By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2024
OTTAWA – Cedrick Guindon scored at 1:04 of overtime as the visiting Owen Sound Attack erased a 5-1 third-period deficit to post a thrilling 6-5 Ontario Hockey League victory on Sunday at TD Place. Colby Barlow had two goals and three assists for the “Comeback Kids,” who were behind 5-2 with under four minutes left ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lydia Ko gets new year off to the right start with LPGA Tour opener victory, Canada’s Henderson places third
By Jeff Babineau, The Associated Press on January 21st, 2024
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – It took only four rounds for Lydia Ko to put a dismal 2023 LPGA Tour season completely behind her. Ko rediscovered her winning touch Sunday in the season-opening Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, closing with a 2-under 70 for a two-shot victory over Alexa Pano at Lake Nona. Ko, who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!QMJHL roundup: Masse nets five points as Sagueneens whip Islanders 8-3
By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2024
CHARLOTTETOWN – Maxim Masse scored four goals and added an assist as the visiting Chicoutimi Sagueneens cruised past the Charlottetown Islanders 8-3 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Sunday. Alexis Morin added two goals for the Sagueneens (18-214-3), who scored five goals in the third period to break open the game. Emile Guite, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Hannah Schmidt wins second straight World Cup ski cross gold at Nakiska
By Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2024
NAKISKA, ALTA. – Hannah Schmidt doubled her World Cup ski cross victories at Nakiska Ski Resort on Sunday. The 29-year-old from Ottawa parlayed powerful starts out of the gates and over the opening rollers to World Cup wins both Saturday and Sunday at the Alberta resort west of Calgary. “I’m kind of speechless to be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mouat tops Bottcher for Grand Slam of Curling Canadian Open title
By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2024
RED DEER, Alta. – Scotland’s Bruce Mouat defeated Canada’s Brendan Bottcher 6-5 to win the men’s Grand Slam of Curling Co-op Canadian Open title on Sunday. After Bottcher knotted the game at 2-2 in the second end, Mouat outscored his opponent from Calgary 4-1 over the course of the next four ends. Bottcher scored a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tarasenko, Giroux help lift Senators to 5-3 comeback win over Flyers
By Aaron Bracy, The Associated Press on January 21st, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Vladimir Tarasenko and Claude Giroux scored third-period goals and the Ottawa Senators came back to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 on Sunday in Shane Pinto’s return to the lineup from a gambling suspension. Tim Stützle had a pair of goals, including an empty-netter, and Zack MacEwen also scored for Ottawa. Pinto, playing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Hannah Schmidt wins second straight ski cross gold at Nakiska
By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2024
NAKISKA, ALTA. – Canada’s Hannah Schmidt has won her second women’s World Cup ski cross in as many days. The 29-year-old from Ottawa finished first in her four-woman final for the second straight day at Alberta’s Nakiska Ski Resort. Schmidt’s teammate Britt Phelan from Mont-Tremblant, Que., finished third behind runner-up Marielle Berger Sabbatel of France. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A combination curling centre and music museum? Manitoba continues to mull
By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2024
WINNIPEG – The future of a proposed international curling centre, combined with a museum that would pay tribute to Neil Young, Randy Bachman and other Manitoba music greats, appears to be in limbo. The projects have been talked about separately for years, and were mashed together by the province’s former Progressive Conservative government, which called ... Read More »
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