National Sports
Foegele, Draisaitl lead the way as Oilers beat Kraken 4-2 for 12th straight win
By Shane Jones, The Canadian Press on January 18th, 2024
EDMONTON – Warren Foegele had two goals, Leon Draisaitl had a goal and three assists, and the Edmonton Oilers rebounded from another tough start to defeat the Seattle Kraken 4-2 on Thursday and extend their winning streak to a franchise-record 12 games. Zach Hyman also scored for the Oilers (25-15-1), who have gone 20-3-0 in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian rugby sevens men and women head Down Under for third stop of the season
By The Canadian Press on January 18th, 2024
Maddy Grant and Breanne Nicholas return to the Canadian women’s rugby sevens side for the HSBC SVNS in Perth, Australia, later this month. Grant was with the Canadian 15s team at the WXV tournament in New Zealand in the fall. Nicholas, who won Pan American Games silver with the sevens squad in November, is returning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nikola Vucevic’s double-double leads Bulls past Raptors in Bruce Brown’s debut
By John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press on January 18th, 2024
TORONTO – Bruce Brown wasn’t sure if he’d even play for the Raptors just six hours after he arrived in Toronto, but he knew his abilities to cut to the basket and set picks would make the trip with him from Indiana. Nikola Vucevic had a double-double with 24 points and 13 rebounds to lead ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!OHL Roundup: Musty puts up six points in 7-3 Wolves win over Colts
By The Canadian Press on January 18th, 2024
BARRIE, Ont. – Quentin Musty had two goals and four assists as the Sudbury Wolves dominated the Barrie Colts with a 7-3 win on Thursday night in the Ontario Hockey League. Dalibor Dvorský had two goals and an assist, David Goyette had one goal and three assists, and Matthew Mania had a goal and two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!QMJHL Roundup: Lacerte scores hat trick, Cataractes beat Sea Dogs 6-1
By The Canadian Press on January 18th, 2024
SAINT JOHN, N.B. – Félix Lacerte scored a hat trick as the Shawinigan Cataractes defeated the Saint John Sea Dogs 6-1 on Thursday night in the Quebec Maritimes Hockey League. Lacerte scored twice in the first period before adding an empty-net goal at 17:17 of the third for his 20th of the season. Jordan Tourigny ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Canadian international Phil Mack named attack coach for Canada men’s 15s side
By The Canadian Press on January 18th, 2024
Phil Mack, a veteran of both the national sevens and 15s sides, has been named attack coach for the Canadian 15s men’s rugby team. Mack, who has been serving as head coach of Rugby Canada’s developmental Pacific Pride side, succeeds former British Lion Rob Howley who returned to his native Wales after his three-year contract ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nikola Vucevic’s double-double leads Chicago Bulls past Toronto Raptors 116-110
By John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press on January 18th, 2024
TORONTO – Nikola Vucevic had a double-double with 24 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls past the Toronto Raptors 116-110 on Thursday. Former Raptors star DeMar DeRozan had 24 points and seven rebounds for Chicago (20-23), while Coby White had 23 points and eight boards. Scottie Barnes led Toronto (16-26) with 31 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tim Stutzle’s three-point night leads Senators over Canadiens 6-2
By Lisa Wallace, The Canadian Press on January 18th, 2024
OTTAWA – Tim Stutzle had a goal and two assists to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 6-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. Brady Tkachuk, Rourke Chartier, Vladimir Tarasenko and Mathieu Joseph also scored, while Parker Kelly added an empty-net goal for the Senators (16-24-0). Joonas Korpisalo stopped 21 shots. Ottawa won ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Zach Johnson makes 10 birdies, shares 1st-round lead with Alex Noren at The American Express
By Greg Beacham, The Associated Press on January 18th, 2024
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) – Zach Johnson embraced the pressure of being the U.S. Ryder Cup captain last year, even if the experience didn’t go the way anybody on his team hoped. A few months later, Johnson is past all the pressure and the second-guessing – and those newly lightened shoulders might have been a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Raptors president Masai Ujiri says Christian Koloko’s health status is ‘in hands of NBA’
By The Associated Press on January 18th, 2024
TORONTO (AP) – Raptors president Masai Ujiri said Thursday that the health status of former Toronto center Christian Koloko “is in the hands of the NBA.” Later Thursday, Shams Charania of the Athletic reported that Koloko is suffering from a blood clot issue and has been referred to the league’s Fitness-to-Play panel, preventing him from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland puts on a show at UFC 297 news conference
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on January 18th, 2024
TORONTO – As befitting its main attraction, Thursday’s UFC 297 news conference was loud and raucous. Middleweight champion Sean (Tarzan) Strickland, perhaps the loosest of loose cannons in the UFC’s arsenal, walked onto the stage at the Winter Garden Theatre wearing a white T-shirt with Strickland emblazoned over a red Maple Leaf above the words ... Read More »
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