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World Cup skiers excited for new event in Tremblant: ‘It’s gonna be pretty sick’
By Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2023
MONT-TREMBLANT, Que. – The set up at Mont-Tremblant is already making an impression on some of the world’s top alpine skiers. For the first time since 1983, the Laurentians ski resort is hosting a World Cup event with women’s giant slalom races on deck for Saturday and Sunday. Tremblant replaces Lake Louise, Alta., as the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto FC exercises contract option on towering defender Aime Mabika
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2023
Toronto FC has exercised the option on six-foot-six centre back Aime Mabika. On Nov. 2, when Toronto announced its first round of roster moves, the MLS club said it had retained a 2024 contract option for Mabika and remained in discussions with the defender. On Friday, TFC said Mabika was staying in the fold. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canucks forward Andrei Kuzmenko admits game has regressed, vows progress
By Nick Wells, The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2023
VANCOUVER – Andrei Kuzmenko admits his game is struggling. The Russian winger had 74 points last season, earning himself a two year US$11 million contract and a place on Vancouver’s top line as a reward. This season has been different. Kuzmenko has 15 points (four goals, 11 assists) in 21 games this season, has been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rookie goaltender Joseph Woll making crease case with Toronto Maple Leafs
By Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2023
TORONTO – Joseph Woll saved his best for last. The Maple Leafs rookie goaltender had already made two huge stops in overtime when Kraken forward Jordan Eberle appeared on the lip of the crease with the game on his stick. Woll went full stretch – “just trying to do everything I can” – to deny ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!World Cup men’s downhill race canceled due to heavy snowfall at Beaver Creek, Colorado
By The Associated Press on December 1st, 2023
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) – Heavy snowfall from the night before led to the cancellation of a men’s World Cup downhill race on Friday in Beaver Creek, Colorado. This marks the third speed-race postponement by weather this season after two downhills in the area of Zermatt, Switzerland, couldn’t be staged on Nov. 11 and 12 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Victor Wembanyama will miss Spurs’ game Friday in New Orleans with hip tightness
By The Associated Press on December 1st, 2023
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Victor Wembanyama has been ruled out of San Antonio’s game against New Orleans on Friday because of right hip tightness, the first time that the highly touted rookie will sit for a contest this season. The No. 1 pick in the 2023 draft averaged 19.3 points and 9.7 rebounds through the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Seattle Kraken to be without forward Jaden Schwartz for six weeks because of upper body injury
By The Associated Press on December 1st, 2023
TORONTO (AP) – The Seattle Kraken will be without forward Jaden Schwartz for six weeks because of an upper body injury, the team said Friday. Schwartz was injured during Seattle’s loss at Chicago on Tuesday night. He took one shift early in the third period and did not return to the game, and did not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLB, union say there was 1 positive test among record 11,783 drug scans in the last year
By The Associated Press on December 1st, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – There was just one positive test resulting in discipline from among a record 11,783 samples collected by Major League Baseball and the players’ association in the year ending with the 2023 World Series. Therapeutic use exemptions for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder dropped for the 10th straight year. There were 61 exemptions, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blackhawks’ Bedard named NHL’s rookie of the month, Canucks’ Hughes third star
By The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2023
NEW YORK – Chicago Blackhawks centre Connor Bedard has been named the NHL’s rookie of the month while Vancouver Canucks defenceman Quinn Hughes was named the league’s third star for November. Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov and Colorado Avalanche defenceman Cale Makar were named first and second star respectively. Bedard, the first-overall pick at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blackhawks centre Connor Bedard named NHL’s rookie of the month
By The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2023
NEW YORK – Chicago Blackhawks centre Connor Bedard has been named the NHL’s rookie of the month for November. Befard, the first-overall pick at the 2023 NHL draft, led all rookies last month with 12 points (six goals, six assists) in 12 games. The 18-year-old had at least a point in all five of Chicago’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blue over ‘G0BLUE’: University of Michigan grad sues after losing license plate
By The Associated Press on December 1st, 2023
BEVERLY HILLS, Mich. (AP) – A passionate University of Michigan graduate is booing the state – and suing – over the loss of his revered “G0BLUE” car license plate. Joseph Hardig III said the plate has been on family vehicles for years. But he was told it was assigned to another car owner when he ... Read More »
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