National Sports
Tom Brady can still sling it but Team USA dominates flag football
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
Tom Brady started out like the GOAT of flag football before Team USA dominated the day. Brady fired a perfect touchdown pass to Stefon Diggs in the corner of the end zone on his first play in a competitive football game in more than 1,000 days. The 48-year-old, seven-time Super Bowl champion even showed unusual ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sam Surridge scores 3 goals, Nashville beats Orlando City 5-0
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sam Surridge scored three goals — his third multi-goal game this season — on Saturday to help Nashville SC beat Orlando City 5-0. Surridge leads MLS with seven goals this season, two more than Vancouver’s Brian White and Petar Musa of FC Dallas. The 27-year-old Surridge, who scored a career-high 24 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!VCU’s Nyk Lewis injures ankle in opening minute of second-round game against No. 3 Illinois
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — VCU guard Nyk Lewis had to be helped off the court by trainers following a right ankle injury in the opening minute of the Rams’ second-round NCAA Tournament game Saturday against No. 3 seed Illinois. Lewis was injured when he landed awkwardly on a teammate’s foot while trying to come down ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Einarson to play for world curling championship gold, beats Japan 11-3
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
CALGARY — Canada’s Kerri Einarson will play for gold at the women’s world curling championship. Einarson’s Manitoba team defeated Japan 11-3 in Saturday’s semifinal. Japan shook hands after eight ends. Canada will face the winner of the other semifinal between Switzerland and Sweden for the gold medal Sunday. Einarson and teammates Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Clemson women’s shining March moment wiped out because clock started late ahead of buzzer-beater
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — It was a wild celebration and a moment of March bliss for Clemson, which had not enjoyed many of those the past two decades. Mia Moore’s running 3-pointer seemingly went through in time to lift the Tigers to a buzzer-beating win over Southern California in the first round of the women’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Favorites keep winning, but number of perfect March Madness brackets keeps getting smaller
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
The pursuit of the perfect NCAA Tournament bracket continues, but for far fewer people than when Saturday’s second-round games tipped off. By Saturday evening, after wins by top seeds Duke and Michigan and third-seeded Michigan State, the number of unblemished entries had dropped to 105 in ESPN’s bracket challenge and 133 in the NCAA’s contest. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Emerging Market edges Pavlovian at the Louisiana Derby to earn a likely spot in the Kentucky Derby
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Emerging Market galloped around the outside of four horses during the final three furlongs to win the $1 million Louisiana Derby by a head over Pavlovian on Saturday, earning the Chad Brown-trained horse enough Kentucky Derby qualifying points to enter the opening race of the Triple Crown. Going off as a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Emerging Market edges Pavlovian at the Louisiana Derby to earn a likely spot in the Kentucky Derby.
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Emerging Market galloped around the outside of four horses during the final three furlongs to win the $1 million Louisiana Derby by a head over Pavlovian on Saturday, earning the Chad Brown-trained horse enough Kentucky Derby qualifying points to enter the opening race of the Triple Crown. Going off as a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mikayla Blakes storms past Vanderbilt women’s single-season scoring mark in NCAA opener
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — All-American Mikayla Blakes needed only part of the first half Saturday night of the NCAA Tournament to become the best single-season scorer in Vanderbilt women’s history. Blakes came in with 837 points just 19 shy of the mark of 855 points set by Wendy Scholtens during the 1989-90 season, and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Im takes lead into Innisbrook finale, Snedeker also in final group
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Sungjae Im was in position for a wire-to-wire victory in the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook after a slow start in his return from a wrist injury. Brandt Snedeker was right beside him in the final pairing — with a hot new putter in the bag. Im holed a sweeping 13-foot ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gilgeous-Alexander scores 40, Thunder pull away for 132-111 win over Wizards after early scuffle
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 40 points and the Oklahoma Thunder pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Washington Wizards 132-111 on Saturday night for their 11th straight win, a game during which four players were ejected following a scuffle in the first half. Gilgeous-Alexander extended his NBA record of 63 consecutive ... Read More »
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