Murray Wood: A different kind of 'Mike' drop for Edmonton
Hurt Feelings Alert: Mike Babcock is taking over the bench of the underachieving Edmonton Oilers. Murray Wood says many ...
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Canadian heavyweight Tanner Boser takes on former UFC champion Andrei Arlovski
Over the last five months, two trips to Abu Dhabi and one to Las Vegas have forced Alberta heavyweight Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser to spend more than six weeks in quarantine. Boser's fighting skills ...
Nov 06, 2020
Jamie Nye: Hoping CFL draft news is sign CFL fans are about to get some great news
The Canadian Football League gave us a plan. Yes, it was regarding the 2021 CFL draft, but it was a plan. There were no words like "maybe," "hoping," "trying" etc., like we've heard from the league ov...
Nov 06, 2020
Blue Jays outfielder Teoscar Hernandez wins Silver Slugger Award
Toronto Blue Jays rightfelder Teoscar Hernandez has won a Silver Slugger Award for the first time in his career.The 28-year-old Hernandez broke out as one of the game's top sluggers in the shortened 2...
Nov 05, 2020
Trainer Mark Casse's Breeders' Cup contingent has a definite Canadian flavour to it
He's an American, but trainer Mark Casse will provide a definite Canadian flavour at the Breeders' Cup. Five of the six horses Casse will run at Keeneland have ties to Canada. Gretzky the Great is the...
Nov 05, 2020
Montreal Impact's Jukka Raitala makes 'tough decision' to join Finnish national team
Choosing between club and country wasn't easy for Montreal Impact captain Jukka Raitala. The 32-year-old defender has been called up to the Finnish national team just as the Impact make a final ...
Nov 05, 2020
Canadian beach volleyball player's road to Tokyo detours with cancer scare
The COVID-19 virus has been good for Grant O'Gorman's health. The global pandemic shutting down the professional beach volleyball tour in the spring led O'Gorman to discovering he had testicular cance...
Nov 05, 2020
Seven years after the Kazan Universiade, Groenewoud, Furlan upgraded to gold, silver
It was a journey to the medal podium that took seven years, and robbed them of a chance to celebrate together in the spotlight.Canadian steeplechasers Chantelle Groenewoud and Jessica Furlan were upgr...
Nov 05, 2020
Players eligible for '21 CFL draft will have ability to opt out and go to 2022 event
The 2021 CFL draft will feature a number of different looks. The CFL announced Thursday the draft will be reduced from eight to six rounds and that eligible players will have the right to opt out in f...
Nov 05, 2020
"I'm trying to be creative" - Mandy Bujold turns to technology in absence of sparring
Boxer Mandy Bujold wears sensors in her hand wraps that measure the power and speed of her punches. One of her workouts includes five-minute rounds on the heavy bag in her garage. She'll do three roun...
Nov 05, 2020
Winnipeg Jets bring back journeyman forward Marko Dano on one-year, two-way contract
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets signed forward Marko Dano to a one-year, two-way contract worth US$700,000 in the NHL on Thursday. Dano was held off the scoresheet in three games with the Columbus Blue J...
Nov 05, 2020
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Sarah Mills: As the final school bell rings, let the summer begin
Sarah Mills says school is done for another year, so let's give thanks to all those who all those who make a positive im...
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