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Hockey players of colour form Hockey Diversity Alliance to combat racism
A group of hockey players of colour have formed the Hockey Diversity Alliance in an effort to combat racism in the game. The group announced its formation in a statement released Monday. San Jose Shar...
Jun 08, 2020
Former CFL player Marsh passes on same message to son that he received
Decades later, Dante Marsh finds himself following in his parents' footsteps. The former CFL star remembers the advice his parents gave him regarding the challenges an African American man f...
Jun 08, 2020
Oilers players take the ice at Rogers Place as Phase 2 of NHL return begins
The Edmonton Oilers were back at Rogers Place on Monday - some of them, anyway. The club opened its arena for voluntary, small-group training as the NHL moved to Phase 2 of its return-to-play pro...
Jun 08, 2020
'Create your own excitement': Players ponder empty buildings
The roar of the crowd has been such a staple of major sports, such an advantage for the home team, that NFL clubs have been accused at times of artificial amplification. The Atlanta Falcons even admit...
Jun 08, 2020
Hamilton a big sporting voice in Black Lives Matter movement
Prevented from doing his day job by the coronavirus outbreak, Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton is standing out during the pandemic through his passionate campaigning against racial injustice. The M...
Jun 08, 2020
Massive sports corruption case finally heard at Paris trial
PARIS - A Paris court heard allegations Monday that top athletes hushed-up suspected doping by giving millions of dollars in illicit payoffs to corrupt administrators, as the trial got underway for th...
Jun 08, 2020
Shortened MLB draft could have big impact on Canadian baseball talent
David Calabrese and Cooper Davis are heading into this year's MLB draft without expectations. The two Canadian players are still hoping to hear their names selected by professional teams, of cour...
Jun 08, 2020
A look back at big hits, bad calls as MLB eyes new draft era
NEW YORK - Baseball's amateur draft is about to enter the next phase of its ongoing development - same as all those young prospects picked every year. Even before the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 ve...
Jun 08, 2020
'I'm really proud': NHLPA chief on players speaking out about social justice
Don Fehr didn't attend to his college graduation. The shootings at Kent State - where Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on students peacefully protesting the Vietnam War - happened about a week b...
Jun 07, 2020 NHL Players' Association Executive Director Donald Fehr listens during a press conference in Columbus, Ohio on Jan.24, 2015. Fehr didn't attend to his college graduation.The shootings at Kent State — where Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on students peacefully protesting the Vietnam War — happened about a week before he was scheduled to receive his degree from Indiana University in the spring of 1970. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Gene J. Puskar,
Sato misses IndyCar season opener after crash practice
FORT WORTH, Texas - Takuma Sato missed the delayed season-opening IndyCar race after his team wasn't able to get the car repaired in time for the green flag Saturday night after a crash in qualifying....
Jun 06, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Canada is getting a taste of FIFA's World Cup demands
Sarah Mills says a full motorcade with a police escort for the FIFA president is unnecessary, but it shows that the orga...
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8:30 - Drivers are yet again feeling the pinch at the gas pump. Prices have climbed almost 20 cents per litre at some st...