Category Archives: Sports

From chords and forehands, ex-Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron happy in retirement
Patrice Bergeron understands how the rumour started. The former Bruins captain spends every Friday on the ice with a group of friends and fellow ex-NHLers in the Boston area. That weekly rink gatherin...
Jan 22, 2024

Matthews scores his 38th as Maple Leafs edge Kraken 3-1
SEATTLE (AP) - Auston Matthews scored his league-leading 38th goal in the first period, Ilya Samsonov got his first NHL win since early December, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Seattle Kraken 3-...
Jan 21, 2024

NHL roundup: Horvat scores in OT, Islanders sink Stars 3-2 in Roy's debut as coach
NEW YORK (AP) - Bo Horvat scored 41 seconds into overtime and the New York Islanders beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 Sunday night to win in new coach Patrick Roy's debut. Alexander Romanov and Hudson Faschi...
Jan 21, 2024

Dunlap first amateur to win on PGA Tour since 1991, claims American Express title
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) - Nick Dunlap became the first amateur in 33 years to win on the PGA Tour, holding on for a one-shot victory over Christiaan Bezuidenhout at The American Express on Sunday. Dunl...
Jan 21, 2024

Lydia Ko gets new year off to the right start with LPGA Tour opener victory, Canada's Henderson places third
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - It took only four rounds for Lydia Ko to put a dismal 2023 LPGA Tour season completely behind her. Ko rediscovered her winning touch Sunday in the season-opening Hilton Grand Vaca...
Jan 21, 2024

Canada's Hannah Schmidt wins second straight World Cup ski cross gold at Nakiska
NAKISKA, ALTA. - Hannah Schmidt doubled her World Cup ski cross victories at Nakiska Ski Resort on Sunday. The 29-year-old from Ottawa parlayed powerful starts out of the gates and over the opening ro...
Jan 21, 2024

Mouat tops Bottcher for Grand Slam of Curling Canadian Open title
RED DEER, Alta. - Scotland's Bruce Mouat defeated Canada's Brendan Bottcher 6-5 to win the men's Grand Slam of Curling Co-op Canadian Open title on Sunday. After Bottcher knotted the game at 2-2 in th...
Jan 21, 2024

Tarasenko, Giroux help lift Senators to 5-3 comeback win over Flyers
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Vladimir Tarasenko and Claude Giroux scored third-period goals and the Ottawa Senators came back to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 on Sunday in Shane Pinto's return to the line...
Jan 21, 2024

Flames forward Dillon Dube on indefinite leave to attend to mental health
Calgary Flames forward Dillon Dube has been granted an indefinite leave to attend to his mental health, the team announced Sunday. The 25-year-old from Golden, B.C., is under the care of professionals...
Dave Barry Jan 21, 2024

Dricus Du Plessis wins middleweight title after gruelling war of attrition at UFC 297
TORONTO - Middleweight champion Sean Strickland and challenger Dricus (Stillknocks) Du Plessis had promised their UFC 297 showdown would be a war. "To the death," crowed Strickland before the fight. I...
Jan 21, 2024