Category Archives: Sports
Four new PWHL general managers gear up for different expansion
Complex, but necessary, is what the general managers of the Professional Women's Hockey League's four new teams say about the expansion process. The PWHL held a seven-round expansion draft last year w...
May 28, 2026
Nervous feeling lingers for players ahead of Canada's World Cup roster decision
CHARLOTTE - Alfie Jones knows he could be in for a long night on Thursday. The centre back is one of the 32 players at Canada's pre-World Cup training camp in Charlotte, N.C., this week. He's hoping t...
May 28, 2026
Bruce Cassidy calls it 'upsetting' as Golden Knights block him from coaching interviews
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Former Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy called it "upsetting" in a podcast Thursday that he can't interview with other clubs after Vegas management declined reported requests by Edm...
May 28, 2026
PWHL Players Association is disclosing salaries as members vote to approve transparency
The Professional Women's Hockey League Players Association began publicly listing salaries this week on its website, doing so after the union's leader said members voted to approve the disclosure. PWH...
May 28, 2026
Canadians Auger-Aliassime, Mboko move on to third round at French Open
PARIS - Canadian tennis stars Flix Auger-Aliassime and Victoria Mboko each came back from a set down to win their second-round matches Thursday at the French Open. Auger-Aliassime, the men's fourth se...
May 28, 2026
MLB owners propose a salary cap for the first time since baseball's 1994-95 strike
Major League Baseball owners made their long-expected salary cap proposal to the players' association on Thursday, a system the union has vowed never to accept, setting the sides on course for a confr...
May 28, 2026
CPL's Vancouver FC settles lawsuit with former head coach Afshin Ghotbi
VANCOUVER - Former Vancouver FC head coach Afshin Ghotbi and SixFive Sports & Entertainment, the ownership group behind the Canadian Premier League team, say they've settled a lawsuit tied to a di...
May 28, 2026
Public Health Agency of Canada defends decision to restrict travel from Ebola-affected countries
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says temporarily blocking entry for people coming from Ebola-affected countries is necessary to reduce the risk of importing the disease, despite the World...
May 28, 2026
Public Health Agency of Canada defends decision to restrict travel from Ebola-affected countries
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says temporarily blocking entry for people coming from Ebola-affected countries is necessary to reduce the risk of importing the disease, despite the World...
May 28, 2026
Claude Lemieux, former Canadien and four-time Stanley Cup champion, has passed at the age of 60
MONTREAL - Four-time Stanley Cup champion Claude Lemieux has died at the age of 60, the NHL Alumni Association said Thursday. Born in Buckingham, Que., Lemieux broke into the NHL with the Montreal Can...
May 28, 2026