KINGSTON, Ont. - Framed pictures, posters, plaques and vintage helmets adorn the walls of equipment manager Jeff Mellor's office at Queen's University. His work space is just as crammed. A dozen Vanier Cup footballs, a dirty towel and small brush are on his desk, the meticulous ball preparation process now complete. It...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Kyle Connor had a goal and an assist and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Friday night. Connor became the third player in Jets history to record at least 25 points through 20 games in a season. Gabriel Vilardi scored a power-play goal, while Nino Niederreiter and Vladislav Namestn...

Kevin Obanor just wants to spread love. The 25-year-old forward won the NBA G-League's Bob Lanier Community Assist Award on Friday ahead of the home opener for Raptors 905. Obanor was given a cheque for US$10,000 by G-League president Shareef Abdur-Rahim in a pre-game ceremony for Obanor to put toward his charitable wo...

MONTREAL - Mikyla Grant-Mentis scored twice and the Montreal Victoire wrapped up their Professional Women's Hockey League pre-season with a 6-3 win over the Ottawa Charge. Gabrielle David, Maureen Murphy, Alexandra Labelle and Kati Tabin, into an empty net, also scored for Montreal. Elaine Chuli and Marlène Bois...

WINNIPEG - Mike O'Shea stood in front of reporters Friday and kept his cool while answering questions about the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' 41-24 Grey Cup loss to the Toronto Argonauts last weekend. The head coach was asked if he made a mistake keeping injured quarterback Zach Collaros in the game, why star running back Bra...

KINGSTON, Ont. - Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks head coach Michael Faulds feels his team plays its best football when the competition is tough. The unbeaten squad should be put to the test Saturday against the Quebec powerhouse Laval Rouge et Or in the Vanier Cup. "We've been saying to the guys all week that it was ...

TORONTO - The injury-ravaged Toronto Maple Leafs placed Matthew Knies on injured reserve Friday and signed fellow forward Alex Nylander to a one-year contract, recalling him from the AHL Marlies. Knies was hurt in a mid-ice check by Las Vegas defenceman Zach Whitecloud in the Toronto's 3-0 home win Wednesday. Knies did...

The Canadian men began their climb back up the rugby sevens ladder Friday with a 29-0 victory over Guyana at the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens in Trinidad. Relegated from the elite HSBC SVNS circuit in June, the Canadians need to win the RAN 7s in Arima, some 30 kilometres east of Port of Spain, to join World Rugby...

TORONTO - Everything changed for Kia Nurse when she tore her anterior cruciate ligament in the 2021 WNBA playoffs. The basketball star from Hamilton was locked in as starter for a team in the semifinals. She'd been selected as an all-star just two years prior. But in one awkward fall three years ago, she was plunged in...

The Canadian women's rugby seven team leaves for Dubai early Sunday, knowing a familiar foe awaits when the 2025 HSBC SVNS season kicks off Nov. 30. After games against Japan and Brazil, Canada wraps up Pool C play against New Zealand at the Emirates Dubai 7s. It's the first meeting between the two since the Blacks Fer...

Canadian defender Alistair Johnston has agreed to a new contract with Celtic that will keep him at the Scottish powerhouse until the summer of 2029. The 26-year-old from Aurora, Ont., originally signed with the Glasgow club in December 2022 on a five-year deal from CF Montreal. Johnston has made 79 appearances since, s...

Tuomas Sammelvuo has resigned as head coach of Canada's men's volleyball team, Volleyball Canada announced Sammelvuo's departure in a release Friday and said he and his wife recently welcomed a new baby, which influenced the decision. Sammelvuo was named the men's team head coach in 2022. He helped the team finish seco...

NAGANO - Laurent Dubreuil is picking up this season's ISU World Cup speedskating campaign where he left off. The long-track star from Lévis, Que., captured silver in his season debut in a men's 500-metre race Friday at Nagano's M-Wave. Dubreuil finished last season's World Cup circuit second in the overall 500-m...

CALGARY - Jonathan Huberdeau lobbied for teammate MacKenzie Weegar's inclusion on Canada's team for the upcoming 4 Nations Face-off after Weegar's three assists paced the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers on Thursday. "Give him a shout-out to make Team Canada," Huberdeau said. "It's t...

EDMONTON - It certainly wasn't the start Marc-Andre Fleury was expecting in what was otherwise a milestone night for the veteran Minnesota Wild goaltender. Fleury made 29 saves between the pipes and Frederick Gaudreau had two goals and an assist as the Wild continued to pick up points at will, emerging with a 5-3 victo...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Zach Werenski's goal at 1:25 of overtime punctuated a five-point game as the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied from an early three-goal deficit and beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-6 on Thursday night. Werenski had tied the game at 4 in the second period and added three assists as the Blue Jackets won t...

SASKATOON, Sask. - Canada opened the second window of the FIBA men's AmeriCup 2025 qualifiers with an 88-71 win over the Dominican Republic on Thursday at Sasktel Centre. Mfiondu Kabengele scored a team-high 17 points, along with two blocks. Trae Bell-Haynes added eight points, four rebounds, and a game-high ten assist...

EDMONTON - Frederick Gaudreau had two goals and an assist as the Minnesota Wild continued to pick up points at will, emerging with a 5-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday. Matt Boldy, Marcus Foligno and Marcus Johansson also scored for the Wild (13-3-3), who have gone 5-1-1 in their last seven games. Leon Dr...

CALGARY - Connor Zary scored the game-winner in the third period for the Calgary Flames in a 3-2 win over the visiting New York Rangers on Thursday. Matt Coronato and Yegor Sharangovich each had a goal and an assist and MacKenzie Weegar had three assists for the Flames (11-6-3), who have claimed points in seven of thei...

OTTAWA - Travis Green hasn't been behind the Ottawa Senators bench very long, but he could see what has carried over from years past with the team. The Senators (8-10-1) lost their fourth straight game Thursday night, despite putting up a valiant effort against the Vegas Golden Knights in a 3-2 loss. The Golden Knights...

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have added Scottie Barnes and subtracted the point guard position from their starting lineup. Barnes, wearing protective goggles with red frames, returned to the Raptors lineup on Thursday night for the first time since he fractured his right orbital bone on Oct. 28. To make space for the ...

OTTAWA - Bruce Cassidy earned his 400th career victory in his hometown as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Thursday night. The Knights (12-6-2) capitalized on a couple Ottawa breakdowns and benefited from an impressive 37-save performance from Ilya Samsonov. Samsonov had given up 10 goals in...

NEW YORK (AP) - New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge was a unanimous pick to win his second American League Most Valuable Player Award in three seasons on Thursday, easily outdistancing Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. Shohei Ohtani was expected to win the National League honor later Thursday, his third MVP and ...

TORONTO - Scottie Barnes is back. Barnes was inserted into the Toronto Raptors starting lineup ahead of tonight's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. He broke his right orbital bone in the fourth quarter of Toronto's 121-119 overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets on Nov. 4. Barnes was expected to be out at least thre...

Alex Ovechkin has a broken left fibula and is expected to be out four to six weeks, an injury that pauses the Washington Capitals superstar captain's pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record. The Capitals updated Ovechkin's status Thursday after he was evaluated by team doctors upon returning from a three-gam...

MONTREAL - The Ottawa Charge got contributions from six different goal scorers in a 6-1 pre-season win over the Boston Fleet on Thursday in the Professional Women's Hockey League. Emily Clark, Stephanie Markowski and Anna Meixner had a goal and an assist each, while Katerina Mrazova, Mannon McMahon and Shiann Darkangel...

Several ski resorts across British Columbia, including Whistler-Blackcomb and Big White outside Kelowna, are opening early thanks to dumps of fresh powder. A statement from Big White says the resort is set to open on Friday, six days ahead of schedule, with the daily snow report showing 65 centimetres of fresh snowfall...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Pep Guardiola has signed a two-year contract extension to stay at Manchester City, the club announced Thursday. The City manager's contract was due to expire at the end of this season, but Guardiola ended speculation about his future by agreeing to a deal that would bring him to 11 seasons in...