VANCOUVER - Christian Covington is coming home. The veteran defensive lineman signed with the B.C. Lions on Wednesday. The CFL club originally drafted Covington, a Vancouver native, in the fifth round, No. 43 overall, in the 2015 CFL draft. The six-foot-two, 300-pound Covington joins the Lions after playing in 102 NFL ...

Back-to-back wins by Canadians have added a bit of maple flavour to the top of the PGA Tour Americas points list. Vancouver's Stuart Macdonald shot a 1-under 71 to finish 17-under overall for a two-stroke victory at the Diners Club Peru Open on Sunday and rocket up to third on the Fortinet Cup standings. He's 83 points...

Joel Dublanko is looking forward to calling Edmonton home. The Edmonton Elks took the rugged linebacker first overall in the CFL draft Tuesday night. There was karma with the selection, as the American-born Dublanko was able to declare for the draft because his father is from Edmonton. And the burly six-foot-three, 240...

EDMONTON - Zach Hyman is extending the invitation. If basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal needs to learn how to skate - for real this time - Hyman will hit the ice with him. "If Shaq wants lessons, no problem," the Edmonton Oilers forward said Wednesday. "For free." O'Neal, a Basketball Hall of Famer...

Matt Rempe stretched on the bench several minutes before warmups when the chants started. A chorus of "Rempe! Rempe!" emerged from nearby New York Rangers fans, sounding almost like the Yankees "Bleacher Creatures" role-calling players from the outfield. The popular 6-foot-8 rookie waved and got a b...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes released veteran American receiver/returner Chandler Worthy on Wednesday. Worthy, 30, spent two seasons with Montreal (2022-23) after starting his CFL career with the Toronto Argonauts (2017, 2019, 2021). The five-foot-nine, 173-pound Worthy came to Canada after spending time in the NF...

The Carolina Hurricanes have avoided a major injury concern for defenceman Tony DeAngelo while veteran blue-liner Brett Pesce is nearing a return from a lower-body injury suffered in the second game of the NHL playoffs. Team president and general manager Don Waddell said Wednesday that Pesce has shed a walking boot and...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper opened his end-of-season news conference Wednesday apologizing for making what he called an inappropriate analogy of putting skirts on goalies. Cooper after the Game 5 loss that eliminated his team from the playoffs on Monday night vented about two questionable go...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - All players and coaches were at work on Wednesday at the Florida Panthers' practice facility. Nobody was on the ice. That's a nice problem to have right now. Florida will open the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs at home. That much is certain. The opponent - Boston or Toronto - won't be ...

TORONTO - The chief executive of Rogers Communications Inc. says the company plans to pursue a renewal of its rights to broadcast NHL games when its current agreement expires in two years, but offered no hints on whether it will go it alone or seek out a partner. Speaking Wednesday at a lunch hosted by Canadian Club To...

MADRID (AP) - Carlos Alcaraz's bid to win a third straight Madrid Open title ended with a three-set loss to Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. The second-seeded Spaniard got off to a good start but then was outplayed by the seventh-seeded Rublev, losing 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 at the Caja Magica center court. Alcar...

Kevin Watson, a longtime fixture of the Red Deer broadcasting scene, is joining the AJHL's Old Grizzlys as manager of business operations.Watson brings over 30 years of experience in media to the club, including a wealth of business knowledge."I moved to Red Deer to work in radio the spring of 1990, and the follow...

WINNIPEG - Lyle Bauer, a former CFL player and executive, has died. He was 65. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the team Bauer played for and later served as CEO, announced Bauer's death on its Instagram page Wednesday. Bauer, a Saskatoon native, played his entire 10-year CFL career as an offensive with the Blue Bombers (198...

The Red Deer Rebels are dropping the interim tag off of Dave Struch's head coaching title.Struch joined the club in early March, and led the team to a 3-4-1-0 record down the stretch.The team then won its opening round playoff series, but then bowed out in four against the WHL's top team in Saskatoon."[I'm] very e...

NEW YORK - Quinn Hughes of the Vancouver Canucks, Cale Makar of the Colorado Avalanche, and Roman Josi of the Nashville Predators are the three finalists for the Norris Trophy, awarded to the NHL's best defenceman, the league announced Wednesday. The trophy is voted on by members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Ass...

BOSTON - Joseph Woll knew he wasn't getting the nod for Game 1 of the playoffs. The Toronto Maple Leafs had clearly been trending towards Ilya Samsonov late in the regular season, including a week of rest for the goaltender ahead of the Stanley Cup chase. Woll didn't pout or show any disappointment at getting passed ov...

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have given an insight into their long-term ambitions for Welsh soccer team Wrexham, which they hope could eventually see the capacity of its Racecourse Ground stadium increase massively to 55,000. The Hollywood pair have already transformed the fortunes of the historic but down-on-its-l...

LONDON (AP) - German tennis legend Boris Becker was discharged from bankruptcy court in London after a judge found Wednesday he had done "all that he reasonably could do" to repay creditors tens of millions of pounds. Becker fell far short of repaying his creditors in full, but Chief Insolvency and Companies ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Hurricanes are getting production throughout their lineup to start the NHL playoffs. They'll need it going forward if they're going to take down the Presidents' Trophy-winning New York Rangers. The Hurricanes closed out the New York Islanders in a first-round series on Tuesday night. T...

The Edmonton Oilers can advance to the second round of the playoffs - and eliminate the Los Angeles Kings from the post-season picture for a third straight year - with win tonight in the Alberta capital. And the Dallas Stars can take a 3-2 lead in their first-round series if they can manage to beat the Vegas Golden Kni...

BOSTON (AP) - Matthew Knies scored less than three minutes into overtime off a feed from John Tavares and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Tuesday night to stave off elimination in their first-round NHL playoffs matchup. Jack McCabe added a goal and Joseph Woll finished with 28 saves to help Toron...

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have been eliminated from the NHL playoffs with a 6-3 loss in Game 5 of their first-round series with the Colorado Avalanche. The teams were tied 3-3 in the third period but a pair of goals from Colorado's Mikko Rantanen and an empty-netter from Josh Manson provided the winning margin. The ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Jack Drury scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and Stefan Noesen cleaned up a fluky puck bounce off the boards for another goal eight seconds later as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 6-3 on Tuesday night, clinching their first-round NHL playoff series in five game...

BOSTON - Matthew Knies scored at 2:26 of overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs topped the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Tuesday to avoid elimination in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series. The rookie winger scored after captain John Tavares took the puck hard to the net in the extra period to give the Leafs life. Jake McCa...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks will start rookie goalie Arturs Silovs as they look to eliminate the Nashville Predators in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series on Tuesday night. The 23-year-old Latvian led the Canucks out for warm-ups after head coach Rick Tocchet said earlier in the day that his choice of net...

TORONTO - Michael Massey's two-run homer gave Kansas City a lead it never relinquished as the Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 on Tuesday. Bobby Witt Jr., and Vinnie Pasquantino had back-to-back RBI doubles in the eighth inning to give Kansas City (18-13) some insurance. The Royals snapped a three-game losing skid...

TORONTO - The Edmonton Elks selected linebacker Joel Dublanko first overall in the CFL draft Tuesday night. Edmonton had the first selection after finishing last in the West Division with a 4-14 record. The six-foot-three, 240-pound Dublanko was regarded as the most pro-ready draft prospect. After his college career at...

Don Callis is considered one of the four greatest professional wrestlers to ever come out of Winnipeg, much to his chagrin. Callis will be representing his stable of wrestlers on Wednesday night when Winnipeg's Canada Life Centre hosts All Elite Wrestling's Dynamite. Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega, two of the other lege...