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CP NewsAlert: Manitoba high school football coach gets 20 years for sex assaults

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA - A former Winnipeg high school football coach has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting nine students. Kelsey McKay was sentenced today after pleadin...

Oct 07, 2024

Injured Demko, Joshua not on Vancouver Canucks' opening-night roster

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks placed all-star goalie Thatcher Demko and bruising winger Dakota Joshua on the season-opening injured non-roster list Monday. Demko announced ahead of training camp t...

Oct 07, 2024

Gradey Dick ready to earn starters role in sophomore season on Toronto Raptors

Gradey Dick is willing to do whatever the Toronto Raptors need of him. Dick saw big minutes for a rookie last season as the Raptors were decimated by injuries through March and April. Entering his sop...

Oct 07, 2024

Judge gives preliminary approval to $2.78 billion settlement designed to pay college athletes

A judge granted preliminary approval Monday to the $2.78 billion legal settlement that would transform college sports by allowing schools to pay players. U.S District Judge Claudia Wilken released an ...

Oct 07, 2024

Judge gives preliminary approval to $2.78 billion settlement designed to pay college athletes

A judge granted preliminary approval Monday to the $2.78 billion legal settlement that would transform college sports by allowing schools to pay players. U.S District Judge Claudia Wilken released an ...

Oct 07, 2024

Victor Lapena out as head coach of the Canadian women's basketball team

TORONTO - Victor Lapena is out as head coach of the Canadian women's basketball team. Canada Basketball says the organization and Lapena mutually agreed to part ways. The move comes a few months after...

Oct 07, 2024

Canada's Fernandez rallies for three-set win over Russia's Shnaider at Wuhan Open

Canada's Leylah Fernandez rallied to beat 12th-seeded Diana Shnaider 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-3 on Monday at the Wuhan Open. Fernandez, from Laval, Que., won 79 per cent of points on first serve while her Russ...

Oct 07, 2024

Calgary Flames forward Yegor Sharangovich injured to start season

CALGARY - The Calgary Flames placed Yegor Sharangovich on injured reserve Monday with a lower-body injury. The 26-year-old winger tangled along the boards with Winnipeg Jets centre Vladislav Namestnik...

Oct 07, 2024

Bernardeschi, Gauld and Martinez among nominees for Landon Donovan MLS MVP award

NEW YORK - Toronto FC's Federico Bernardeschi, Vancouver's Ryan Gauld and CF Montreal's Josef Martinez are among the nominees for the Landon Donovan MLS MVP award. The list of 34 nominees also include...

Oct 07, 2024

NHL season preview: McDavid, Oilers look to run it back after Cup disappointment

Connor McDavid was hunched over on the bench. The Edmonton Oilers superstar captain had given everything in his team's quest to hoist the Stanley Cup. A record-setting playoff performance. A first Con...

Oct 07, 2024