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QMJHL Playoffs: Cape Breton Eagles given two major penalties in Game 2 loss to Baie-Comeau Drakkar on Friday
BAIE-COMEAU, QUE – The Cape Breton Eagles find themselves in a tough position as the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League semifinal series shifts to Cape Breton next week. The Eagles were defeated 5-3 by the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in Game 2 of the ...
Baseball-Ohtani homers as jilted Blue Jays fans fume
By Steve Keating TORONTO (Reuters) - Shohei Ohtani finally landed in Toronto on Friday, but wearing Los Angeles Dodgers blue nearly five months after crushing the dreams of Blue Jays fans, who had high hopes their team was about to sign the ...
TELUS CUP: Sydney Mitsubishi Rush finish tournament with loss to Kensington Wild on Friday
MEMBERTOU, N.S. – The host Sydney Mitsubishi Rush wrapped up the Telus Cup national under-18 hockey championship with a loss on Friday. Sydney was defeated 12-2 by the Kensington Wild of Prince Edward Island in the final round robin game of the ...
Canada's Paul Flemming advances to final at world senior men's curling championship
Canada's Paul Flemming rink advanced to the gold medal game at the World Senior Men's Curling Championship on Friday evening in Ostersund, Sweden. Flemming's Halifax Curling Club team of third Peter Burgess, second Martin Gavin, lead Kris ...
Northern Selects goalie Jorja Burrows makes record 73 saves at Esso Cup
Northern Subway Selects goalie Jorja Burrows made Esso Cup history on Thursday night, unfortunately, it came in a 4-3 loss to the Regina Rebels. Burrows made an astounding 73 saves to set the record at the Hockey Canada under-18 female championship ...
J.D. Martinez expected to debut Friday for Mets
J.D. Martinez is expected to make his long-awaited New York Mets debut on Friday when the team opens a seven-game homestand against the St. Louis Cardinals. Signed to a one-year, reported $12 million contract on March 23, Martinez wasn't in spring ...
Home and 'hungry,' Pacers seeking series lead over Giannis-less Bucks
Pascal Siakam's blistering start to the postseason has enabled the upstart Indiana Pacers to wrest home-court advantage from the Milwaukee Bucks. Siakam will look to remain hot on Friday when the sixth-seeded Pacers welcome the third-seeded Bucks to ...
Back in comfort zone, Magic look to even series with Cavs
The Orlando Magic hope for more home-court dominance in their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series when they host the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 4 of the best-of-seven set Saturday afternoon. After being limited to 83 and 86 points in ...
Olympics-Paris organisers receive flame in Athens ahead of relay
ATHENS (Reuters) - Paris 2024 Olympics organisers on Friday received the Games' flame in a handover ceremony in Athens ahead of a 68-day torch relay that will end with the opening ceremony on July 26. The flame arrived at the central Athens' ...
Longtime linemates: Kensington Vipers’ MacKay, Wyand have played together since U9 hockey
Carson MacKay and Reese Wyand have worked a lot of magic on the ice together over the years. Now the two longtime teammates hope that trend continues this weekend as the Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers play a semifinal game at the Don ...