Kris Knoblauch said some silent prayers as he watched his Edmonton Oilers warm up on the ice Friday night. The head coach’s team was less than an hour from facing the Vancouver Canucks in Game 2 of their second round playoff series and Knoblauch wasn’t sure whether star forward Leon Draisaitl would be able to…
Aerin Frankel made 53 saves and Susanna Tapani scored in overtime to lead Boston to a 2-1 win in Game 1 of their Professional Women’s Hockey League semifinal series on Thursday. Tapani pounced on a loose puck in the blue paint at 14:25 of the extra period for the first overtime goal in PWHL playoff…
The Professional Women’s Hockey League is gearing up for its first ever playoffs, and Montreal’s franchise is leading the charge. The team will take to the ice against Boston on Thursday at the Bell Centre at 7 p.m., and head coach Kori Cheverie told CBC Montreal’s Let’s Go that the team is ready. Founded last year, the Professional…
Excitement is building in the southern French city of Marseille, where a majestic three-mast ship carrying the Olympic torch arrived from Greece ahead of a welcoming ceremony at sunset Wednesday. Paris Games organizers have promised “fantastic” celebrations in the city, where the Old Port has been placed under high security. The torch was lit in…
PWHL Toronto has chosen fourth-place Minnesota as its first-round playoff opponent, the team announced on Monday evening. That means second-place Montreal will take on third-seeded Boston in the other best-of-five semi-final series, with the winners of both facing off in another best-of-five series in pursuit of the first Walter Cup championship. Toronto finished first overall…
In a historic iteration of the NFL draft, the Detroit Lions orchestrated one of the event’s biggest surprises by trading up to select Giovanni Manu. A surprise nearly as big as the 6-foot-7, 350-pound offensive lineman from the University of British Columbia, himself. Flying quietly under the radar throughout the pre-draft process, little was promised…
Canadian Kia Nurse had nine points in 19 minutes of action as the Los Angeles Sparks opened their WNBA pre-season schedule with a 84-79 win over the Seattle Storm on Saturday at Rogers Place in Edmonton. It was the second straight season a WNBA exhibition game took place and sold out in Canada. Saturday’s contest…
The Current24:08Ben Johnson’s complicated legacy <p>Ben Johnson maintains he was the victim of sabotage after a positive doping test stripped him of his Olympic gold medal in 1988. Galloway talks to Johnson and Mary Ormbsy — author of <em>World’s Fastest Man*</em> — about why they think the runner was mistreated as the scandal unfolded.</p> Thirty-six…
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. Six-time Olympic track medallist Andre De Grasse and 800-metre world champion Marco Arop are both set to run for Canada at the World Athletics Relays this Saturday and Sunday in…
Leon Draisaitl scored twice and Evan Bouchard had three assists as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 Wednesday to win their first-round best-of-seven NHL playoff series in five games. Edmonton eliminated Los Angeles in the opening round for the third year in a row after coming out on top in six games in 2023, and seven…
