Ethan Katzberg wasn’t a model of consistency Wednesday, but he only needed one strong throw to win his fifth consecutive men’s hammer throw competition to start the 2025 season. The reigning world and Olympic champion from Nanaimo, B.C., was the lone athlete in the field of seven to surpass 80 metres, throwing 80.19 in his…
The defence teams for five former world junior hockey players accused of sexual assault continued making their closing arguments Tuesday. Meanwhile, Justice Maria Carroccia said she’ll deliver her decisions in late July. Source link
The Florida Panthers have taken control of Game 3, with Sam Bennett scoring seven minutes into the second period to give his team a 4-1 lead. Corey Perry got the Edmonton Oilers on the board with a power play goal early in the period, but the Panthers were quick to respond with Sam Reinhart getting a third…
Despite recent evidence to the contrary, Ryan Fox doesn’t consider himself a playoff specialist. The New Zealander beat American Sam Burns in a four-hole playoff to win the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday, the second win of his PGA Tour career. The first also came in a playoff on May 11 when he birdied the…
Italy’s Matteo Manassero and New Zealand’s Ryan Fox both had rounds of 6-under 64 to share the third-round lead at the RBC Canadian Open on Saturday. They’re at 14-under overall, a shot ahead of a Taiwan’s Kevin Yu as well as Americans Lee Hodges and Matt McCarty. Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., fired a 6-under…
Cameron Champ wasn’t even supposed to be here today. Champ shot a 4-under 66 to climb atop the leaderboard on Friday at 12-under overall at the RBC Canadian Open for a two-stroke lead over fellow American Andrew Putnam. A week ago, Champ was the eighth alternate for the only PGA Tour event in Canada, but…
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 her If the basketball pundits, podcasters and gamblers are correct, the NBA Finals could be a bit of a snoozer. Pretty much everybody in the media is picking the Oklahoma City Thunder…
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. After almost a week of buildup, a highly anticipated Stanley Cup sequel between the Oilers and Panthers finally gets started tonight at 8 p.m. ET in Edmonton. Last year, these teams delivered…
Former Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jim Marshall, one of the four members of the famed Purple People Eaters front that formed the backbone of four Super Bowl teams, died Tuesday after a long hospitalization for an undisclosed illness. He was 87. The Vikings announced Marshall’s death on behalf of his wife, Susan. The native of…
WARNING: This article references sexual assault and may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone impacted by it. The detective in charge of the second London, Ont., police investigation that led to sexual assault charges against five former world junior hockey players testified Monday about how “overwhelming” it was for the complainant to hear in…
