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. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player last night, becoming just the second Canadian ever to win basketball’s most prestigious individual award and the first since Steve Nash…
Jim Irsay, the Indianapolis Colts’ owner who leveraged the popularity of Peyton Manning into a new stadium and a Super Bowl title, died Wednesday at age 65. Pete Ward, Irsay’s longtime right-hand man and the teams chief operating officer, made the announcement in a statement from the team. He said Irsay died peacefully in his…
Mitch Marner emerged from behind a sliding door at the Maple Leafs’ practice facility. His future with the team uncertain beyond July 1 as he churns towards unrestricted free agency, Toronto’s star winger was ready to bat away any talk of what might come next. It was what Marner didn’t say that stood out. Asked…
Eeli Tolvanen scored the shootout winner as Finland edged Canada 2-1 on Monday to hand the Canadians their first loss at the men’s world hockey championship. Patrik Puistola scored the game-tying marker for Finland at 7:01 of the third period. Juuse Saros stopped 37 shots. Ryan O’Reilly opened the scoring at 7:47 of the second…
Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse finished 0.05 seconds away from victory in the men’s 200 metres at the World Athletics Continental Tour’s Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo. The Markham, Ont., native was held off by 23-year-old American Robert Gregory, who won with a time of 20.24 (-2.0 m/s wind) on Sunday. WATCH l De Grasse edged…
Sidney Crosby had two goals and two assists and Macklin Celebrini scored once with two helpers to lead Canada past Slovakia 7-0 in world hockey championship action Saturday. Crosby, Canada’s 37-year-old captain, and the 18-year-old Celebrini combined twice in a three-goal second period for the Canadians at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. Nathan MacKinnon also…
PWHL·Breaking Rebecca Leslie and Emly Clark each scored a goal and the Ottawa Charge advanced to the PWHL final following a 2-1 victory over the visiting Montreal Victoire. Rebecca Leslie, Emly Clark lead Ottawa with a goal apiece The Canadian Press · Posted: May 16, 2025 9:40 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago…
Nathan MacKinnon scored twice and added an assist as Canada overcame a frustrating start to post a 5-1 win over Austria in world hockey championship action Thursday. Travis Konecny and Will Cuylle each had a goal and an assist, and Sidney Crosby also scored as Canada remained undefeated and tied co-host Sweden atop the standings…
Tage Thompson completed his hat trick with a power-play goal in overtime to give the United States a 6-5 win over Norway after the Americans squandered a four-goal lead at the hockey world championship on Wednesday in Herning, Denmark. Norway forced overtime when defenceman Stian Solberg scored with 1:27 left in regulation, as the Anaheim…
Sidney Crosby showed off some superstar skill and scored his first goal of the men’s world hockey championship as Canada beat France 5-0 Tuesday. Crosby put Canada up 3-0 on a power play late in the second period as he spun away from a defender, stickhandled to the net and fired a well-placed shot that…
