Justin Pender of the Clarenville Ford Caribous is seen in this Oct. 26 capture from a security camera at the Danny Cleary Community Centre in Harbour Grace. At right is John Drover, a fan of the HGOE CeeBee Stars. (Submitted) The launch of a new Avalon East Senior Hockey League season has been marred by…
For the first time in four decades, curling legend Glenn Howard’s focus has fully shifted to coaching duties instead of his playing performance. That doesn’t make it any easier when the four-time world champion walks into an arena. “I still want to play, I don’t know if that’s ever going to go away,” said Howard….
NFL·New New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave was put on a backboard and carted off the field in the first quarter of Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers after taking a shot from safety Xavier Woods. New Orleans wide receiver sent to medical centre after scary hit vs. Carolina The Associated Press · Posted:…
William Dandjinou of Montreal took top spot in Saturday’s 1500-metre short track speed skating World Tour race race on home soil. Source link
A small Quebec town northeast of Montreal is racing to find a stolen bronze statue of revered Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve, as locals fear it will get melted down for cash. Each year, tourists and racing enthusiasts travel to Berthierville, Que., a town of fewer than 5,000 people, to visit the Gilles Villeneuve Museum…
The changes came swiftly for the Canadian women’s basketball team. After another Olympic letdown in Paris, captain Natalie Achonwa called it quits and head coach Victor Lapeña mutually parted with the organization. Meanwhile, more quietly but perhaps just as significantly, general manager and high-performance director Denise Dignard, who recently announced her retirement after 26 years….
All-star forward Scottie Barnes is out with a fractured right orbital bone. The Toronto Raptors say Barnes’s injury will be re-evaluated in three weeks. Barnes took an elbow to his eye from Denver Nuggets centre Nikola Jokic with 24 seconds left in the fourth quarter in Monday’s game. Denver scored at the other end of…
The six-team Professional Women’s Hockey League is launching its expansion process with plans to add as many as two franchises for the start of the 2025-26 season. Speaking at the ESPNW Summit in New York, senior vice president of business operations Amy Scheer said the league will begin sending requests for proposals to several markets…
Canada’s Rachel Homan improved to 2-0 at the Pan Continental Curling Championships with a 13-0 rout of Taiwan in Monday’s early draw in Lacombe, Alta. Gushue faces New Zealand later Monday after opening 3-peat quest with pair of wins The Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 28, 2024 2:41 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour…
Ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are gold medallists for the fifth straight time at Skate Canada International. Toronto’s Gilles and Poirier, from Unionville, Ont., scored 128.40 points for their free dance routine to Annie Lennox’s cover of “A Whiter Shade of Pale” on Sunday in Halifax. After building a comfortable lead in the…
