The Dallas Wings hired Chris Koclanes as the franchise's new head coach, the team announced Monday. He has more than a decade of experience as an assistant coach in the WNBA and Division 1 women's basketball.
Major league star Shohei Ohtani is keeping elite company, capping 2024 by winning The Associated Press male athlete of the year for the third time, tying him with basketball great Michael Jordan. He trails only four-time winners Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods and LeBron James.
U.S. Open doubles champion Max Purcell has entered a voluntary provisional suspension under tennis' anti-doping rules.
Hundreds of Detroit Lions fans crowded into London's Canada Life Place on Sunday as part of a watch party event organized by the team.
New York Rangers forward Matt Rempe was suspended for eight games by NHL's Department of Player Safety on Sunday for boarding and elbowing Dallas Stars defenceman Miro Heiskanen on Friday night.
Taylor Heise's fourth round shootout goal turned out to be the difference as the Minnesota Frost defeated New York Sirens 4-3 Sunday in New Jersey.
Lindsey Vonn lost a chance to improve her ranking when the second race of her World Cup skiing comeback at age 40 was cancelled on Sunday due to strong winds and poor visibility.
Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, baseball's stolen base king, has died at 65. Henderson was part of two World Series-winning teams, including the 1993 championship with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Two Canadian skiers have landed on the World Cup podium in freestyle halfpipe. Calgary's Brendan Mackay was a silver medallist in the men's event behind victor Alex Ferreira of the United States at Copper Mountain, Colo.
Australian Steve Meehan has been named coach of the Canadian men's rugby team, succeeding Kingsley Jones.
FIFA has signed Netflix to a United States broadcast deal for the 2027 Women's World Cup in Brazil plus the 2031 edition that could be played in the U.S.
Lille forward Jonathan David, Nice defender Moise Bombito and Celtic fullback Alistair Johnston are the men's finalists for Canada Soccer Player of the Year. On the women's side, the award is down to midfielder Jessie Fleming of the NWSL Portland Thorns, Lyon defender Vanessa Gilles and Roma striker Evelyne Viens.
Centre Brayden Yager has been named captain of Canada's team for the upcoming world junior hockey championship in Ottawa.
Porter Martone and Matthew Schaefer have won together. They've also battled on opposite sides. The pair are now eyeing gold for Canada at the upcoming world junior hockey championship in Ottawa.
No Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball player will wear Caitlin Clark's No. 22 again as it will be retired in a ceremony Feb. 2 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, the Iowa athletic department announced Wednesday.
Forward Kevin He has agreed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Winnipeg Jets, making him the first Chinese-born player to sign an NHL contract.
Maven Maurer, who grew up in Saskatoon, is a Grey Cup winner who the CFL says is the first former player to be publicly out as transgender. She says it's a scary time to be vocal about her identity, but she's doing so anyway to help other vulnerable transgender people.
