Friday, September 30, 2022

Bombers defence dominates, Collaros tosses 4 TDs in win over Riders

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Coming off their worst performance of the season, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers defence forced six turnovers to lead the way in a 31-13 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders before a sold-out crowd of 33,234 fans at IG Field.



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Higuain scores late winner to spoil Toronto FC's final home game of season

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Gonzalo Higuain came through at just the right time as his 86th minute goal lifted Inter Miami CF to a 1-0 win to spoil Toronto FC's final home game of the season on Friday.



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Canada's Pospisil drops quarter-final match to Djokovic at Tel Aviv Open

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No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic is into the semifinals after taking down Canada's Vasek Pospisil 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Friday in Israel.



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Raptors coach Nurse impressed with sophomore Scottie Barnes 4 days into camp

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Nick Nurse's challenge to Scottie Barnes heading into this past off-season was to keep improving his game. Pretty straightforward, but not necessarily so easy coming off an outstanding rookie season.



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Dolphins' Tagovailoa remains in concussion protocol with no timeline for return

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Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa underwent additional testing Friday and remained in the concussion protocol a day after hitting his head against the turf.



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Lightning donate $2 million US to Hurricane Ian relief efforts

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The Tampa Bay Lightning and team owner Jeff Vinik are donating $2 million US toward Hurricane Ian relief efforts.



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Thursday, September 29, 2022

Indigenous boxer Kali Reis on representation, her identity, and seeking the truth

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Junior welterweight WBO champion Kali Reis joins host Anastasia Bucsis to discuss her life in boxing, her identity as a mixed-race two-spirited Indigenous woman and the stories she’s telling through film.



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Maple Leafs sign training camp holdout Rasmus Sandin to 2-year contract

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Rasmus Sandin has signed a two-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the club announced on Thursday. The deal will pay the 22-year-old Swedish defenceman, who was a restricted free agent and missed the start of training camp, an average of $1.4 million US per season.



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Canada knocks off Kazakhstan for 1st win at women's volleyball worlds

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Canada knocked off Kazakhstan to pick up its first win at the women's world volleyball championship on Thursday.



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Blue Jays fan Frankie Lasagna just misses catching Aaron Judge's 61st home run ball

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A Toronto restaurant owner came agonizingly close to catching Aaron Judge's historic 61st home run ball Wednesday after Judge went deep in the seventh inning.



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Canada's basketball women into World Cup semifinals for 1st time since 1986

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No one on Canada's roster was alive the last time the team won a medal at the women's World Cup. Now the Canadians are a win away from securing one for the first time since 1986, when they captured the bronze. Kia Nurse scored 17 points to lead a balanced Canada team to a 79-60 win over Puerto Rico on Thursday in the quarter-finals.



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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Bombers and Riders to mark Orange Shirt Day with special pre-game warm-up gear

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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Saskatchewan Roughriders will honour Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation before their game Friday night.



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Canada beats host Czech Republic to book meeting with USA in Para Hockey Cup final

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Canada will battle the United States for gold on Friday in the International Para Hockey Cup final following a 4-1 semifinal win over the host Czechs on Wednesday.



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Yankees' Judge hits 61st home run, ties Maris' American League record

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Aaron Judge tied Roger Maris' American League record of 61 home runs in a season, going deep for the New York Yankees against the Blue Jays on Wednesday night in Toronto.



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LeBron James headlines ownership group buying Major League Pickleball team

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Four-time NBA champion LeBron James is getting into the pickleball business, as his firm LRMR Ventures headlines a new ownership group buying a team with Major League Pickleball (MLP).



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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Treaty 6 First Nations woman 1st to join NHL's Winnipeg Jets as collegiate scout

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Sydney Daniels is joining the NHL's Winnipeg Jets as a college scout, but the 27-year-old member of the Mistawasis Nehiyawak First Nation has already enjoyed a long hockey career.



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Raptors coach Nick Nurse says limiting VanVleet's minutes is great - in theory

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Fred VanVleet vows he'll be smarter with his body and more conscientious of his playing time this season. But Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse says it's easier said than done. It's a great idea — in theory.



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Banana thrown at Brazilian players in friendly against Tunisia in Paris

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A banana was thrown from the crowd at Brazilian players celebrating a goal in a friendly against Tunisia in Paris on Tuesday.



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Maple Leafs' Tavares out for season opener with strained rib cage muscle

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Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Tavares will be out a 'minimum' of three weeks due to an oblique (rib cage) strain, head coach Sheldon Keefe announced Tuesday.



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Canada shut out by Uruguay in World Cup friendly

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Nicolas De La Cruz and Darwin Nunez set the tone in the first half with a goal apiece as 13th-ranked Uruguay topped Canada 2-0 in a men's soccer friendly on Tuesday.



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Monday, September 26, 2022

Sask. senior hockey team says it plans to remove Confederate flag from its logo

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A senior hockey team in southern Saskatchewan says it will change its team logo, which features a Confederate flag, as soon as it can afford to.



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Lamb's 1-handed touchdown catch leads Cowboys to victory over Giants

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CeeDee Lamb made a one-handed touchdown catch with 8:30 to play to cap a go-ahead drive that featured a big fourth-down gamble by Mike McCarthy, and the Dallas Cowboys beat the New York Giants 23-16 Monday night.



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Guerrero Jr. secures walk-off win in 10th as Blue Jays contain Judge, beat Yankees

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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. smashed a one-out walk-off single to left field to score Cavan Biggio for the deciding run in a 3-2 win against the New York Yankees in 10 innings on Monday.



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FIBA opens investigation after Mali players fight each other after loss at World Cup

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FIBA has opened an investigation into an altercation between two Mali players in the mixed zone following their team's loss to Serbia on Monday at the women's World Cup.



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What really happened to the Vancouver Grizzlies? New film explores city's short-lived NBA franchise

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Vancouver Grizzlies superfan-turned-filmmaker Kat Jayme returns to the big screen with her fourth documentary about the team, as she tries to uncover the truth about why they left the city in 2001.



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Canucks forward Boeser to miss start of season after hand surgery

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The Vancouver Canucks will start the season without Brock Boeser after the right-winger underwent hand surgery. He injured himself at training camp on Saturday in Whistler, B.C., and will be out for three to four weeks.



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Unvaccinated pro athletes permitted to play in Canada after mandate dropped

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Government officials on Monday confirmed Canada is dropping the vaccine requirement for people entering the country at the end of the month, meaning unvaccinated major leaguers would be allowed to play in Toronto should the Blue Jays make the playoffs.



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Australia hands Canada its first loss at FIBA World Cup

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Host Australia handed Canada's women's basketball team its first lost at the FIBA World Cup on Monday. Ezi Magbegor scored 16 points as the Aussies topped Canada 75-72.



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Sunday, September 25, 2022

Montreal declared basketball city despite lack of courts in neigbourhoods where it's most popular

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Declaring Montreal a basketball city is a good step, but now it is time to invest in the community and ensure local kids have the resources they need to develop as athletes, said Sacha-Wilky Merazil, who is pushing for basketball facilities in Montréal-Nord.



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Defence leads way as Broncos edge 49ers

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Melvin Gordon atoned for two fumbles with a late 1-yard touchdown run and safety Kareem Jackson recovered Jeff Wilson Jr.'s fumble with 1:05 left to preserve the Denver Broncos' 11-10 home victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night.



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Homer-happy Blue Jays regain 2-game lead over Rays in AL wild-card race

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George Springer homered twice, Alejandro Kirk and Teoscar Hernandez also went deep and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-1 on Sunday to gain a four-game split in St. Petersburg, Fla.



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Canada's women's volleyball team drops world championships opener to Serbia

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Canada dropped the 2022 FIVB women's volleyball world championships opener on Sunday, losing in straight sets to reigning champions Serbia (25-23, 25-16, 25-20) in Arnhem, Netherlands.



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Jennifer Jones downs Scheidegger for PointsBet curling women's title

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Jennifer Jones won the women's title at the inaugural PointsBet Invitational Sunday with a 7-4 win over Casey Scheidegger in Fredericton.



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Floyd Mayweather easily wins by knockout in Japan exhibition, promises to be back

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. easily knocked out his opponent in the second round of an exhibition match in Japan Sunday, said he had fun and promised to be back next year.



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Saturday, September 24, 2022

Winnipeg Jets supporters rejoice as Fan Fest returns

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Fans gathered at the Bell MTS Iceplex on Saturday to join the Winnipeg Jets as they officially kicked off hockey season with the return of the Winnipeg Jets Fan Fest.



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That Curling Show: Team shake-ups kick off a brand new curling season

That Curling Show: Team shake-ups kick off a brand new curling season

Hosts Devin Heroux and Colleen Jones kick off a new curling season by catching you up on all the new teams and chatting with Rachel Homan, Jennifer Jones, Brett Gallant and Brad Gushue.



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Top seeds Gushue, Einarson fall in semifinals at PointsBet Invitational

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The top two seeds from both draws were eliminated Saturday at the PointsBet Invitational in Fredericton, N.B. Jennifer Jones dispatched top-seeded Kerri Einarson 9-5 in women's semifinal play at Willie O'Ree Place and Reid Carruthers posted a 5-4 win over top-seeded Brad Gushue in the men's semifinal later in the day.



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Doctors advise La Russa to not return this season as White Sox manager

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The Chicago White Sox say Tony La Russa, who turns 78 on Oct. 4, had "additional testing and medical procedures over the past week," and doctors have directed the Hall of Famer to stay away from managing for the rest of the season.



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Retired Norwegian skier Aksel Lund Svindal has surgery for testicular cancer

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Two-time Olympic skiing champion Aksel Lund Svindal underwent surgery after being diagnosed with testicular cancer, the Norwegian said on Saturday.



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'1st time I felt Canadian': Newfoundlander among few who travelled to Russia for 1972 Summit Series

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Jim Herder, then 26, was among the roughly three thousand Canadians who travelled to Moscow for the final four games of the 1972 Summit Series in hopes of witnessing sports history. 50 years, later he sat down with CBC Sports senior reporter Jamie Strashin to recount his journey.



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Friday, September 23, 2022

Champs! So much to celebrate after historic London Majors win

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The London Majors have won the Intercounty Baseball League Championship for the second year in a row, marking a historic moment for the team not seen since 1948. 



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Montreal Marathon returns with runners pounding pavement all weekend long

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Around 15,000 runners will be racing through the streets of Montreal this weekend as the city’s marathon returns for the first time since 2019 and the head of this year’s race says it will be well planned, safe and fun for everyone.



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Harris, Lewis lead Alouettes to comeback win over Tiger-Cats

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Eugene Lewis broke the 1,000-yard mark scoring the game-winning touchdown as the Montreal Alouettes grabbed a 23-16 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday.



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Trailblazing, all-Black Ontario baseball team gets the video game treatment

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It's all a bit surreal for Ferguson "Fergie" Jenkins Jr., to see the newest players added to Major League Baseball's top-selling video game series, The Show. The 1934 Chatham Coloured All-Stars champions, including his dad, have been brought back to life — and are ready to play ball.



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Americans add to lead at Presidents Cup as Canada's Conners, Pendrith paired together

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Canada's Corey Conners and Taylor Pendrith lost to Americans Billy Horschel and Max Homa 1 up in the second round of the Presidents Cup on Friday.



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Canada blanks Qatar for comfortable win to open series of pre-World Cup friendlies

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Early goals by Cyle Larin and Jonathan David helped Canada to a comfortable 2-0 victory over World Cup host Qatar in an international men's soccer friendly on Friday in Vienna, Austria.



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Homan eliminated from PointsBet Invitational in draw to the button

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Rachel Homan's third-seeded team was eliminated from the PointsBet Invitational on Friday after dropping a 7-6 decision to Kristie Moore's sixth-seeded side.



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Thursday, September 22, 2022

Celtics suspend coach Udoka for 2022-23 season after 'violations of team policies'

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The Boston Celtics have suspended coach Ime Udoka for the 2022-23 season, effective immediately, and with no guarantee he will be back with the franchise in the future.



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Utah student charged for terrorism threat over NCAA football game

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A University of Utah student was arrested and charged with making terrorist threats on Wednesday after police said she threatened to detonate a nuclear reactor if the school's football team failed to win a game last Saturday.



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Americans take lead at Presidents Cup as Canada's Conners, Pendrith make debuts

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The United States has taken a 4-1 lead at the Presidents Cup. Taylor Pendrith of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., made their debuts at the event.



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