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QMJHL Playoffs: Cape Breton Eagles blanked by Baie-Comeau Drakkar to open semifinal series on the road
BAIE-COMEAU, QUE. – A slow start in the first period cost the Cape Breton Eagles in Game 1 of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League semifinal series with the Baie-Comeau Drakkar on Thursday. The top-ranked Drakkar scored three times before the ...
TELUS CUP: Sydney Mitsubishi Rush still searching for first win, downed by Markham Waxers on Thursday
MEMBERTOU, N.S. – The host Sydney Mitsubishi Rush are still searching for their first victory at the Telus Cup national under-18 hockey championship in Cape Breton. Sydney remains winless with a 0-4-0-0 record at the six-team tournament following a ...
Stephen Curry named NBA’s Clutch Player of the Year
Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is the second recipient of the NBA Clutch Player of the Year Award, the league announced Thursday. Introduced last year, when Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox took home the Jerry West Trophy, the award ...
Miami freshman Kyshawn George entering NBA draft
Miami Hurricanes freshman guard Kyshawn George, after 16 starts in college, told ESPN on Thursday that he is entering the 2024 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-8 George, a native of Switzerland, is projected to be a first-round pick. He told ESPN that he is ...
Athletics-USATF to expand maternity benefits
NEW YORK (Reuters) - USA Track & Field (USATF) is expanding maternity benefits for athletes, the national governing body said on Thursday, offering more support for women returning to elite level competition. Athletes currently receive ...
Former Storm star Sue Bird joins team's ownership group
Former Seattle Storm star Sue Bird joined the team's ownership group ahead of the 2024 WNBA season. Financial terms were not disclosed for Bird, who played her entire career with the Storm after they selected her with the top overall pick of the 2002 ...
Jimmy Butler trolls Celtics after Heat's upset victory
Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler hasn't played in the team's Eastern Conference first-round series due to injury, however that hasn't prevented him from taking a shot at the top-seeded Boston Celtics. Butler trolled the Celtics on Instagram after the ...
Panthers' Kyle Okposo set for first playoff game in 8 years
Florida Panthers forward Kyle Okposo will play in the postseason for the first time in eight years on Thursday when he takes the ice for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference first-round series versus the host Tampa Bay Lightning. Okposo, 36, last ...
Olympics-Surfer Moore braced for Teahupo'o swansong
By Rory Carroll NEW YORK (Reuters) - Olympic champion Carissa Moore hopes Teahupo'o, the infamous Tahitian break where this year's Paris Games will hold its surfing competition, does not live up to its reputation in what is expected to be her ...
Paul Flemming's Canadian rink off to world senior curling playoffs
Canada's Paul Flemming rink wrapped up preliminary play with a 6-0 record at the world senior men's curling championships in Ostersund, Sweden, on Thursday. Flemming and his Halifax Curling Club team of third Peter Burgess, second Martin Gavin, lead ...