National Sports

A Canadian sporting legend, Lionel (Big Train) Conacher could do it all

Lionel Conacher did it all. Known as The Big Train, Conacher was an overwhelming winner of CP's outstanding athlete of the half-century in 1950.

Dec 29, 2021 7:04 AM Read more >

Decathlete Damian Warner wins Lionel Conacher Award as CP's male athlete of the year

Damian Warner won gold in one of track and field's most gruelling events, masterfully laying down one terrific performance after another over 10 events and two days, in the smothering Tokyo heat.

Dec 29, 2021 7:03 AM Read more >

Kilde confirms his super-G dominance with 3rd straight win

BORMIO, Italy (AP) — Aleksander Aamodt Kilde mastered a tricky course to win a World Cup super-G by a large margin Wednesday for his third straight victory in the discipline. The Norwegian skier finished 0.

Dec 29, 2021 5:36 AM Read more >

Four-point efforts from Korczak and Firkus power Warriors to win over Oil Kings

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Jagger Firkus and Ryder Korczak had four-point efforts Tuesday night to lead the Moose Jaw Warriors to a 7-4 win over the Edmonton Oil Kings at Mosaic Place.

Dec 28, 2021 9:52 PM Read more >

NFL cuts isolation time for players who test positive

INDIANAPOLIS — The NFL is reducing isolation time for players who test positive for COVID-19 and are asymptomatic, including unvaccinated players, to five days from 10.

Dec 28, 2021 9:07 PM Read more >

Perry scores late in regulation and Palat wins it in OT as Lightning rally past Habs

TAMPA, Fla.

Dec 28, 2021 8:42 PM Read more >

Embiid scores 36 as Philadelphia 76ers beat Toronto Raptors 114-109

TORONTO — Before the undermanned Toronto Raptors took the floor against Philadelphia on Tuesday, coach Nick Nurse sat down with Chris Boucher. Nurse talked to Boucher about "giving away a couple of pounds" to Sixers big man Joel Embiid.

Dec 28, 2021 8:37 PM Read more >

Connor Bedard scores four goals to enter record books, Canada thrashes Austria 11-2

EDMONTON — Canada's Connor Bedard became the youngest player to score four goals in a single world junior men's hockey championship game on Tuesday. The 16-year-old from North Vancouver, B.C.

Dec 28, 2021 7:56 PM Read more >

Pinelli and Sop score two goals apiece as Rangers top Spitfires 6-3

KITCHENER, Ont. — Francesco Pinelli and Matthew Sop scored two goals apiece to lead the Kitchener Rangers to a 6-3 win over the Windsor Spitfires on Tuesday night.

Dec 28, 2021 7:42 PM Read more >

Nets' Irving clears NBA protocols, Hawks add three more to COVID list

Kyrie Irving is out of the protocols. More than 100 other NBA players are still waiting to take that step.

Dec 28, 2021 4:54 PM Read more >