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March Madness surges to its best TV start with viewership up 5%
By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — The NCAA Tournament is off to its best start on record. The tournament averaged 9.8 million for the first three days (the First Four on Tuesday and Wednesday along with Thursday’s first round) according to Nielsen, a 5% increase from last year. CBS and TNT began showing all of the games ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!England sticking with Key, McCullum and Stokes despite Ashes humbling
By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026
LONDON (AP) — England is not sacking anybody following the 4-1 Ashes loss in Australia. A review of the tour by the England and Wales Cricket Board, announced within hours of the final match in January, was concluded on Monday. Firing people would “be the easy thing to do,” ECB chief executive Richard Gould said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pirates send veteran pitcher Mike Clevinger to the minors after a so-so spring training
By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Mike Clevinger’s career reset with the Pittsburgh Pirates is going to start in the minors. The club reassigned the veteran right-handed pitcher to minor league camp on Monday. The 35-year-old, who agreed to a minor league deal with Pittsburgh in early February, went 1-0 with a 5.02 ERA and 15 strikeouts ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bridgewater teen in court after threats to schools in Nova Scotia and Manitoba
By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026
BRIDGEWATER, NOVA SCOTIA — A 15-year-old facing charges over threats to schools in Nova Scotia and Manitoba will remain in custody for at least another month. The teenager from Bridgewater, N.S., and a 14-year-old from Rivers, Man., were arrested last week with police alleging the two accused had talked online about simultaneously attacking schools in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Seahawks, WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba agree to 4-year, $168.8 million deal, AP source says
By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks and wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba have agreed to a four-year, $168.8 million contract extension, with $120 million guaranteed, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the contract, which would make Smith-Njigba the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blues sign college free agent Felix Trudeau to a two-year entry level contract
By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Blues on Monday signed college free agent forward Felix Trudeau to a two-year entry-level contract that begins next season, adding one of the top undrafted players available to their stockpile of prospects. He is expected to join the American Hockey League’s Springfield Thunderbirds for the remainder of this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Phoenix backlog needs to be cleared to avoid errors in new system: AG report
By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026
OTTAWA — Canada’s auditor general says the federal government is running out of time to clear the backlog of public service pay transactions under the old Phoenix system to avoid infecting the new system with errors. The federal government is working to replace the error-prone Phoenix with a new system, Dayforce, and all departments and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Immigration department not keeping up with demand for student visa probes: auditor
By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026
OTTAWA — Auditor General Karen Hogan says the immigration department isn’t keeping up with the demand for investigations of student visa holders in the International Student Program. An audit of the program published Monday says about 150,000 cases in 2023 and 2024 were flagged because the student visa holders may not have been complying with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tumbler Ridge makes Hockeyville final two in wake of mass shooting
By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026
TUMBLER RIDGE — Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is one of the two finalists in the 2026 Kraft Hockeyville program to receive for funding for its ice rink, as the community continues to recover from a deadly mass shooting in February. The annual competition’s organizers say Tumbler Ridge will compete against Taber, Alta., for $250,000 to upgrade ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!March Madness surges to its best TV start since 2011 with viewership up 5%
By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — The NCAA Tournament is off to its best start since CBS and TNT began showing all of the games in 2011. The tournament averaged 9.8 million for the first three days (the First Four on Tuesday and Wednesday along with Thursday’s first round) according to Nielsen, a 5% increase from last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Charlotte hires Wes Miller as men’s basketball coach after he was fired by Cincinnati
By Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2026
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte 49ers have hired C as their basketball coach. Miller spent the past five seasons at Cincinnati before being fired on March 13 with three years left on his contract after failing to get the Bearcats to the NCAA Tournament. He was 100-74 at Cincinnati. The Bearcats finished 18-15 this ... Read More »
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