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Heat suspend Jimmy Butler for seven games, will seek to trade him
By Tim Reynolds, The Associated Press on January 3rd, 2025
MIAMI (AP) – The Miami Heat suspended Jimmy Butler for seven games on Friday and said they will seek to trade him. The Heat said the suspension was for “conduct detrimental to the team over the course of the season and particularly the last several weeks.” “Through his actions and statements, he has shown he ... Read More »
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By The Canadian Press on January 3rd, 2025
TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors have to go another game without their projected starting lineup when they host the Orlando Magic tonight. Canadian swingman RJ Barrett was ruled out hours before tipoff at Scotiabank Arena. Barrett, from Mississauga, Ont., missed Toronto’s last two games with an undisclosed illness. The return of point guard Immanuel Quickley ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Calgary Wild unveil England’s Lydia Bedford as women’s pro soccer team’s first coach
By Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press on January 3rd, 2025
CALGARY – The chance to return to women’s soccer and on the ground floor of a new venture pried Lydia Bedford away from a Premier League club. One of the few women to hold a coaching position within a Premier League team’s system was introduced as head coach of the Calgary Wild on Friday. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada to host five IIHF women’s hockey tournaments in five years
By The Canadian Press on January 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA – Canada will host five major international women’s hockey tournaments between 2026 and 2030, Hockey Canada and the International Ice Hockey Federation announced Friday. Canada will host the world women’s hockey championship in 2027 and 2023, and the world under-18 women’s championship in 2026, 2028 and 2030. It will be the first time a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alex Ovechkin is on track to break Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record
By The Associated Press on January 3rd, 2025
Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 871 goals and needs 24 to set a new record. Ovechkin entered the season 42 short of breaking a record by “The Great One” that long seemed unapproachable. The 39-year-old Russian is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PWHL suspends Montreal Victoire forward Dubois one game for hit on Fleet’s Keller
By The Canadian Press on January 3rd, 2025
TORONTO – The Professional Women’s Hockey League has suspended Montreal Victoire forward Catherine Dubois one game for an illegal hit to the head. The league announced the ban Friday after Dubois received a major penalty and game misconduct for checking Boston’s Megan Keller during Montreal’s 3-1 win over the Fleet last Monday. Keller fell hard ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Homan/Bottcher to face Tran/Kleiter in Page 3v4 game at mixed doubles curling trials
By The Canadian Press on January 3rd, 2025
LIVERPOOL, N.S. – Rachel Homan and Brendan Bottcher were set to face Brittany Tran and Rylan Kleiter in the Page 3 versus 4 playoff game at the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials after the two teams picked up wins in Friday’s early draw. Homan and Bottcher advanced with a 9-6 win over the father-daughter team ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘We’ve done the impossible’: Calgarians get back personalized 1988 Olympic bricks
By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press on January 3rd, 2025
CALGARY – Some people say it with flowers. Some with an engagement ring. For Keith Beggs, it was a brick surrounded by mortar and placed at Calgary’s Olympic Plaza that showed his true intent for the woman who would become his wife. “She was saying, ‘Are we serious or not?’ So I said, ‘I know, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CF Montreal signs German midfielder Fabian Herbers to two-year contract
By The Canadian Press on January 3rd, 2025
MONTREAL – CF Montreal has signed German midfielder Fabian Herbers to a contract for the next two seasons. The Major League Soccer club announced the deal Friday after Herbers spent the last six seasons with Eastern Conference rival Chicago Fire. Herbers recorded 15 goals and 15 assists in 152 games in Chicago, including 105 starts. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Team Einarson adds Karlee Burgess to lineup after her departure from Team Carey
By The Canadian Press on January 3rd, 2025
Team Kerri Einarson is adding three-time world junior champion Karlee Burgess to its lineup. Burgess will fill in for second Shannon Birchard, who will miss the rest of the season due to a knee injury. The team says Curling Canada granted the four-time national champions an injury exemption, which allows them to use a replacement ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hockey Canada picks up the pieces after another quarterfinal exit at world junior
By Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press on January 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA – Hockey Canada executive Scott Salmond says “the buck stops” with him. The country’s men’s under-20 team was eliminated from the world junior hockey championship in the quarterfinals for a second straight year Thursday. Salmond, the program’s senior vice-president of high performance and hockey operations, added he’s “incredibly disappointed” and “apologetic” after Canada lost ... Read More »
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