National Sports
Washington Capitals sign Ethen Frank to a 2-year, $4 million contract extension
By Canadian Press on March 4th, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Capitals have signed forward Ethen Frank to a two-year, $4 million contract extension. The team announced the move Wednesday. The 28-year-old Frank has provided good depth scoring this season with 11 goals and 12 assists in 52 games. He is tied for seventh in the NHL in goals among players ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lou Holtz, college football staple who coached Notre Dame to 1988 national title, dies at 89
By Canadian Press on March 4th, 2026
Lou Holtz, the College Football Hall of Fame coach who led Notre Dame to the 1988 national championship and won 249 games over 33 seasons at six schools, has died. He was 89. Notre Dame announced on Wednesday that Holtz died in Orlando, Florida, surrounded by his family. Spokeswoman Katy Lonergan said a cause of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four in double figures as BYU women hold off Houston 76-66 for 1st Big 12 Tournament win
By Canadian Press on March 4th, 2026
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Olivia Hamlin scored 16 points, Delaney Gibb and Lara Rohkohl each had 15, and Sydney Benally added 14 as BYU beat Houston 76-66 in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament on Wednesday. After winning its first Big 12 Tournament game in its third season as a conference member, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arsenal beats Brighton to move 7 points ahead in title race after Man City draws with Forest
By Canadian Press on March 4th, 2026
LONDON (AP) — Arsenal moved seven points ahead of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League after scraping a 1-0 win at Brighton while its title rival drew 2-2 at home to struggling Nottingham Forest on Wednesday. City almost won it eight minutes into stoppage time when substitute Savinho had a shot cleared ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lou Holtz, the college football staple who coached Notre Dame to the 1988 national title and captivated fans, dies at 89
By Canadian Press on March 4th, 2026
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Lou Holtz, the college football staple who coached Notre Dame to the 1988 national title and captivated fans, dies at 89. The Associated Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guerrero honoured to represent Dominican Republic at WBC; 12 Blue Jays in tournament
By Canadian Press on March 4th, 2026
Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero Sr. never got to represent his native Dominican Republic at the World Baseball Classic. Guerrero had committed to play at the inaugural tournament in 2006 but, after three of his cousins died in a car crash, he withdrew from the event. He did, however, get to tell his son Toronto ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fight at Coastal Carolina, South Alabama women’s Sun Belt game injures ref and forces 8 ejections
By Canadian Press on March 4th, 2026
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A brawl between South Alabama and Coastal Carolina in the women’s Sun Belt Tournament on Wednesday left eight players ejected and knocked a referee to the ground where she required medical attention. There were under six minutes left in the fourth quarter when South Alabama’s Cordasia Harris and Coastal Carolina’s Tracey ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Curling rocked again as 2 stones are stolen at the Milan Cortina Paralympics
By Canadian Press on March 4th, 2026
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — It’s another scandal for curling, this time at the Paralympics. Two stones that were going to be used in the wheelchair curling event that began Wednesday at the Milan Cortina Paralympic Games have been stolen. The incident came a couple of weeks after the sport was in the headlines during ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former NASCAR champion Kyle Busch settles $8.5M lawsuit against life insurance company
By Canadian Press on March 4th, 2026
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Two-time NASCAR champion Kyle Busch and a life insurance company have settled an $8.5 million lawsuit in which the driver said he was misled into purchasing policies marketed as safe retirement plans. Kyle and Samantha Busch reached an out-of-court settlement with Pacific Life Insurance Company, according to a Feb. 26 court ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aaron Judge and a loaded US roster hope to dethrone Ohtani’s Japan at the World Baseball Classic
By Canadian Press on March 4th, 2026
Aaron Judge is trading pinstripes for a plain jersey with red, white and blue letters. “Getting the chance to wear that across my chest is going to be pretty powerful,” the U.S. and New York Yankees captain said of the World Baseball Classic. “I think a lot of people have a lot of pride for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta’s Kevin joins playoff teams at Canadian men’s curling championship
By Canadian Press on March 4th, 2026
ST. JOHN’S — Alberta’s Kevin Koe joined Newfoundland and Labrador’s Brad Gushue and Canada’s Brad Jacobs in the playoffs at the Montana’s Brier. The top three teams in each pool of nine advance to playoffs starting Friday. Four-time Brier champion Koe defeated Northern Ontario’s Sandy MacEwan 8-2 for a 6-0 record atop Pool B. Manitoba’s ... Read More »
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