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Caps, Red Wings to meet in the Herder Memorial Trophy finals to determine top senior hockey team in the province
The teams for the Herder Memorial Trophy finals are set and will feature a pair of teams hunting for their first titles in some time. On March 22, the Deer Lake Red Wings secured their second straight trip to the Herder finals after they knocked off ...
SIMMONS SAYS: Excessive reviews having an adverse effect on sports, and NHL looking to add to it
The last thing the NHL — or any other professional league — needs right now is more instant replay. At a time when we don’t necessarily know what a goal is, what’s a ball and a strike, what’s a foul in the NBA or what ...
Baseball-Ohtani delivers for Dodgers in home opener
By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Shohei Ohtani said he was grateful for the warm welcome he received in his first home game in a Dodgers' uniform and rewarded the sold-out Los Angeles crowd by reaching base three times in a 7-1 win over ...
Giants release the Panda, World Series hero Pablo Sandoval
The San Francisco Giants released longtime fan favorite Pablo Sandoval on Thursday, hours before the season opener against the San Diego Padres. Sandoval, the MVP of the 2012 World Series, was signed to a minor league contract in February but his bid ...
Vlad Guerrero Jr. bomb the show-stopper as Blue Jays power up for season-opening win over Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It was a 450-foot thing of Vlad Guerrero Jr. bombing beauty that was the show stopper in what had to feel like a large opening day win for the Blue Jays here at Tropicana Field on Thursday afternoon. While just one of ...
Canucks: The number that explains Dakota Joshua's season
After being out injured for six weeks, Dakota Joshua finally returned to the Vancouver Canucks’ lineup on Thursday night. And it was no small role he was filling: before he was hurt, he’d been a linchpin on a hard-working third line with Conor ...
Tennis-Rybakina survives Azarenka test to reach Miami Open final
(Reuters) - Fourth seed Elena Rybakina overcame a second-set meltdown to beat Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 6-4 0-6 7-6(2) on Thursday and secure a return trip to the Miami Open final. Rybakina, the highest seed remaining in the women's draw, won ...
Duquesne elevates Dru Joyce III to succeed retired coach Keith Dambrot
Duquesne has promoted Dru Joyce III to replace retired coach Keith Dambrot, the university announced Thursday. Dambrot had coached Joyce and teammate LeBron James in high school in Akron, Ohio, before moving on to the college ranks. Joyce served as ...
Report: Big bidding expected for NFL Christmas games
There will be a hot commodity on the market ahead of next holiday season: a pair of NFL games on Christmas Day. The league plans to auction off the TV rights to those two games to the highest bidder, with the price starting at $50 million per game, ...
Cape Breton Eagles team bus lost in transport business fire
RESERVE MINES, N.S. – The bus used to transport a Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League team to its road games was lost in a fire on Wednesday. The Cape Breton Eagles confirmed the bus the team uses was among the vehicles destroyed in a fire at ...