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McIntosh-Ledecky clash would be Olympic highlight Paid Members Public
What has the potential to be the most dramatic head-to-head competition at the Paris Olympics might not happen.
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Trotz and the Predators go on spending ‘frenzy’ Paid Members Public
The Sports Network calls July 1 ‘Free Agent Frenzy’ and the label definitely applied this year as about $1 billion in contracts were finalized with National Hockey League players who officially became free agents when their contracts expired at midnight, June 30
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Stanley Cup drought thirty years and counting Paid Members Public
When the Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 to win this year’s Stanley Cup, it marked the 30th consecutive season that a team based in the United States has paraded around the ice holding Lord Stanley’s mug.
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McIlroy dealing with ‘major’ scar tissue Paid Members Public
Professional golfers don’t like to use the word ‘choke’, but how else to explain what Rory McIlroy did to hand the 2024 U.S. Open championship to Bryson DeChambeau?
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Sure things are rare at NHL draft Paid Members Public
The ghost of Nail Yakupov annually hangs over the National Hockey League draft, which is being held at the Sphere in Las Vegas this Friday and Saturday
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Alouettes show 2023 Grey Cup win was no fluke Paid Members Public
The Canadian Football League started June 6 with a rematch of last year’s Grey Cup Game — the Blue Bombers were whipped 27-12 by Montreal — and will end with a halftime performance by the Jonas Brothers at the Grey Cup Game Nov. 17 in Vancouver, but what might hit the headlines in the meantime?
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LPGA stars heading in different directions Paid Members Public
The recent U.S. women’s open golf championship featured two superstars heading in opposite directions
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Is it next-year country for Blue Jays? Paid Members Public
The Major League Baseball season has just passed the quarter pole, and it might already be next-year country for the Toronto Blue Jays. Could a rebuild begin by trading either Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., or Bo Bichette, or both?
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McDavid the worthiest Hart Trophy finalist Paid Members Public
What criteria should be used to determine the winner of the Hart Memorial Trophy as Most Valuable Player in the National Hockey League?
Personnel moves rampant in curling Paid Members Public
As the inturn turns… Well, it might not be as intriguing and dramatic as the television soap opera As The World Turns, but the Canadian curling scene continues to draw gasps of surprise from the thousands of diehard fans across the country.
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It’s time to ditch the whiteout in Winnipeg Paid Members Public
Hey, Winnipeg Jets fans, it’s time to lose the ‘whiteout’ approach to your team’s National Hockey League playoffs. It’s not working. In fact, it seems to be more of a jinx than anything else.
Golf needs a Scheffler Grand Slam run Paid Members Public
Televised golf is losing viewers. That is a fact, offered up after every tournament.
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The NHL’s best family affair: the Hughes brothers Paid Members Public
There have been some tremendously talented family combinations over the years in the National Hockey League — the Richards, the Sutters, the Tkachuks, the Hulls — but the current trio of Hughes brothers might be the best family act yet.
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One word for Caitlin Clark: Dominating Paid Members Public
She was born on the 22nd day of January, 2002, wears No. 22 for the Iowa Hawkeyes and her team finished No. 2 in the NCAA women’s basketball championship, but Caitlin Clark has No. 1 written all over her.
Run for Stanley Cup is wide open Paid Members Public
Now that the 1,312-game preliminaries are almost over, the 16 National Hockey League playoff teams get down to serious business. Last year’s Vegas-vs.-Florida final didn’t appear on many experts’ radars, and the likelihood of more upsets is always real.
Major sports being stung by gambling Paid Members Public
Widespread legalized gambling on sports events in North America is only a few years old, yet its dark side has bubbled to the surface. How bad will it get before authorities step in?