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SNOW SCENE: Heli-skiing with CMH Purcell is what powder dreams are made of
Midway down the mountain, I started laughing. There was nothing all that funny, really. It’s just that sometimes you find yourself in a place that’s so inexhaustibly beautiful and doing something so undeniably fun that you’re completely ...
‘Thought it was a prank:’ Winnipeg’s Kyle Doering honoured to join Gushue’s Team Canada for world curling championship
It’s fair to say Winnipegger Kyle Doering never would have imagined he’d be flying over the Atlantic Ocean on Monday on his way to the world men’s curling championship. The 28-year-old up-and-coming curler didn’t even play in the Montana’s Brier this ...
Brad Gushue looking to finally turn silver into gold for Canada at world curling championship
The pressure is off. As Brad Gushue and his teammates flew to Switzerland this week for the world men’s curling championship, they no longer had to bear the weight of their country’s gold-medal drought. Rachel Homan and her teammates won the world ...
76ers optimistic Joel Embiid could return in regular season
Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid is inching closer to a return before the end of the regular season, coach Nick Nurse said Wednesday. Embiid has been sidelined with a left knee injury sustained when the Golden State Warriors' Jonathan Kuminga fell ...
Blackhawks ride rare win streak into game at Ottawa
The Chicago Blackhawks will shoot for their first three-game winning streak of the season when they visit the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. The Blackhawks (21-46-5, 47 points) are coming off a 3-1 win against the visiting Calgary Flames on ...
Tennis-Decision to retire is about more than just tennis, Collins says
(Reuters) - Danielle Collins again faced questions about her decision to retire this year after she powered into the Miami Open semi-finals on Wednesday but the American said her reasons for leaving the sport were about much more than tennis. The ...
QMJHL PLAYOFFS: A daunting task awaits Charlottetown Islanders vs. Baie-Comeau
Charlottetown Islanders general manager and head coach Jim Hulton understands the challenge that lies ahead. The Islanders, who finished the 2023-24 regular season with a record of 26-34-6-2, face the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in the opening round of the ...
MLB 2024 Preview: Dodgers pegged to win 46 more games than A's
As the 2024 major league season gets underway in earnest on Thursday, the Los Angeles Dodgers are already one game toward their projected total of 103.5 wins for the regular season. That's courtesy of a split of their two-game, season-opening Seoul ...
Baseball-Ohtani's LA mural celebrates larger-than-life ballplayer
By Jorge Garcia LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - 'Ohtani-mania' officially kicked off in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday with the unveiling of a 15-story mural of new Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani. It took almost a month to create the mural on the side of ...
THE BREAKDOWN: The Senators score early, and often, in 6-2 win over Buffalo Sabres
SENATORS 6, SABRES 2 Better late than never. The Ottawa Senators got off to a strong start with five goals in the first period and then got the job finished in a 6-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night at the KeyBank ...