National Sports

Bret (Hitman) Hart and Walk of Fame's Class of 2021 feted at gala to air Friday night

Bret Hart's pro wrestling education began at a young age. He was hooked from the start. Wrestling was a constant presence as he grew up in Calgary and set out on a sports entertainment path.

Dec 14, 2021 1:00 AM Read more >

Burrell's 20 points leads Stingers past Real Esteli 84-81 in Champions League

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Trahson Yamarr Burrell had 20 points to lead the Edmonton Stingers to an 84-81 win over Real Esteli on Monday in FIBA Basketball Champions League Americas group play.

Dec 13, 2021 8:53 PM Read more >

Chris Boucher leads Toronto Raptors in 124-101 rout of Sacramento Kings

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors poured in a season-high 70 points in the first half to cruise to a 124-101 win against the Sacramento Kings on Monday.

Dec 13, 2021 6:15 PM Read more >

Toronto Raptors' broadcasters sidelined due to possible COVID-19 exposure

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors say the club's television broadcast duo of Matt Devlin and Jack Armstrong will be staying away from the team "for a period of time" due to potential COVID-19 exposure.

Dec 13, 2021 3:17 PM Read more >

La Liga sells Spanish broadcast rights for $5B+ for 5 years

MADRID (AP) — Spain's top soccer league has generated 4.95 billion euros ($5.6 billion) from the sale of subscription broadcast domestic rights for five seasons.

Dec 13, 2021 2:26 PM Read more >

Curling bubble helped put sport back on track after being iced by pandemic

Veteran skip Brad Gushue admits he had a love-hate relationship with curling over the last year. The sport essentially shut down for most of 2020 due to the pandemic.

Dec 13, 2021 2:19 PM Read more >

New president Jim Rutherford embracing challenge of revamping Vancouver Canucks

VANCOUVER — Veteran NHL executive Jim Rutherford knows his stress-free days are gone now that he's taken over the Vancouver Canucks.

Dec 13, 2021 1:57 PM Read more >

USA Gymnastics, USOPC reach $380M settlement with victims

The legal wrangling between USA Gymnastics and the victims of sexual abuse by former national team doctor Larry Nassar, among others, is over. The fight for substantive change within the sport's national governing body is just beginning.

Dec 13, 2021 1:30 PM Read more >

Chicago's game at Toronto postponed due to COVID outbreak on Bulls

Thursday's NBA game between the Toronto Raptors and Chicago has been postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak on the Bulls.

Dec 13, 2021 11:03 AM Read more >

Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko named NHL's first star of the week

NEW YORK — Vancouver goaltender Thatcher Demko has been named the NHL's first star of the week after backstopping the Canucks to their longest winning streak of the season. Demko went 4-0-0 with a 1.20 goals-against average, .

Dec 13, 2021 10:51 AM Read more >