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Wednesday, Aug 1

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CFL Blitz, Week 8: Inside the dark arts of the league's punting fraternity

These guys spend all their time to deny one of the game's most exciting plays, the punt return touchdown

Wednesday, Jun 27

Defending champion Germany crashes out of World Cup in group stage with stunning loss to South Korea

Mexico advanced to the knockout stage with Sweden despite a heavy 3-0 loss in a match played simultaneously to Germany's 2-0 defeat

Tuesday, Jun 26

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Hometown angle 'special' for some Maple Leafs, but is it right for John Tavares?

Meanwhile, there isn't the same frenzy surrounding pending Leafs' free agent James van Riemsdyk, who appears headed for a new team

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'VAR is bulls—t': Video review's honeymoon phase comes to sudden, spectacular end at World Cup

Scott Stinson: A process meant to reduce the number of controversies by correcting human error was now only adding to the controversies

Monday, Jun 25

16

Flames look great in Hamilton trade, Kings blundered by signing Kovalchuk: Winners and losers from NHL draft weekend

Calgary didn’t have a pick until the fourth round, but they made up for it by swinging a trade with Carolina for Noah Hanifin and Elias Lindholm

Saturday, Jun 23

07

Blue Jays just can't find a way to win on the road

The Jays outhit their hosts by a 9-3 margin but couldn't keep moving around the Angels Stadium base paths resulting in a second consecutive loss to the Angels, this one by a 2-1 count.

06

NHL Draft 2018 Review: No surprise at No. 1 but draft boards go haywire with Montreal, Arizona selections

The Canadiens, Senators, Canucks, Oilers and Maple Leafs had first-round picks but an expected rash of trades never materialized

01

Roberto Osuna receives 75-game suspension from MLB over assault charge

The Blue Jays pitcher is eligible to return to the roster on Aug. 4.

Thursday, Jun 21

22

NHL prepares to hold the rarest of drafts — one where none of the very best prospects are Canadian

For the first time in close to 20 years, it’s almost guaranteed Canadians will get shut out of the top three — and maybe even for a while after that

05

NHL's most outstanding player? Connor McDavid gets the players' vote

Snubbed by the media in the voting for the Hart Trophy, the Oilers star earned the respect of his peers as the winner of the Ted Lindsay Award

01

Mathew Barzal proactive with his hairstyle now that Lamoriello is in charge of the Islanders

After a surprising rookie season that earned him a Calder Trophy nomination, Barzal would like to be a regular at the NHL Awards

Wednesday, Jun 20

18

CFL Week 2: B.C. Lions QB Jonathon Jennings tries to find the right amount of swagger

Meanwhile, Winnipeg's Adam Bighill talks about how he never quite fit in during his NFL adventure in New Orleans

Monday, Jun 18

17

Who will acquire Erik Karlsson? Will the Canadiens get their No. 1 centre? Plenty of intrigue surrounds NHL draft

A GM can theoretically turn a franchise around with one pick or trade. That will be the hope for most Canadian teams heading into this weekend

Sunday, Jun 17

05

Dustin Johnson falls into four-way share of lead after wild third round at U.S. Open

The best players in the world were no match for a Shinnecock Hills course that even the USGA conceded got out of hand Saturday

Saturday, Jun 16

Dustin Johnson surges to four-shot lead at halfway point of U.S. Open

Only six other players in this event have led by as many as four shots after 36 holes. All but one — Tom McNamara in 1909 — went on to win

Friday, Jun 15

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'You do not want to feel that pain': Disdain for losing motivates Wally Buono through to the end of legendary career

At age 68, the deeply spiritual Buono is at peace with his decision to retire at the end of this B.C. Lions season, no matter its outcome

Wednesday, Jun 13

17

CFL will open season with different balls than years past — but that's about the only point players agree on

'I find it a little less round,' said one kicker. 'Maybe just a little softer,' said another. One QB, meanwhile, doesn't think it feels different at all

Tuesday, Jun 12

20

Week 1 CFL power rankings: Bo Levi Mitchell's Calgary Stampeders enter season as the team to beat

The Calgary QB says this receiving corps is the best he’s had at his disposal — and it improved with the addition of Eric Rogers

17

Concerts at the game, more Kate Beirness: TSN opts for 'younger look' on Thursday CFL telecasts

The installation of the 34-year-old Beirness as host for all 11 Thursday games represents just one step toward younger and hipper

Sunday, Jun 10

06

Toronto Marlies one win away from AHL's Calder Cup title

Team winning Game 5 in a best-of-seven that was tied 2-2 has gone on to win AHL title 19 of 20 times

Saturday, Jun 9

05

CFL implementing new operations cap before next season

League sources said the main goal is cost control, but they see the caps on coaching and football operations personnel as a levelling of the playing field

Friday, Jun 8

07

Eller game-winning goal Caps off a Stanley Cup title for Washington

Alex Ovechkin can breathe easy. After years of heartbreak and frustration, the Washington captain has done it. He's answered his critics, who said he lacked heart and the leadership skills to win it all.

Thursday, Jun 7

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Moncton seeks a role in making 10th CFL team a 'full Atlantic Canadian initiative'

Moncton mayor Dawn Arnold met this week with the CFL commissioner and the leader of the Halifax CFL group

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White House ceremony would be troublesome for Devante Smith-Pelly, with Capitals closing in on Stanley Cup

The Capitals have yet to wrap up their first championship, but already the question has arisen because of the cancellation of the Eagles' visit this week

Wednesday, Jun 6

05

Vegas Golden Knights in unfamiliar territory facing elimination

The NHL expansion team's big guns have mostly been firing blanks ahead of Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final on Thursday

Monday, Jun 4

01

For the first time in these playoffs, the Vegas Golden Knights are in trouble

For the first time in these playoffs, the Vegas Golden Knights are in trouble. WASHINGTON, D.C. — You can check another one off the list.

Sunday, Jun 3

07

Evgeny Kuznetsov's return sparks Washington Capitals to Game 3 win over Vegas Golden Knights

With the win, Washington heads into Game 4 on Monday with a 2-1 series lead, two wins away from a first-ever Stanley Cup

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Though he’s made it look easy, Alex Tuch’s journey hasn’t exactly been an easy ride

The Vegas Golden Knights rookie is ranked second in rookie scoring with six goals and nine points

Saturday, Jun 2

01

Late season benching gave Braden Holtby the time to find his game for Capitals' playoff run

'He did what he needed to do and tackled the challenges he was going through head-on,' one of Holtby's performance coaches says

Wednesday, May 30

18

Toronto Blue Jays at the one-third mark: What WPA tells us about their nosedive down the standings

Things have not gone well after the positives of their 12-5 start to the season, which the individual Win Probability Added stat makes clear