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Jamie Nye: CFL money crunch can benefit promising Riders
Hey, CFL fans, are you done being concerned? The talk of the return of the CFL was whether players would still come north to play for less money. From those who have followed the league, the answer wa...
Dec 28, 2020
AP source: Padres have deal in place to get Snell from Rays
Two months ago, Blake Snell got yanked off the mound with a two-hit shutout going in the final game of the World Series. Now, the Tampa Bay Rays are ready to ship him out of town. The San Diego Padres...
Dec 27, 2020
Senators acquire Coburn, Paquette and draft pick from Lightning
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have acquired defenceman Braydon Coburn, forward Cedric Paquette and a 2022 second-round draft pick from the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for forward Marian Gaborik and...
Dec 27, 2020
Canada hangs on for 3-1 win over stubborn Slovakia in world junior championship
EDMONTON - Jordan Spence scored what turned out to be an important goal for Canada in his first shift of the world junior hockey championship. A day after Canada romped 16-2 over short-staffed Germany...
Dec 27, 2020
Agent to AP: Federer to miss Australia; planning 2021 return
Roger Federer is withdrawing from the Australian Open while he continues preparing to return to action after two operations on his right knee, his agent told The Associated Press on Sunday. Tony Godsi...
Dec 27, 2020
Ottawa Senators sign forward Tim Stuetzle to three-year, entry-level contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators signed forward Tim Stuetzle to a three-year, entry-level contract on Sunday. The Sens selected the 18-year-old native of Viersen, Germany with the third overall pick in th...
Dec 27, 2020
Finland beats Switzerland 4-1 at world junior hockey championship
EDMONTON - Finland defeated Switzerland 4-1 in preliminary-round play Sunday afternoon at the world junior hockey championship. Switzerland's Attilio Biasca opened the scoring at 3:44. Anton Lundell p...
Dec 27, 2020
Canada defenceman Schneider handed one-game suspension for check to the head
EDMONTON - Canada defenceman Braden Schneider will miss Sunday's game against Slovakia at the world junior hockey championship after being handed a one-game suspension by the IIHF. Schneider delivered...
Dec 27, 2020
Former Montreal Expos pitcher Derek Aucoin dies at 50 from brain cancer
MONTREAL - Canadian pitcher Derek Aucoin, who played two games for the Montreal Expos in 1996, died of brain cancer on Saturday night, his family said. He was 50. "There are very few words to express ...
Dec 27, 2020
Baseball Hall of Famer, knuckleballer Phil Niekro dies at 81
ATLANTA - Phil Niekro threw a pitch that baffled hitters and catchers. Heck, he didn't even know where it was going most of the time. But the knuckleball carried Niekro to more than 300 wins, earned h...
Dec 27, 2020
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Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 2
On today's show, Evan asks whether you really relax when you have time off, the economic impact of the industrial carbon...
