Local News from Across the Rainy River District
TORONTO – Greg Warren is seeing no shortage of interest in the Ontario sports-betting market. Single-game sports betting has been legal in Canada since last summer but the industry won’t open up fully in Ontario until April 4. Warren, who covers sports betting in this country for Sportshandle.com and USBets.com, […]
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Not all curlers at the women’s world championship are thrilled about experimenting with a new rule. Other changes to the game to make it more viewer-friendly are afoot. The World Curling Federation’s test of a “no-tick” rule at this week’s women’s championship in Prince George, B.C., […]
GENEVA (AP) – The draw for next week’s World Cup will have some of its seedings skewed because of Russia’s war with Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic. FIFA outlined the procedure Tuesday for the draw in Qatar on April 1. Only 29 of the 32 teams in the draw will […]
VANCOUVER – Rasmus Dahlin scored 48 seconds into overtime and the Buffalo Sabres handed the slumping Vancouver Canucks a 3-2 loss on Sunday. Casey Mittelstadt had a goal and an assist and Jeff Skinner scored in regulation for the Sabres (22-33-8), who have won four of their last five outings. […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The 76ers acquired James Harden to score big baskets when the game is on the line. He had the ball and tried, tried and tried again over the final 2:25 – and a Raptors team fighting for an Eastern Conference playoff spot kept Harden in check. “He’s […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins shored up their depth at defense by acquiring Nathan Beaulieu from the Winnipeg Jets to open the NHL’s final day of trading on Monday. The Jets acquired a conditional seventh-round pick in this year’s draft for Beaulieu, who is in the final year of his contract. The […]
LONDON (AP) – Russian race walker Yelena Lashmanova has been banned for two years for doping and will be stripped of her Olympic gold medal, the Athletics Integrity Unit said Monday. Lashmanova won gold in the 20-kilometer race walk at the 2012 London Olympics and also at the world championships […]
The Toronto Blue Jays have gotten the infield help they have been seeking all off-season. Matt Chapman was acquired by Toronto in a trade with the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday, the Blue Jays have confirmed. Shortstop Kevin Smith, right-handed pitcher Gunnar Hoglund, left-handed starter Zach Logue and left-handed reliever Kirby […]
Canada has been chosen as a replacement wild-card entry for the group stage of the Davis Cup Finals in September. The International Tennis Federation announced Thursday that Canada would receive the berth as the highest-ranked losing nation at this year’s qualifiers. The vacancy was created after the recent suspension of […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Musher Brent Sass won the arduous Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska on Tuesday as his team of 11 dogs dashed off the Bering Sea ice through a crowd of fans in downtown Nome. Sass mushed down Front Street and across the finish line just […]
Henrik Stenson is Europe’s choice to be the Ryder Cup captain for the 2023 matches in Italy with an announcement Tuesday indicating the Swede has decided not to join a Saudi-funded rival league. Stenson was a logical choice for Europe. A former British Open champion who has captured top honors […]
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) – Mike Shula was hired on Tuesday to be Buffalo Bills senior offensive assistant in coach Sean McDermott’s latest move to restructure his staff following Brian Daboll’s offseason departure. Shula has 30 years of NFL coaching experience and previously worked with McDermott and newly promoted offensive […]
