Local News from Across the Rainy River District
ATLANTA (AP) – The expectations have certainly changed in Atlanta. Long an NBA backwater, the city has embraced a Hawks team with championship aspirations after a stunning run to the Eastern Conference final last season. “We obviously want to be very competitive and build off last year,” said general manager […]
MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens have signed centre Nick Suzuki to an eight-year, US$63-million contract extension. The deal will pay Suzuki an average annual salary of $7.875 million. Suzuki, 22, led the Canadiens in playoff scoring last season with 16 points (seven goals, nine assists) in 22 games to help […]
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price is seeking help, voluntarily entering the NHL/NHL Players’ Association joint player assistance program. The NHL and NHLPA said in a release that the 34-year-old star goalie will be away from the team while he takes part in the program. The release did not specify why […]
DENVER (AP) – Victory formation is for losers. The Baltimore Ravens wanted the rushing record. So, John Harbaugh isn’t one bit sorry for not having Lamar Jackson take a knee to close out their rout at Denver. Harbaugh explained enthusiastically and unapologetically after Baltimore’s 23-7 victory Sunday that it was […]
PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pittsburgh Steelers and Ben Roethlisberger made very intentional choices last winter. The franchise (publicly anyway) flirted with moving on before bringing Roethlisberger back for an 18th season, albeit at a reduced salary cap number. Roethlisberger chose to return in hopes of avoiding having a blowout home […]
Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Alex Pietrangelo have been named to Canada men’s hockey team for the Beijing Olympics. General manager Doug Armstrong confirmed the news in an interview with the NHL’s official website. Crosby will appear at his third Olympics after scoring in overtime to capture gold in 2010 […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – The New York Giants have signed tackle Isaiah Wilson to their practice squad, giving the former first-round draft pick another chance to overcome off-the-field issues and make it in the NFL. Wilson was taken 29th overall in last year’s draft by the Tennessee Titans out […]
LISBON, Portugal (AP) – Girls from the Afghanistan national soccer team who were recently granted asylum in Portugal have had a surprise visit from the captain of the senior team. Farkhunda Muhtaj, a professional player who from her home in Canada spent weeks helping arrange their recent rescue from Afghanistan, […]
Matt Prater came up short and paid the price, not once but twice. His attempt to break his own record for longest field goal in NFL history – a 64-yarder in Denver’s thin air eight years ago – backfired Sunday when a former teammate returned his missed 68-yard attempt in […]
TORONTO – Lisa Thomaidis will not return as head coach of Canada’s national women’s basketball team, ending a run of nearly a decade at the helm of the program. Canada Basketball said in a release Tuesday that the organization and Thomaidis have “mutually agreed to part ways.” Thomaidis’s contract expired […]
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) – Europe had players who weren’t even born the last time it was beaten this badly in the Ryder Cup by what was clearly a superior American team on Midwestern soil. This wasn’t Sunday at Whistling Straits. This was five years ago at Hazeltine, where the 17-11 […]
TORONTO – While Toronto Raptors are finally back home, many players are getting their first taste of life in the city. The Raptors opened their training camp at home today after being based south of the border over the past 19 months due to COVID-19 restrictions. General manager Bobby Webster […]
