National Sports

WILLOW, Alaska (AP) — The race to Nome began Sunday for 33 mushers in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska. Jessie Holmes. an Alabama native living in the Alaska community of Brushkana, was the first musher to leave across a frozen lake about 70 miles (112 kilometers) […]

The memories came rushing back for Reid Carruthers upon his return to Budweiser Gardens. The Wild Card 2 skip made a point of stepping on Sheet C, the same strip of ice where he won his first Canadian men’s curling title as second for Manitoba’s Jeff Stoughton in 2011. “The […]

Detroit Red Wings (28-25-9, seventh in the Atlantic Division) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (23-28-11, seventh in the Metropolitan Division) Philadelphia; Sunday, 6 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Flyers -125, Red Wings +104; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Flyers enter a matchup with the Detroit Red Wings as losers […]

LONDON, Ont. – Brad Gushue’s team is back at the Tim Hortons Brier as defending champions. They’ll have to change their residency situation or roster makeup next season if they need to qualify to return via provincial playdowns. A successful title defence at Budweiser Gardens would ensure they come back […]

Tyler Bertuzzi is going to the NHL-best Boston Bruins in the latest move by a Stanley Cup contender to keep pace in the loaded Eastern Conference. The Bruins acquired Bertuzzi from the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday for a top-10 protected first-round pick in 2024 and a fourth-rounder in 2025. […]

TOKYO (AP) – The Tokyo Olympic bid-rigging scandal widened Tuesday with Japanese advertising giant Dentsu and five other companies charged by Tokyo district prosecutors. Executives or management-level officials at each of the accused companies, and a Tokyo Olympic organizing committee official, were charged with violating anti-monopoly laws. No trial dates […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Irv Cross was a man of faith and devout fan of football who could no longer in his final years attend Bible study or watch NFL games with friends. The degenerative brain disease that festered inside the former Philadelphia Eagles cornerback had triggered depression, mood swings and […]

KAMLOOPS – Kerri Einarson’s curling team achieved a Canadian women’s championship four-peat Sunday with a 10-4 win over Manitoba’s Jennifer Jones. Einarson, third Val Sweeting, second Shannon Birchard and lead Briane Harris became just the second team to win four consecutive Scotties Tournament of Hearts. “We’ve worked extremely hard to […]

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) – New York Mets right-hander Max Scherzer described pitching under Major League Baseball’s new rules as a “cat-and-mouse” game. Contrary to previous years, Scherzer feels the pitcher finally has control of the tempo because of the new pitch clock. In his first start of the […]

TORONTO – A radio rightsholder’s plan to return to pandemic-style remote coverage of Toronto Blue Jays road games is “very short-sighted in terms of the impact it’s going to have,” a sports marketing expert said. Richard Powers, a professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, said with […]

Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories and Northern Ontario improved to 3-1 with victories Monday morning at the Canadian women’s curling championship. Defending champion Kerri Einarson had the only unbeaten team at 3-0 with games against Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia later Monday. Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville, who reached last year’s […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Red Sox president and CEO Sam Kennedy admits the organization heard lots of displeasure from the fans during the offseason. “Pressure is definitely on the 2023 Boston Red Sox,” Kennedy said on Monday morning at the team’s spring training complex on the first full day […]