With the NHL regular season winding down this week, we know that four Canadian franchises will miss the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Vancouver Canucks will finish with the worst record in the league and have their sights set on hopefully winning the draft lottery on May 5. Meanwhile, the Calgary Flames, Winnipeg Jets and Toronto …
With the regular season done and dusted, fans of non-playoff teams officially have a day to look forward to. The 2026 NBA Draft will take place on June 23 and 24 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., the league announced Tuesday. This will mark the third time that the NBA Draft is held over …
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The passing comment Fred Couples said to his caddie on the 12th hole of the opening round at the Masters was worth another listen when Rory McIlroy slipped both arms into the green jacket for the second year in a row. “Rory may never lose this thing again after last year,” Couples said. Not …
Another Canadian is moving on in Munich. Denis Shapovalov joined Gabriel Diallo in the Round of 16 with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 win over eighth-seeded Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands on Tuesday at the BMW Open. Shapovalov converted on four of 12 break-points, and while he struggled at times with his first serve (three aces, …
NEW YORK — Matt Crocker quit as sporting director of the U.S. Soccer Federation on Tuesday, just two months ahead of the World Cup, to take a new job in Saudi Arabia. The USSF said Crocker was leaving to pursue an unidentified international soccer opportunity, and a person familiar with the decision, speaking to The Associated …
Kenny Atkinson shared some high praise for his team’s first-round opponent on Tuesday. “Toronto, we know, that’s no picnic; they low-key dominated us in the games we played them this year,” Atkinson said. “A lot of respect, it’s great, Toronto’s a great basketball city, great challenge for us, really good team.” The Raptors swept the …
One of the Calgary Flames‘ top prospects is heading back for a second year of collegiate hockey. Centre Cole Reschny will return to the University of North Dakota to play out his sophomore season, Sportsnet’s Pat Steinberg reported Monday. Reschy, drafted 18th overall by the Flames in 2025, enjoyed a solid freshman year for the …
TORONTO — Managing his Toronto Blue Jays with a slew of star players on the injured list, including some key pitching arms, John Schneider is sitting in his office hours before a game in which leadoff man George Springer will break his big toe, thinking about how comforting it is to have a dependable reliever …
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The Western Conference’s No. 7 seed play-in matchup on Tuesday (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT, Sportsnet 360, Sportsnet+) features two very similar squads – and not just because expectations for both were very low back in October. Both teams like to play a hard-nosed style of defence with the Suns owning the ninth-best …