Bruins top Leafs 5-1 in Game 1 of NHL playoffs first round
Jake DeBrusk had two goals and an assist as the Boston Bruins downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 in Game 1 of their first round NHL playoff series on Saturday. …
injury
Michael Porter Jr. would’ve played 82 games if not for shoelace
Unthinkably, Michael Porter Jr. would be made of iron, if not for some faulty string. On Feb. 9 in Sacramento, the Nuggets were embarking on a two-game weekend road trip. …
Kristin O’Neill scores twice as PWHL Montreal completes late comeback against Minnesota
Kristin O’Neill scored twice, and Montreal pulled off an epic comeback for a 4-3 win over Minnesota on Thursday night in the Professional Women’s Hockey League. Down 3-2, Montreal pulled …
4-time Canadian, world curling champion Glenn Howard announces retirement
Glenn Howard announced his retirement from competitive curling on Tuesday, ending a career that included four world titles and four Canadian championships. The 61-year-old from Midland, Ont., cited a nagging …
Nuggets to rematch Los Angeles Lakers in first-round playoff series
If the Nuggets really want the title of “Lakers’ Daddy,” they’ll have the chance to earn it with an earlier-than-expected rematch. Less than a year after their Western Conference Finals …
More than 1 in 4 deaths among young people in Canada were opioid-related in 2021, study finds
Opioid-related deaths doubled in Canada between 2019 and the end of 2021, with Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta experiencing a dramatic jump, mostly among men in their 20s and 30s, says …
Nuggets get West’s 2-seed, to face Pelicans-Lakers winner in first round
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — As he so often does, Michael Malone captured the feeling of the entire Nuggets fanbase. “I’m kind of all over the place right now,” he said at …
Tsitsipas sweeps Ruud to win Monte Carlo Masters for 3rd time, and then weeps
Stefanos Tsitsipas swept aside Casper Ruud 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday to win the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters for the third time in four years, and then wept in his chair. …
Quadriplegic Quebec man chooses assisted dying after 4-day ER stay leaves horrific bedsore
On a Thursday in January, Normand Meunier arrived at the hospital in Saint-Jérôme, Que., with a respiratory virus. Weeks later, he would emerge with a severe bedsore that would eventually lead him …
Canada refusing to look past quarterfinal opponent Sweden at women’s hockey worlds
Canada’s women intend to be on their toes against a quarterfinal opponent that took them to the brink of elimination in last year’s world hockey championship. A Sarah Nurse overtime …