National Sports

Second NCAA gender equity report shows spending disparities

The NCAA spends more on average on male athletes than female ones, particularly when it comes to the “mere handful of championships” viewed as revenue sources, according to a new report.

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Ohtani gets special award from MLB for 2-way All-Star season

HOUSTON (AP) — Shohei Ohtani's two-way All-Star season with the Los Angeles Angels was so unprecedented that Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred presented a special award to recognize it.

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Blackhawks GM resigns, team fined after sexual assault probe

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks mishandled allegations that an assistant coach sexually assaulted a player during the team’s Stanley Cup run in 2010, according to an investigation commissioned by the franchise that cast a shadow over the NHL on

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Team meeting during five-game losing streak put Whitecaps back on course

VANCOUVER — It was late June and the season was already trending in the wrong direction for the Vancouver Whitecaps. The team was playing its "home games" in Sandy, Utah, due to COVID-19 restrictions.

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Calgary all-rounder Divya Saxena named MVP at cricket qualifier in Mexico

Calgary's Divya Saxena has been named MVP at the ICC Women’s 2021 T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier in Mexico. Saxena scored 180 runs in six innings and finished not out in three of them.

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Tickets to 2021 Grey Cup at Tim Hortons Field go on sale to general public Tuesday

TORONTO — The Grey Cup returns in 2021, but attending the contest won't come cheaply. Tickets to the game, which will be held Dec. 12 at Tim Hortons Field, went on sale Tuesday to the general public.

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Team Canada unveils kit from Lululemon for 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

TORONTO — Fitness was in fashion Tuesday as Team Canada took a fresh step forward with new outfitter Lululemon unveiling the 2022 kit for the country's Olympic and Paralympic teams in Beijing.

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From "Canadian Tuxedos" to cowboys: the hits and misses of Canada's Olympic fashions

Canada's Olympic attire tends to consist of predictably patriotic fare: variations on the same red-and-white, Maple Leaf-adorned uniforms we see year after year.

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Source: Former CFL chairman joins Hamilton Sports Group as executive committee member

Jim Lawson is back in the CFL. Multiple sources have told The Canadian Press that Lawson, who stepped down as CFL board chairman in 2019, has joined the Hamilton Sports Group as an executive committee member.

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Former Bellator champion Julia (The Jewel) Budd relishes move to PFL

Canadian Julia (The Jewel) Budd makes her Professional Fighters League debut on Wednesday when she takes on American Kaitlin (The Striking Viking) Young on the promotion's high-profile final card of the season. The 38-year-old from Port Moody, B.C.

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