Brad Gushue picked up his second Elite 10 title, and 11th Grand Slam of Curling championship, defeating Reid Carruthers 1 UP in the final.
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Brad Gushue picked up his second Elite 10 title, and 11th Grand Slam of Curling championship, defeating Reid Carruthers 1 UP in the final.
The reigning Olympic champion made an incredible angle-raise double takeout that led to a steal in the fifth end, as she beat Silvana Tirinzoni 4-and-2.
The Blue Jays season came to an end on Sunday as they fell to the Tampa Bay Rays 9-4. Toronto finished the season with three less wins than they had in 2017, ending up 73-89.
The playoff-bound Colorado Rockies are headed to Los Angeles for a tiebreaking game to decide the NL West title after routing the Washington Nationals 12-0 on Sunday, while the Chicago Cubs set up a tiebreaker game for the NL Central title by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 10-5.
Ryan Yarbrough got his rookie-leading 16th win and the Tampa Bay Rays turned another bullpen game into their 90th victory, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 9-4 on Sunday.
Mike Scioscia has stepped down as manager of the Los Angeles Angels after 19 seasons, ending the longest current tenure in the majors with a come-from-behind victory.
Olympic champion Anna Hasselborg of Sweden defeated Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni on Sunday to win the inaugural Elite 10 women's championship to open the Grand Slam of Curling season.
Kia Nurse had 17 points and Canada's offence erupted for 24 points in the fourth quarter to edge Nigeria 73-72 on Sunday in the seventh-place game at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.
Kawhi Leonard scored 12 points in his Raptors debut, and Toronto beat the Portland Trail Blazers 122-104 in Vancouver.
Kawhi Leonard had 12 points in the Toronto Raptors' 122-104 win over the Portland Trail Blazers in his first game since Jan. 13, and showed glimpses of the greatness Masai Ujiri was counting on when he shipped beloved DeMar DeRozan to the Spurs for the two-time NBA defender of the year.
C.J. Cron and Austin Meadows homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Saturday night, though Blake Snell failed to win his 10th straight start.
New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia has been suspended five games for hitting Tampa Bay catcher Jesus Sucre, a penalty that was set to take effect at the start of next season. Sabathia has appealed the ban that was issued Saturday by Major League Baseball.
Keegan Messing of Sherwood Park, Alta., is off to a flying start in the 2018-19 season as he won the gold medal in the men’s event on Saturday at the Nebelhorn Trophy figure skating competition in Obeltsdorf, Germany.
Ottawa skip Rachel Homan advanced to the semifinals of the Elite 10 by defeating Casey Scheidegger of Lethbridge, Alta., in Saturday's early draw at the Grand Slam of Curling event.
New York Yankees' shortstop Gleyber Torres homered off Boston starting pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez in the fourth inning on Saturday, claiming a Major League Baseball record with their 265th home run of the season.
In his final game as Toronto Blue Jays manager on Sunday, John Gibbons will give way to veteran catcher Russell Martin, who is expected to fill out the Blue Jays lineup, handle all in-game moves and speak with the media.
China will face France in the fifth-place game at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup after the Chinese squad rallied from a 14-point halftime deficit to beat Canada 76-71 in the consolation bracket on Saturday.
Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Toronto won the gold medal Friday at the Nebelhorn Trophy figure skating competition in Obertsdorf, Germany. It is their first international victory since they joined forces in 2011.
Sweden's Niklas Edin is a household name in the curling world — he's the reigning world champion and won a silver medal at the 2018 Olympics. But after having most of his Olympic funding pulled last season, the team is now in serious jeopardy of not being able to compete in future events.
Carruthers went undefeated in the round robin and joins Brad Gushue in the semifinals of the Elite 10.
Grichuk's bases clearing triple in the 7th inning was the difference in Toronto's 7-6 win over the Tampa Bay Rays
The playoff matchups are set for the Elite 10. Winnipeg's Jennifer Jones and Olympic gold medallists Anna Hasselborg from Sweden have advanced through to the women's semifinals at the first Grand Slam of Curling bonspiel of the year after finishing round-robin play undefeated.
Randal Grichuk hit a pinch-hit, three-run triple and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-6 Friday night.
The Canadian women's basketball team simply couldn't stop the home side's run in the fourth quarter on Friday. As a result, Canada fell short of its goal of advancing to the FIBA World Cup semifinals.
Kyle Lowry and Kawhi Leonard have been on the floor together for virtually every drill of this week's Raptors training camp. And while time will tell if these are the early days of a budding bromance, coach Nick Nurse said he's at least seen a level of mutual respect between the two stars.
Heath Canada issued an advisory Friday that some EpiPen and EpiPen Jr auto-injector devices may not easily slide out of their carrier tube — a problem the statement says could delay or prevent emergency treatment, possibly leading to patient disability or death.
Winnipeg's Jennifer Jones is the first skip to earn a spot in the playoffs at the Elite 10. Jones has a 3-0-0-0 record and nine points after scoring a 3 & 2 victory over Edmonton's Laura Walker in Thursday's evening draw.
Natalie Achonwa loves playing for Canada's women's national team, so a berth in the World Cup quarter-finals is just one more reason for the veteran to smile.
Through nine NBA seasons with two of the league's best teams, a couple of stops in the NBA G-League, and a brief stint in Slovenia, Danny Green has seen virtually everything an NBA training camp can throw at him.
Katrina Frlan recently launched a weekly YouTube program that has left curling fans astonished by how much she knows about the game. The reason they're so surprised? Katrina is just 11 years old.
Katrina Frlan is an 11-year-old curling aficionado who started her own curling show on YouTube. Here she previews the upcoming season with CBC Sports' Devin Heroux.
Watch live action from the Chengdu Masters 3x3 basketball World Tour event in China.
Fred VanVleet stepped into the middle of a semicircle of reporters on Wednesday, his hands resting on a gaudy faux gold WWE championship belt cinched around his waist.
The amiable and decent John Gibbons has left an indelible impression on Toronto after 11 seasons - in two stints - as manager of the Blue Jays.
Rookie catcher Reese McGuire hit his first major league home run on Wednesday, and the Blue Jays defeated the Houston Astros 3-1 in John Gibbons' final home game as Toronto's manager.
An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter — the disease's highest death toll in at least four decades, the director of the CDC said. In comparison, Canada had 302 reported deaths last season due to the flu.
An Ottawa midwife is welcoming this week's Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario decision on pay equity as "validating" for her profession, but it could still be some time before midwives see the kind of salary increase they're looking for.
British officials say a health worker involved in treating a patient with monkeypox has been infected with the rare disease, suggesting possible lapses in the hospital's infection control procedures.
Watch live at 1 p.m. ET as Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons addresses reporters at the Rogers Centre, where the team is expected to announce he won't return for the 2019 season.
Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer has become the 17th major league pitcher since 1900 to strike out at least 300 batters in a season.
In one of the most anticipated season storylines not only in Toronto but across the NBA, Kawhi Leonard stepped on the court as a Raptor for the first time Tuesday. He was all smiles when he stepped off it.
Blue Jays pitcher Aaron Sanchez had surgery on his right index finger on Tuesday, officially bringing his disappointing season to an end.
Kia Nurse scored 18 points and Canada rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit to beat rival France 71-60 and win Group A at the FIBA women's World Cup on Tuesday in Tenerife, Spain.
Talk therapy for anxiety disorders can be effective even when done via video-conference, a new study confirms. This finding could be especially helpful for patients in underserved and rural areas, researchers write in Family Practice.
Most of the 12 young people who died while in the care of Ontario's child welfare system had significant mental health challenges but limited or no access to appropriate help, according to a coroner's report released Tuesday.