National Sports

Brad Marchand is not happy. Neither is Vladimir Tarasenko. And they are not alone. A handful of NHL players are voicing their frustration over the league's decision barring them from participating in the Beijing Olympics.

Lionel Conacher did it all. Known as The Big Train, Conacher was an overwhelming winner of CP's outstanding athlete of the half-century in 1950.

Damian Warner won gold in one of track and field's most gruelling events, masterfully laying down one terrific performance after another over 10 events and two days, in the smothering Tokyo heat.

BORMIO, Italy (AP) — Aleksander Aamodt Kilde mastered a tricky course to win a World Cup super-G by a large margin Wednesday for his third straight victory in the discipline. The Norwegian skier finished 0.

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Jagger Firkus and Ryder Korczak had four-point efforts Tuesday night to lead the Moose Jaw Warriors to a 7-4 win over the Edmonton Oil Kings at Mosaic Place.

INDIANAPOLIS — The NFL is reducing isolation time for players who test positive for COVID-19 and are asymptomatic, including unvaccinated players, to five days from 10.

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TORONTO — Before the undermanned Toronto Raptors took the floor against Philadelphia on Tuesday, coach Nick Nurse sat down with Chris Boucher. Nurse talked to Boucher about "giving away a couple of pounds" to Sixers big man Joel Embiid.

EDMONTON — Canada's Connor Bedard became the youngest player to score four goals in a single world junior men's hockey championship game on Tuesday. The 16-year-old from North Vancouver, B.C.

KITCHENER, Ont. — Francesco Pinelli and Matthew Sop scored two goals apiece to lead the Kitchener Rangers to a 6-3 win over the Windsor Spitfires on Tuesday night.