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    Six teams whose 2024 expectations are out of whack & is an 18th game around the corner? | Zero Blitz

    Jason Fitz, Jori Epstein & Frank Schwab discuss the first steps in a possible move towards 18 regular season games & six teams with outsized expectations for the 2024 season.

  • The Canadian Press

    Aryna Sabalenka and Daniil Medvedev advance as rain continues to disrupt the French Open

    PARIS (AP) — Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka stayed out of the rain and moved into the third round of the French Open on Thursday. The second-seeded Sabalenka beat Japanese qualifier Moyuka Uchijima 6-2, 6-2 on Court Philippe Chatrier as showers again affected play at Roland Garros. The inclement weather, which is expected to last for much of the day, halted play on all courts not equipped with a roof for the third consecutive day. “It’s going to be a bit tricky today. So we’re keeping

  • The Canadian Press

    Canada men face another relegation fight to preserve core status on HSBC SVNS circuit

    While Canada's women battle for silverware this weekend in the HSBC SVNS season finale in Madrid, the men are fighting for survival on World Rugby's sevens circuit. For the second year in a row, the Canadian men find themselves in a relegation battle. Canada survived a four-team playoff last year, defeating Kenya 12-7 in London in the final on a last-minute Alex Russell try to preserve its status as a core team on World Rugby's sevens series. The 2023 relegation fight was a product of the sevens

  • The Canadian Press

    Knoblauch's roster shakeup pays off as Perry sparks Oilers in Game 4 victory

    EDMONTON — The morning before Game 4 of the Western Conference final, veteran Edmonton Oilers forward Corey Perry was informed that his five-game exile to the press box was ending. For a player of Perry’s playoff pedigree — a former Hart Trophy winner and Stanley Cup champion — not playing during the most important time of the year wasn’t an easy thing to accept. But that was the price he needed to pay for going pointless through the Oilers' first 10 games of the playoffs. Perry was a healthy sc