• The Canadian Press

    Ella Shelton, Natalie Spooner, Hilary Knight the PWHL's three stars of the week

    TORONTO — New York defender Ella Shelton, Toronto winger Natalie Spooner and Boston forward Hilary Knight were named the Professional Women’s Hockey League three stars of the last week of the regular season. First star Shelton led all PWHL players in scoring with two goals and four assists in two games. The 26-year-old from Ingersoll, Ont., finished the season ranked first among PWHL defenders and ranked fifth overall in points with seven goals and 14 assists. New York finished last in the leagu

  • The Canadian Press

    The Celtics and Cavaliers last met in playoffs in 2018. This time Boston is the team to beat

    BOSTON (AP) — One of the things Celtics forward Jaylen Brown remembers about his time inside the NBA’s Florida bubble in 2020 during the pandemic was his random sightings of Donovan Mitchell. Mitchell, then with the Utah Jazz, seemed to pop up in the common spaces of the bubble at the same time as Brown. It led to humorous fodder on social media between the pair and helped form a friendship between the young stars that continues today. But none of that is on Brown’s mind this week as the East’s

  • Yahoo Sports

    Ukrainian former Olympic weightlifter killed defending his country

    Oleksandr Pielieshenko joined his country's military soon after Russia's invasion, the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine said Monday.

  • The Canadian Press

    Spurs' Victor Wembanyama named NBA Rookie of the Year after a record-setting season

    Victor Wembanyama had a year like no rookie in NBA history. Others scored more points, others grabbed more rebounds, others had more blocks, others made more steals. But never had there been a player who, in Year 1 of his career, posted all these averages — at least 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 3.6 blocks and 1.2 steals per game. Until now. The long-expected result became reality on Monday, when the Spurs' star from France was announced as the NBA's rookie of the year. He's the third