• The Canadian Press

    Maple Leafs captain John Tavares added to Canada's world hockey championship roster

    PRAGUE, Czechia — Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares has been added to the Canadian roster at the world men's hockey championship, Hockey Canada announced Friday. Tavares became available after the Leafs were eliminated by the Boston Bruins in seven games in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. It will be the fourth time Tavares has suited up for Canada at the world championship, but the first since 2012. The 33-year-old has helped Canada win gold at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and the

  • The Canadian Press

    'We're here to win': New MLSE president backs Shanahan, Treliving

    TORONTO — The Maple Leafs' key decision makers spoke with the media today for the first time since the team's first-round playoff exit. The message was clear — everything is on the table moving forward, and past results are unacceptable. New Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment president Keith Pelley, team president Brendan Shanahan and general manager Brad Treliving fielded questions from reporters for roughly 45 minutes on the path forward for an organization that has fallen painfully short of e

  • The Canadian Press

    B.C. light-heavyweight boxer Buneet Bisla goes after Canadian title on Victoria card

    Since taking up taekwondo at the age of four, Buneet Bisla has won an armful of armful of amateur boxing and kickboxing titles. On Saturday, the 26-year-old from Surrey, B.C., looks to add to that collection when he faces Manitoba's Devin Tomko in Victoria for the vacant Canadian light-heavyweight boxing title. The two meet in the main event of Champ Promotions' "Round 4" card at G.R. Pearkes Recreation Centre. "The hard work's been done," said Bisla. "Six week of a gruelling camp." Bisla (9-1-0

  • The Canadian Press

    Two-time Super Bowl winner Chris Snee returning to New York Giants as a scout

    EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Two-time Super Bowl winner Chris Snee is returning to the New York Giants as a senior scout in the personnel department. General manager Joe Schoen announced the hiring Friday, along along with two promotions. Nick La Testa moved from pro scout to assistant director of pro scouting and Charles Tisch went from a football operations assistant to the manager of football administration. Snee, a guard who was a four-time Pro Bowl pick and a member of the franchise’s Ring