National Sports

Canada set to take on Finland as world junior championship gets underway

OTTAWA — Canada kicks off its quest for a 21st title when it takes on Finland tonight to headline the opening day of the 2025 world junior hockey championship.

Dec 26, 2024 4:00 AM Read more >

NBA roundup: Bridges helps Knicks win fifth straight by edging Spurs 117-114

NEW YORK (AP) — Mikal Bridges scored a season-high 41 points, and the New York Knicks overcame 42 from Victor Wembanyama in a monster Christmas debut to edge the San Antonio Spurs 117-114 on Wednesday.

Dec 26, 2024 1:10 AM Read more >

Sports scoreboard for Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024

Wednesday's Scoreboard NFL Kansas City 29 Pittsburgh 10 Baltimore 31 Houston 2 --- NBA New York 117 San Antonio 114 Philadelphia 118 Boston 114 Minnesota 105 Dallas 99 L.A. Lakers 115 Golden State 113 Phoenix 110 Denver 100 --- The Canadian Press

Dec 26, 2024 12:53 AM Read more >

NFL roundup: Chiefs secure top seed with 29-10 win over sliding Steelers

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Patrick Mahomes passed for 320 yards and three touchdowns and the Kansas City Chiefs locked up the top seed in the AFC for the fourth time in seven seasons with a 29-10 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Wednesday.

Dec 25, 2024 8:15 PM Read more >

Mahomes throws 3 TDs as Chiefs clinch AFC's top seed by breezing past the skidding Steelers 29-10

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andy Reid donned a Santa Claus suit in a giddy Kansas City Chiefs locker room on Christmas Day, then handed his team a present it increasingly looks like it deserves: home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs.

Dec 25, 2024 5:59 PM Read more >

Canadian world junior goalie Carter George uses music to drown out pressure

TORONTO — Carter George has a one-song soundtrack playing in his head. Over and over. The tune could be country, rap, rock or something entirely different — the goaltender doesn't discriminate.

Dec 25, 2024 5:56 PM Read more >

Edwards scores 26, Wolves hold on to beat Mavs 105-99 after Doncic injury

DALLAS (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 26 points, and the Minnesota Timberwolves held on for a 105-99 Christmas Day victory over Dallas after Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic left the game with a strained left calf.

Dec 25, 2024 5:11 PM Read more >

Bridges scores season-high 41, Knicks withstand Wembanyama's monster Christmas debut to edge Spurs

NEW YORK (AP) — Mikal Bridges scored a season-high 41 points, and the New York Knicks overcame 42 from Victor Wembanyama in a monster Christmas debut to edge the San Antonio Spurs 117-114 on Wednesday.

Dec 25, 2024 2:56 PM Read more >

Canada’s women’s pro sports landscape transformed with arrival of PWHL, NSL and WNBA

The Professional Women's Hockey League played a first season and started a second, the Northern Super League fired its engines for an all-Canadian women's soccer launch, and the WNBA announced its arrival in Canada.

Dec 25, 2024 10:00 AM Read more >

A look back and ahead at the stories making news in men's hockey

Connor McDavid was in tears. The Edmonton Oilers had given everything they could in a hard-fought Stanley Cup final against the Florida Panthers.

Dec 25, 2024 7:00 AM Read more >