Western Hockey League pushes back start, hopes to begin season in December.

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Western Hockey League pushes back start, hopes to begin season in December.

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Blue Jackets give nod to Korpisalo over Merzlikins in goal for series finale vs. Leafs

Aug 9, 2020 / 10:01 am

The Columbus Blue Jackets are going back to Joonas Korpisalo in net against the Toronto Maple Leafs for Game 5 of their best-of-five qualifying series Sunday. Korpisalo started the first three games of the best-of-five before giving way to Elvis Merzlikins.

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Happy 70th Anniversary: Max Verstappen stuns Mercedes to win F1 Grand Prix

Aug 9, 2020 / 9:07 am

Max Verstappen sprung what could be the surprise of the season by beating championship leader Lewis Hamilton to win the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix on Sunday in Northhampton, England.

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Conseslus Kipruto out of Monaco Diamond League meet with coronavirus

Aug 9, 2020 / 8:13 am

Kenya's Olympic and world 3,000-metre steeplechase champion Conseslus Kipruto has tested positive for coronavirus and will miss the season-opening Diamond League meeting in Monaco on Aug. 14, the 25 year-old has confirmed.

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Ex-UVic rower Lily Copeland sues women's coach, school over alleged verbal abuse

Aug 9, 2020 / 7:34 am

A former member of the University of Victoria's varsity women's rowing team is suing the head coach and the university over allegations of demeaning and aggressive treatment.

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'It's so nice' to be back on the ice, says Yellowknife speed skater

Aug 9, 2020 / 3:00 am

COVID-19 forced Yellowknife's Wren Acorn off the ice this spring. But now she and her teammates are back at Calgary's Olympic Oval ready to compete — if any meets go ahead.

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Eritrea's 1st winter Olympian details mental anguish from racism growing up in Canada

Aug 9, 2020 / 1:00 am

Skier Shannon-Ogbani Abeda’s journey to becoming the first winter Olympian to represent Eritrea carried with it a racial burden he says he’s only now beginning to unravel.

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Blue Jays rally late to beat Red Sox

Aug 8, 2020 / 8:30 pm

Five Toronto pitchers combined on a four-hitter and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. scored the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning on a groundout, lifting the Blue Jays over the Boston Red Sox 2-1 on Saturday night.

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Flyers claim top seed in East with win over Lightning

Aug 8, 2020 / 8:09 pm

Rookie Nicolas Aube-Kubel scored twice, and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Saturday night to clinch the NHL Eastern Conference's top seed through the playoffs.

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Dustin Johnson heads into PGA Championship final round with the lead

Aug 8, 2020 / 7:22 pm

Dustin Johnson shot a 5-under 65 in the third round at TPC Harding Park to enter the final round as the tournament leader at minus-9. He had eight birdies in the round, which helped him forget a bogey on No. 6 and a double three holes later. Both times, he birdied the next hole.

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Technical issues from 'unprecedented demand' leaves Oilers raffle in limbo

Aug 8, 2020 / 6:39 pm

The Edmonton Oilers' record-setting online 50/50 raffle from Friday with a total estimated pot of more than $15 million remained in limbo on Saturday as officials attempted to sort out technical problems that the team's management says were a result of "unprecedented demand."

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Lydia Ko surges to 4-shot lead in bid to end winning drought

Aug 8, 2020 / 5:04 pm

With two late birdies, Lydia Ko had a 3-under 68 and doubled her lead in the Marathon Classic, four shots ahead as the former No. 1 player goes for her first LPGA victory in two years.

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Diana Taurasi injured as Storm cruise past Mercury

Aug 8, 2020 / 4:25 pm

Jewell Loyd scored 20 points, Breanna Stewart added 15 points and eight rebounds, and a dominant second quarter powered the Seattle Storm to a 74-68 defeat of the Phoenix Mercury, Saturday in Bradenton, Fla.

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