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Logan Reider's record game has Saskatchewan Huskies women's basketball riding high into playoff season
With the second-half season on the horizon, the challenge for Logan Reider is for her and the Saskatchewan Huskies to carry that momentum into March's national championship tournament at UBC.
Basketball |
Float like Abi: How Canada's Strate leans on beekeeping to master art of ski jumping
Abi Strate, a certified beekeeper, was part of the Canadian team that won bronze in a mixed event at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, securing the country’s first-ever ski jumping medal. The Calgary native appears to only be rising from there.
Olympics -Winter Sports -Ski Jumping |
How WNBA's Toronto Tempo can learn from expansion Golden State Valkyries, '95 Raptors
The WNBA’s Toronto Tempo are alive — sort of. Set to join the league as an expansion team in 2026, the franchise revealed its nickname, logos and colours earlier in December. Yet the team remains, largely, an idea — one that won’t be realized until there are players.
Basketball |
From Whistler to Calgary, Canadian luge trio's Olympic journey nearing full circle
Rewatch the 2010 Vancouver Paralympics closing ceremony closely, and you’ll see three Canadian Olympic hopefuls belting out their national anthem. Little did they know that 14 years later, they’d be teammates on the Canadian luge team and roommates in Calgary.
Olympics -Winter Sports -Luge |
'Something powerful': Toronto Tempo, president Teresa Resch go with flow as brand is unveiled
From the unveiling of the Toronto Tempo to her interview with CBC Sports, media appearances for Teresa Resch were nonstop. Yet through it all, Resch was still bursting with excitement at the introduction of the Tempo as the city’s incoming WNBA team. The franchise plays its first game in May 2026.
Basketball |
Fire and ice: How Bianca Ribi balances job as firefighter with Olympic bobsleigh dream
The two-woman bobsleigh team of Bianca Ribi and Niamh Haughey has its sights set on March’s world championships in Lake Placid, N.Y. Their relationship, one that’s landed them on the cusp of the 2026 Olympics, was forged on ice and through fire.
Olympics -Winter Sports -Bobsleigh |
Did the WNBA accidentally leak the nickname and logo of its Toronto franchise?
After months of speculation, Toronto's WNBA expansion team may finally have a nickname: the Toronto Tempo. Screenshots circulated on social media on Tuesday night of a drop-down menu on the league's website referring to the club as the Tempo, but there's been no official word.
Basketball |
New airbag rule for speed racers at ski World Cup spawns many questions, few answers
A new rule for certain alpine World Cup ski events has become a major talking point among athletes. In early November, FIS — alpine’s governing body — announced that racers in speed events (downhill and super-G) would be mandated to wear airbags in competition.
Olympics -Winter Sports -Alpine Skiing |
Concordia alum Emmy Fecteau looks to make mark as 1st U Sports draftee to play in PWHL
Emmy Fecteau’s Concordia Stingers reached the U Sports women’s hockey championship game in each of her final three seasons at the school, winning two titles. In June, Fecteau became the second PWHL player drafted straight out of U Sports when she was selected by the New York Sirens.
Hockey -PWHL |
Hamilton basketball star Kia Nurse aims to rebound with Athletes Unlimited after `rocky' 2 years
Everything changed for Kia Nurse when she tore her anterior cruciate ligament in the 2021 WNBA playoffs. The basketball star from Hamilton was locked in as starter for a team in the semifinals. But in one bad fall three years ago and she was plunged into the depths of surgery and rehab.
News -Canada -Hamilton |