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USA Basketball announces its men's team for the Paris Olympics
LeBron James is going back to the Olympics for the first time in 12 years. Stephen Curry is headed to the games for the first time. Kevin Durant will go there with his eyes on history. And they're jus...
Apr 17, 2024
USA Basketball unveils its men's team for the Paris Olympics
LeBron James plans to go back to the Olympics. Stephen Curry is planning on going for the first time. Kevin Durant will go there with his eye on history. And they're just part of a star-studded roster...
Apr 17, 2024
Barry Trotz switched from NHL coach to GM. It has been a success with Predators back in the playoffs
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Barry Trotz never put a label on whether he was rebuilding, retooling or simply trying to reset the Nashville Predators during his first season as general manager. Revival migh...
Apr 17, 2024
Canada is expected to win 22 medals at the Paris Olympics
Canada is expected to win a total of 22 medals, including six gold, at the Paris Summer Olympics, which open on July 26. This forecast is done by Nielsen's Gracenote Sports, which supplies statistical...
Apr 17, 2024
GPPSD nominates United Way Alberta Northwest for Friends of Education Award
United Way Alberta Northwest has been nominated for this year's Alberta School Boards Association Friends of Education Award by the Grande Prairie Public School Division.It says it nominated United Wa...
Apr 17, 2024
Grande Prairie 4-H member wins provincial competition
A 16-year-old from Grande Prairie won the recent 4-H Alberta Provincial Communications Competition.Waylon K. - his last name was not released because of his age - finished first among 28 competitors w...
Apr 17, 2024
Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews has one more shot to reach 70-goal milestone
TAMPA, Fla. - Auston Matthews has one more chance to reach a milestone not touched in nearly three decades. The Maple Leafs sniper was unable to score in Tuesday night's 5-2 loss to the Florida Panthe...
Apr 17, 2024
In the news today: Fed's budget pitch begins, Leaf's Matthews still shy of 70
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Liberals to sell budget as boon to fairness It's now up to the federal Liberal ...
Apr 17, 2024
Liberals must now sell a budget they say will help younger Canadians catch up
OTTAWA - It's now up to the federal Liberal government to sell a spending plan it says will help younger Canadians catch up to their elders. So far, if unsurprisingly, their critics and political riva...
Apr 17, 2024
NHL roundup: Senators upset Bruins 3-1 in regular-season finale
BOSTON (AP) - Jiri Smejkal scored his first career goal midway through the second period and Jakob Chychrun scored again for Ottawa less than a minute later as the Senators beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 ...
Apr 16, 2024