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BC Hockey to use mobile app to test players for concussions
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – If you’ve ever taken a hit to the head while playing a sport, you know how challenging it can be trying to figure out when to safely return. With concussions now in focus, BC...
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Canadians’ age and region determines their preference in football, Angus Reid...
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Whether you follow the Lions or the Seahawks more closely might depend on your age and region. With the NFL regular season right around the corner, the Angus Reid Institute...
View ArticleSerena Williams fined $17k, critics say it’s double standard
FLUSHING MEADOWS – Serena Williams has been fined a total of $17,000 for three code violations during the U.S. Open final, the Associated Press reports. The tournament referee’s office docked Williams...
View ArticleVancouver Whitecaps fire head coach Carl Robinson
VANCOUVER – While the timing may have caught some people by surprise, the news of Carl Robinson’s firing as coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps was expected. Robinson, along with assistant Martyn Pert and...
View ArticleRussia accused of hacking sports world over doping scandal
MOSCOW – In Russia, sports and the government are closely intertwined. Top athletes hold military ranks, Olympic medals are a matter of national pride, and champions receive luxury cars in Kremlin...
View ArticleProfessional Bull Riding returns to Abbotsford tonight
ABBOTSFORD (NEWS 1130) — If you can hold onto an angry, bucking bull for eight seconds, you’re among the best out there, and tonight you can witness some of the best in Abbotsford. The PBR Monster...
View ArticleWhat Happens When Pot and Pro Sports Collide?
Weed is still banned in most of the sports world, no matter its legal status in Canada. But for how much longer? In contact sports like football and hockey, what’s the justification for prescribing...
View ArticleNHL partners with MGM to share data for sports betting
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The NHL announced a multiyear agreement Monday to provide MGM Resorts International with data for use in betting, the second major U.S. professional sports league to strike a deal with...
View ArticleEthiopia’s Desisa, Kenya’s Keitany win NYC Marathon
NEW YORK (AP) — Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia has won the New York City Marathon, holding off countryman Shura Kitata by 1.99 seconds. Desisa finished in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 59 seconds. Last year’s winner,...
View ArticleCanada losing ground on abuse and harassment reporting in sports: study
Sheldon Kennedy’s sexual abuse case against hockey coach Graham James rocked Canadian sport in the late 1990s, and Canada stepped up, writing one of the strongest sexual harassment and abuse policies...
View ArticleEx-Michigan State leader in court on Nassar-related charges
CHARLOTTE, Mich. — The former president of Michigan State University on Monday made her first court appearance since being charged with lying to investigators about what she knew during the...
View ArticleCyber Monday: talking tech at the Amazon Web Services conference
LAS VEGAS (NEWS 1130) – Cyber Monday wouldn’t exist without the internet, and it’s just one of the areas of life that are increasingly dominated by the Cloud. Tens of thousands of people are attending...
View ArticleNBA in deal to provide official data to sport bet operators
NEW YORK — The National Basketball Association has reached a deal to provide official league data to licensed sports betting providers. In a pact announced Wednesday morning, the NBA is partnering with...
View ArticleHockey may shift from ‘midget’ and other traditional names to age descriptors
VANCOUVER – Traditional youth hockey age group names–novice, peewee, atom, bantam and, most notably, midget–could soon be revised as at least one provincial hockey organization has kickstarted the...
View ArticleBuccaneers fire coach Dirk Koetter after 3 seasons
TAMPA, Fla. — Dirk Koetter has been fired as coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The team made the announcement Sunday night, a little more than three hours after the Bucs concluded a disappointing...
View ArticleVancouver Canucks talk mental health
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The sixth annual Hockey Talks night is happening tonight when the Canucks take on the Oilers at Rogers Arena. The team, along with almost a dozen other teams, dedicate a special...
View ArticleVancouver Giants defenseman gets chance to shine at CHL Top Prospects Game
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Fans of the Vancouver Giants hope the club’s Number 1 defenseman is going to make some noise tonight. Bowen Byrum will be at the CHL Top Prospects game in Red Deer, Alberta,...
View ArticleWHL’s Kootenay ICE moving from Cranbrook to Winnipeg
CRANBROOK, B.C. – The Western Hockey League’s Kootenay Ice will relocate to Winnipeg before the start of the 2019-20 season. The league officially announced the move at a media conference in Cranbrook...
View ArticleWill Trump tweet a congrats? What will be Maroon 5’s first song? Super Bowl...
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Will Gladys Knight forget a word in the anthem? Will Donald Trump use Twitter to congratulate the winning team? You don’t have to know anything about sports to bet on Sunday’s...
View ArticleWeird and wacky Super Bowl prop bets
CALGARY (660 NEWS) — You’ve got your wings, chips, guacamole, and a few cold brews. As the countdown to the start of Super Bowl 53 winds down, some are putting down cash on a whole range of proposition...
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