NHLPA authorizes further negotiations on 24-team return to play format
The NHLPA Executive Board authorized further negotiations with the NHL over how a 24-team return to play scenario would play out. “The Executive Board of the National Hockey League Players’ Association...
View Article‘Fear will always be a part of it’: Vancouver-based NBA skills coach on the...
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — The NBA has become the latest of the four major pro sports leagues to agree upon a plan for a safe return to play this summer. Under a proposal that was approved nearly...
View ArticleReport: One in three Canadian girls drop out of sports during adolescence
TORONTO — Two-time Olympic gold medallist Rosie MacLennan battled body-image issues as a teenager. But the 31-year-old from Toronto stuck with her sport of trampoline, beating odds that, according to a...
View ArticleToronto Maple Leafs player tests positive for COVID-19, virus spreads across...
TORONTO (680 NEWS) — A Toronto Maple Leafs Center, Auston Matthews, is now isolating at his Arizona home after contracting COVID-19 but he hopes to be able to travel back to Toronto and participate in...
View ArticleSFU reviewing changing name from ‘Clan’
BURNABY (NEWS 1130) — Simon Fraser University is reviewing whether to change its team name after more calls to do so. Anti-racism protests have renewed talk about whether the “Simon Fraser Clan” —...
View ArticleFlames fans ranked most vulgar in NHL: study
CALGARY (660 NEWS) – In a sport filled with puck talk, hooking, and roughing, it’s often the fans who have the biggest potty mouths. A study by casino.org took a deep dive into the language used by...
View Article‘Extreme embarrassment when the name comes up’: SFU athlete advocates to...
BURNABY (NEWS 1130) — When Othniel Spence attended his first pep rally as a member of SFU’s basketball team, he stayed silent while chants of ‘Go Clan’ echoed through the gym. “I don’t associate with...
View ArticleSFU athletics could scrap ‘Clan’ team name by fall
BURNABY (NEWS 1130) — SFU sports teams could have a new name by the start of the fall semester. At a meeting with student athletes Thursday, 97 per cent of those in attendance voted to change the name...
View ArticleClose to half of Canadians think sports came back too soon: survey
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Almost half of Canadians could do without playoff hockey until a COVID-19 vaccine is available, according to a new Leger survey. Close to 50 per cent of those think professional...
View ArticleNHL’s lack of solidarity with Black Lives Matter protests ‘out of touch’, say...
TORONTO (NEWS 1130) – The National Hockey League is being accused by many of doing the bare minimum as it’s called out for failing to cancel games in solidarity with Black Lives Matter protests. As a...
View ArticleMany sports leagues dominated by anger over racial injustice for another day
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Sports continue to take a backseat as athletes join calls to fight racial injustice and police brutality. The most recent bout of the ongoing call to end racism came after the...
View ArticleVancouver sports journalist Jason Botchford died of accidental overdose: family
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Prominent Vancouver sports writer and commentator Jason Botchford died from an accidental overdose of cocaine and fentanyl last year, his wife confirmed in a statement Friday....
View ArticleB.C. parents and players call for return of high school sports
NEW WESTMINSTER (NEWS 1130) – A New Westminster parent is wondering why his son’s football team is not allowed to play in high school football games, even though community sports are permitted....
View ArticleCOVID-19 exposures increase among sports groups, 549 new cases in B.C.
VICTORIA (NEWS 1130) — B.C. recorded 549 new COVID-19 cases over the past four days as health officials worked to resolve a testing backlog, while increased exposures connected to recreational sports...
View ArticleWorld junior hockey championship opens on Christmas Day for first time since...
TORONTO – There has been a slight tweak to the schedule for the next world junior hockey championship. The 2021 tournament will start on Christmas Day for the first time since 2005, with the Canadians...
View ArticleHockey Hall of Fame announces no class will be named for 2021
TORONTO- The Hockey Hall of Fame announced Friday that it has postponed the induction of its 2020 class to next year and will not name a new class for 2021. BREAKING: The Class of 2020 will be honoured...
View ArticleNo plans to shut down schools despite rising COVID-19 concerns, Fraser Health...
SURREY (NEWS 1130) – The Fraser Health region remains B.C.’s hotspot for COVID-19 cases, and concerns are rising over the regional health authority’s handling of the pandemic. From increased cleaning...
View ArticleB.C. hockey leagues adapting to pandemic despite new COVID-19 order
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — The new COVID-19 restrictions in the province’s two biggest health regions have put further strain on minor sports leagues and parents now that competitive hockey has been put...
View ArticleMixed messages on martial arts amid ongoing COVID-19 restrictions in B.C.
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — B.C.’s COVID-19 restrictions include suspending the practice of martial arts, but different provincial sports organizations are interpreting this order differently — Karate...
View Article12 COVID-19 deaths, 834 new cases as B.C.’s top doctor to add measures to...
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — On the day the U.K. gave the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine approval, B.C.’s top doctor acknowledges the toll the virus is taking but asks everyone to keep doing their part to...
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