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Curtis Granderson held up both hands, showing 10 fingers, one for each grand slam. Granderson ran his career grand slam total into the double digits, Marco Estrada pitched effectively into the seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 6-5 on Wednesday night. Jorge Lopez (0-2), who was making his Royals debut after being acquired July ...

CBC’s Heather Hiscox goes one-on-one with Hayley Wickenheiser about her decision to donate her brain to concussion research. Source link

The number of teenage Canadian athletes seemingly on the precipice of big things in high-visibility sports appears to be at its highest level in recent memory. The tennis scene includes Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime. R.J. Barrett has NBA scouts drooling. Soccer player Alphonso Davies has superstar potential and Taylor Ruck is the real deal in the pool. “I’ve never ...

As the other young baseball players from Whalley, B.C., ran to each other on the diamond to celebrate their national Little League championship victory Saturday in Mirabel, Que., Dio Gama raced to his father. Both dad and son realized the bittersweetness of the moment. Tears streamed from the 13-year-old boy’s eyes as he hugged his father, Noe Gama, because he ...

The 18-year-old from Kelowna, B.C. won silver in the women’s 200-metre backstroke, setting a new Canadian record with her fifth medal in a single Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. Source link