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Why a non-podium result at the mixed curling world championship two years ago might be the best fifth-place finish in Canadian curling history.

The Oakland Raiders are reportedly planning a news conference Tuesday to announce that Jon Gruden is leaving the broadcast booth to come back to coaching.

The New England Patriots dismissed as "flat-out inaccurate" a report suggesting a rift involving owner Robert Kraft, coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady.

Watch live on Saturday at 6:30 p.m ET as Canadian Olympic athletes, including the Pyeongchang-bound curling rink of Rachel Homan, are celebrated at a send-off event at Big White ski resort in Kelowna, B.C., hosted by CBC Sports hosts Kelly Vanderbeek and Craig McMorris.

The brothers pair up and take to the streets to try some tricks and talk about Mark's recovery from a major injury

Swedish forward and Boston Bruins prospect Oskar Steen reportedly will have a disciplinary hearing ahead of Friday night's gold-medal game against Canada for his slash to the back of U.S. forward Kailer Yamamoto's right leg in Thursday's semifinal.

Swedish forward and Boston Bruins prospect Oskar Steen reportedly had a disciplinary hearing ahead of Friday night's gold-medal game against Canada for his slash to the back of U.S. forward Kailer Yamamoto's right leg in Thursday's semifinal.

At first glance it may seem like a bit of a novelty act. But if you look carefully, you'll see in mixed doubles curling another sign that the Olympics are determined to place men and women on more equal footing, writes Scott Russell.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-signed wide receiver/kick returner Brandon Banks to a one-year contract Friday. He had 1,011 receiving yards over 18 regular-season games last year while amassing 385 yards on punts and 34 kickoff returns for 624 yards.

Defending champion Jacqueline Loelling extended her overall lead with a third World Cup win of the season, leading Germany to a sweep of the podium, while Canadians Jane Channell and Elisabeth Vathje earned top-10 finishes Friday in Germany.

The Toronto Argonauts signed quarterback James Franklin to a two-year contract extension Friday. The 26-year-old American was acquired last month in a trade with the Edmonton Eskimos.

Canada faces Sweden on Friday at 8 p.m. ET in the gold-medal game of the world junior hockey championship at KeyBank Center in Buffalo. Canada last met the Swedes in the final in 2009, prevailing 5-1 at Ottawa for its fifth consecutive gold medal.

Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week's edition of the program, watch live action from the freestyle skiing World Cup moguls event in Calgary featuring Canadian stars Mikael Kingsbury and Justine Dufour-Lapointe.

With no shortage of spine-tingling moments, the Olympics continue to draw large numbers of people to their screens. But the ways in which those moments are presented and consumed have evolved considerably.

The field of 18 teams has been cut in half as the playoffs begin at the mixed doubles Olympic curling trials in Portage la Prairie, Man. The teams of Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant and Laura Crocker and Geoff Walker went undefeated in round robin play, posting perfect 8-0 records in their respective pools.

Canada's returnees at the world junior hockey championship have been waiting 12 months for a shot at redemption, and on Friday night they'll get it.

Belgium won its second match at the Hopman Cup and handed Canada its third consecutive defeat with singles victories by David Goffin and Elise Mertens on Friday.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the shootout winner as the Oilers snapped a four-game losing skid with a 2-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday.

Sean Monahan and Micheal Ferland had a goal and an assist each as the Calgary Flames scored four times in a second period Thursday night for a thrilling 4-3 comeback victory over the Los Angeles Kings.

Drake Batherson's performance for Team Canada in Buffalo might be a surprise to some people, but not to him and those who know him.

Drake Batherson had a hat trick to lead Canada past the Czech Republic 7-2 on Thursday in the semifinal of the world junior hockey championship in Buffalo.

Paul Byron scored in a shootout as the Montreal Canadiens ended a five-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the first-place Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night.

The Maple Leafs earned a 3-2 shootout win over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday in a game that saw Toronto's Nazem Kadri rip out part of Joe Thornton's mountain-man beard in a fight.

Ted-Jan Bloemen may be the world-record holder in the men's 5,000 metres, but the speed skater still had to earn the right to race it at the upcoming Winter Olympics.

Reigning champion Serena Williams has withdrawn from this month's Australian Open as she does not yet feel ready to compete at the top level again, organisers said on Friday.

Lawes/Morris edge Park/Thomas 5-4 in Draw 16 at Portage la Prairie, Man

Learn about short track speed skating thanks to Canada's top short track speed skaters, including Charles Hamelin and Marianne St-Gelais, and the curious Gisele.

Filip Gustavsson made 29 saves and Sweden had a three-goal third period to beat the United States 4-2 on Thursday in the world junior hockey semifinals.

Roughriders receiver Chris Getzlaf has retired after 11 seasons in the CFL.