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There is more to Alex Harvey than just being one of the best cross-country skiers in the world. Here are 5 things you need to know about Alex Harvey.

Another member of the Grey Cup-champion Toronto Argonauts has criticized the CFL team for not allowing him to pursue NFL opportunities this off-season.

​Buffalo Sabres veteran defenceman Zach Bogosian will miss the remainder of the season after it was determined he requires hip surgery. The injury requires four to six months of rehab, but Bogosian should be ready for the start of training camp in September.

Canada is a much more proud, bold and confident country, in the eyes of Own the Podium CEO Anne Merklinger, since winning 26 medals at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. The former elite athlete says Canada enters next month’s Winter Games with "our best medal potential ever."

Join hosts Signa Butler and Rob Pizzo on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET for Best of 10, a countdown of some of the greatest moments and stories in Canadian high-performance sports history.

Canadian viewers will still be able to watch American ads when they watch this year's Super Bowl on American channels.

After suffering a broken thumb in Thursday night's first run of the ladies superpipe at the X Games in Aspen, Colo., Canada's Cassie Sharpe re-injured it later in the competition but managed a third-place finish ahead of her Winter Olympics debut.

Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis tearfully announced his retirement Friday, the second university official to step down in as many days amid sharp criticism over the school's handling of sexual abuse allegations against disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar.

The CFL has drawn the ire of the CFL Players' Association by directing its teams to stop paying players off-season bonuses until a new collective bargaining agreement is reached next year, a tactic the union says has driven a wedge between the two sides before contract talks have even begun.

Canada's Jasey-Jay Anderson won the snowboard parallel giant slalom race in Bansko, Bulgaria on Friday for his first World Cup gold medal in eight years.

Canada's Jasey-Jay Anderson won the snowboard parallel giant slalom race in Bansko, Bulgaria on Friday for his first World Cup gold medal in eight years.

Lubov Ilyushechkina and Dylan Moscovitch of Toronto ranked fifth in both programs but it was worth fourth overall in pairs on Friday at the ISU Four Continents figure skating championships in Taipei, Taiwan.

Wendy Holdener won a World Cup combined race by a big margin on Friday and set herself up as the favourite for the Olympic gold medal in February.

Watch Canada's Mackenzie Boyd Clowes and the rest of the world's best ski jumpers compete in Zakopane, Poland.

Watch action from the men's alpine World Cup downhill from Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

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 action from the World Cup snowboard cross sprint event in Bulgaria.

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 Four Continents figure skating championships in Taipei City.

Senators from both parties are calling for creation of a select committee to investigate the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics following the sentencing of a former sports doctor who admitted molesting female gymnasts for years under the guise of medical treatment.

Defending champion Roger Federer moved to within one win of a 20th Grand Slam singles title on Friday night when Hyeon Chung retired in the second set of their Australian Open semifinal.

Adam Henrique scored a goal, added an assist and got the shootout winner as the Anaheim Ducks ended the Winnipeg Jets' three-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory Thursday night.

Connor McDavid scored the shootout winner as the Edmonton Oilers overcame a bad start to record a 4-3 victory against the Calgary Flames on Thursday.

The Canadian women's team are off to a perfect start in their championship defence at the HSBC Sevens World Series event in Sydney.

Canada's women are off to a perfect start in their championship defence at the HSBC Sevens World Series event in Sydney.

Curtis McElhinney made 39 saves while playing for the first time in more than a month, helping the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Dallas Stars 4-1 on Thursday night.

Ty Dellandrea has always tried to represent the Flint Firebirds to the best of his abilities after the Ontario Hockey League team drafted him fifth overall two years ago.

Teuvo Teravainen scored twice and added an assist as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montreal Canadiens 6-5 on Thursday to snap their two-game losing skid.

Jake DeBrusk scored the go-ahead goal at 8:41 of the third period as the Boston Bruins won their fifth straight game, defeating the Ottawa Senators 3-2 Thursday night.

In his first PGA Tour event in a year because of a fourth back surgery, Tiger Woods mixed a few mistakes with a few shots that looked familiar Thursday on his way to an even-par 72 in the opening round of the Farmers Insurance Open.

DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry are sticking together. The longtime teammates were both selected by Stephen Curry in the NBA's first all-star draft. LeBron James, the other team captain, got Curry's Warriors teammate Kevin Durant and reunited with Kyrie Irving.

Brooke Henderson shot a bogey-free 5-under 68 in windy conditions Thursday to take the first-round lead in the season-opening Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic.

The stakes are high on and off the field Saturday as Canada takes on Uruguay in the opening leg of a crucial Rugby World Cup qualifier.

Canadian gymnast Kyle Shewfelt says policies dealing with abuse in sports need to be strengthened to help prevent further incidents of sexual assault and other crimes against young athletes.