The Miami Dolphins will bring in another quarterback while starter Tua Tagovailoa deals with his latest concussion, and coach Mike McDaniel insisted Friday that the only thing that should matter to him — or anyone — is Tagovailoa’s health. TORONTO — One way to get Francisco Lindor to flash his trademark smile is by mentioning the name Arjun Nimmala to him. Lindor, the superstar shortstop for the New York Mets, has worked out with the Blue Jays prospect during the Read more…

New York Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello told reporters Friday that goaltender Ilya Sorokin could miss the first couple of days of training camp due to an upper-body injury. B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke was the top story of the CFL for much of 2022. Toronto Argonauts counterpart Chad Kelly was pretty much the same thing for the majority of 2023. On Friday at BC Place, the quarterbacks square off as starters for the first time in their careers. The Read more…

Can a new coach get the Devils back on track? Can a new prospect elevate the ageing Penguins? Sonny Sachdeva explores one pressing question facing each Metropolitan Division team heading into the new season. Canadian shot putter Sarah Mitton rebounded from a disappointing performance at the Paris Olympics by capturing Diamond League gold on Friday. Mitton, of Brooklyn, N.S., won the competition, the final Diamond League event of the season, with a heave of 20.25 metres on her third throw. Read more…

Elliotte Friedman joins the JD Bunkis Podcast to discuss the Toronto Maple Leafs’ crowded roster, and whether there’s any opportunity for touted young prospects like Easton Cowan and Fraser Minten to break into the NHL. Braxton Whitehead said Friday he has verbally committed to Arizona State, making him the first member of a Canadian Hockey League team to attempt to play the sport at the Division I U.S. college level since a lawsuit was filed challenging the NCAA’s longstanding ban on players Read more…

In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman unwrap the biggest news and notes from their time at the U.S. NHL Players Media Tour in Las Vegas. Tiger Woods had yet another surgery on his lower back on Friday morning. This one he hopes will relieve some of the spasms he experienced this year. It was the sixth surgery on his lower back in the last 10 years. In a brief statement on social media, Woods described Read more…

Despite Kessel not playing since the 2023 playoffs, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas discussed on the latest edition of 32 Thoughts how he’s still seeking an opportunity in the league. PHILADELPHIA — The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood-alcohol level of .087, above the .08 legal limit in New Jersey, a prosecutor said Friday. Gaudreau, 31, and brother Matthew, 29, were killed in Carneys Point, New Read more…

With training camps opening midway through next week, we’ll start getting answers to some of these questions, while others will take some time to play out. In one of the NHL’s more interesting groupings, here’s what we’re wondering about the Central. MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The Miami Dolphins will bring in another quarterback while starter Tua Tagovailoa deals with his latest concussion, and coach Mike McDaniel insisted Friday that the only thing that should matter to him — or anyone Read more…