Sports

Most of the commercials airing during this year’s Super Bowl are going for laughs, with advertisers betting that America could use a brief diversion.

As a student, Donald Trump played high school football. As a business baron, he owned a team in an upstart rival to the NFL and then sued the established league. As president, he denigrated pros who took a knee during the national anthem as part of a social justice movement.

Kendrick Lamar promised he’d tell some stories and performed the song everyone has been talking about during the Super Bowl halftime show.

Reid Carruthers and Kevin Koe round out the field for the Canadian men’s curling championship after their teams won their respective provincial finals Sunday.

The United States will not have star defenceman Quinn Hughes in the lineup at the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off.

The 4 Nations Face-Off opens Wednesday featuring Canada, the U.S., Sweden and Finland. The action begins with four games in Montreal before things shift to Boston for three more contests capped by the title game Feb. 20.

Thomas Detry nearly aced the rowdy 16th hole in a stretch of four closing birdies, shooting a 6-under 65 on Sunday to win the Phoenix Open by seven shots for his first PGA Tour victory.

Canada’s Denis Shapovalov beat Norway’s Casper Ruud 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the final of the Dallas Open on Sunday.

Victor Hedman had a goal and an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning hung on for a 5-3 win over the slumping Montreal Canadiens in the final game before the 4 Nations Face-Off on Sunday afternoon.

Canada’s Reece Howden won men’s ski cross gold Sunday at the Val di Fassa World Cup.

A Saint John-based axe thrower is heading to the world championships in Wisconsin in April.

Jacob Nussey, Samuel Kliever and Casey McAvay will be among the roughly 50 members of Team Canada at the 2025 World Jump Rope Championships in Kawasaki, Japan this summer.

Brock Boeser scored on the power play to break a 1-1 tie midway through the third period as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 Saturday night.

Prince Harry dropped the puck during a ceremonial opening faceoff before the Vancouver Canucks hosted the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday.

British Columbia Premier David Eby did not shy away from mentioning the geopolitical climate between the United States and Canada as he addressed the crowd at the Invictus Games opening in Vancouver on Saturday.