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NRFL says it plans new pro rugby league, with big-spending plans to make it grow
While other sports leagues wonder how to stay afloat or resume play during the global pandemic, the National Rugby Football League says it continues to plan its launch. There are more questi...
Apr 28, 2020
Ryan Murphy's 'Hollywood' miniseries is a woke '40s fantasy
LOS ANGELES - Ryan Murphy has a clear-eyed fascination with the 20th-century Hollywood dream machine, so adroit at making stars and breaking the hearts of those who didn't fit the mould. Among the cas...
Apr 28, 2020
Thierry Henry trusts his Impact players will be in shape when MLS returns
Montreal Impact manager Thierry Henry is counting on his players to be ready when, or if, the 2020 Major League Soccer season returns. The Frenchman didn't want to speculate on when MLS would resume i...
Apr 28, 2020
Complex challenges mean mandatory COVID-19 vaccine unlikely: experts
OTTAWA - Experts say the likelihood of an eventual COVID-19 vaccine becoming mandatory is slim. That's despite a desire by many Canadians to make sure as many people get vaccinated as p...
Apr 28, 2020
Trump to sign order keeping meat processing plants open
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday meant to stave off a shortage of chicken, pork and other meat on American supermarket shelves because of the coronavirus. The o...
Apr 28, 2020
One new case of COVID-19, provincial total at 366
There is one new case of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number to 366. The latest case is in the province's Regina region. There was no increase today in reported cases in either the Far...
Apr 28, 2020 Dr. Saqib Shahab — Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer. (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Manitoba premier says sports 'back of the pack' as province plans reopening
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says big public events, including professional sports, will be on the back burner when the province announces plans to reopen sectors of its economy that we...
Apr 28, 2020
North Carolina governor OKs NASCAR to race at Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The governor of North Carolina said Tuesday that NASCAR can go forward with the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway without fans in attendance at the end of May unless health c...
Apr 28, 2020
In a new podcast, Bogdanovich tries to make sense of it all
LOS ANGELES - Podcasts make sense to Peter Bogdanovich, even if so much else doesn't. "It's like radio," Bogdanovich said recently from his home in Los Angeles. "I grew up with radio. My first love wa...
Apr 28, 2020
Despite risks, auto workers step up to make medical gear
DETROIT - Cindy Parkhurst could have stayed home collecting most of her pay while the Ford plant where she normally works remains closed due to coronavirus fears. Instead, she along with hundreds of w...
Apr 28, 2020