National Sports

On Sunday, the Calgary Stampeders will meet the Ottawa Redblacks in the 106th Grey Cup game at Commonwealth Stadium.

EDMONTON — In many ways it's fitting — another game, another injury in the Calgary Stampeders receiving corps.

EDMONTON — It's November in Alberta yet tackle Derek Dennis will wear a short-sleeve shirt Sunday when the Calgary Stampeders face the Ottawa Redblacks in the Grey Cup. But thanks to Mother Nature, the burly offensive lineman won't be alone.

A stirring fightback. A first win in nearly three months. An attacking partnership already clicking. Welcome back to the English Premier League, Claudio Ranieri.

DENVER — Former Humboldt Broncos teammates Jacob Wassermann and Ryan Straschnitzki received a standing ovation from hockey fans at the University of Denver Friday and will likely get the same treatment at a Colorado Avalanche game Saturday evening.

REGINA — Former NHL referee Michael (Mick) McGeough has died. He was 62. The NHL said in a statement Saturday that McGeough died Friday night in Regina. McGeough refereed 1,083 regular-season games and 63 playoff contests from 1987 through 2008.

RUKA, Finland — Canada's Alex Harvey skied to a personal best eighth-place sprint finish at the season-opening cross-country World Cup on Saturday. The leader of the Canadian squad from St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que.

NEW YORK — Vancouver Canucks forward Antoine Roussel has been fined $5,000 for biting San Jose Sharks defenceman Marc-Edouard Vlasic during a game Friday.

BEIJING — Canadian Olympic snowboarder Laurie Blouin earned the bronze medal on Saturday in a World Cup women's big air final. The 22-year-old Blouin scored 156 points en route to the third-place finish. Anna Gasser of Austria took gold with 182.

TOMAKOMAI, Japan — Ivanie Blondin skated to a bronze medal in the women's mass start final at the ISU World Cup speedskating stop on Saturday. It was the Ottawa native's second podium finish of the event.