National Sports

EDMONTON — Ottawa Redblacks kicker Lewis Ward was named the CFL's top rookie Thursday night. Lewis was honoured at the league's awards banquet. Voting was conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and nine CFL head coaches.

TORONTO — Serge Beausoleil might be the head coach of the Rimouski Oceanic, but even he can feel like a student when forward Alexis Lafreniere hits the ice. "Sometimes I have to shut my mouth, I don't want to put him in a box," Beausoleil said.

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Switzerland's Beat Feuz posted the fastest time in Thursday's training while the Canadian team was suddenly bereft of two veterans ahead of Saturday's World Cup men's downhill. Erik Guay of Mont-Tremblant, Que.

EDMONTON — The Calgary Stampeders' swarming, dominant, defenders say that timing will be everything come Grey Cup Sunday when they try to disrupt the up-tempo, quick-strike offence of QB Trevor Harris and the Ottawa Redblacks.

EDMONTON — Trevor Harris describes it like being in a washing machine. His path from a tiny college in a tiny town in Pennsylvania to starting quarterback for the CFL's Ottawa Redblacks in Sunday's Grey Cup has been anything but delicate.

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — What was to be a swan-song season for Erik Guay ended early Thursday when the Canadian skier announced his retirement. Guay felt some ambivalence when he arrived in Lake Louise, Alta.

EDMONTON — The CFL will move a step closer to playing in Mexico next year. CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie said he'll sign a letter of intent Friday with the Liga de Futbol Americano, an eight-team Mexican semi-pro American spring football circuit.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have acquired defenceman Chris Wideman from the Ottawa Senators for a sixth-round pick in the 2020 NHL draft. The pick was previously acquired by Edmonton from the St.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators' plan to build a new downtown arena could be in jeopardy.

Regular blowouts. Playoff teams with 2-6 records. Bowl games that are losing their lustre. The Canadian university football playoff structure has its share of critics and cries for change have been growing louder.