Sportsnet Canada

Sportsnet is a Canadian sports channel that broadcasts in English. It was launched in 1998 under the name CTV Sportsnet, a partnership involving CTV, Liberty Media, and Rogers Media. Over the years, Rogers has become the main owner, taking full ownership in 2004 after CTV’s parent company, Bell Globemedia, had to sell its shares due to its acquisition of the rival network TSN in 2001.

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Kirk's impactful return to lineup lifts Blue Jays over Rays

16 hours ago | sportsnet.ca | Shi Davidi

TORONTO – Julio Rodriguez’s average bat-speed of 75.5 m.p.h. ranks in the 93rd percentile and at 76.2 m.p.h., he definitely got his A swing off while whiffing through Eric Lauer’s first-pitch curveball in the third inning Sunday afternoon. But the Seattle Mariners centre-fielder was also long in his follow-through on the cut, the top of the bat slamming directly into the left side of Alejandro Kirk’s helmet.
Oilers Notebook: Leon Draisaitl 'gladly' doing whatever it takes to win

22 hours ago | sportsnet.ca | Mark Spector

LAS VEGAS — Is Leon Draisaitl the first ever 50-goal, 100-point checking centre? It may deviate somewhat in Game 5 tonight, with the Edmonton Oilers not having last change here in Vegas, but a big part of Edmonton’s win in Game 4 was the deployment of Leon Draisaitl’s line — with wingers Vasily Podkolzin and Kasperi Kapanen — against Vegas’s top line of Jack Eichel between Ivan Barbashev and Mark Stone.
Ranking the top trade deadline pickups still playing in Stanley Cup Playoffs

1 day ago | sportsnet.ca | Ryan Dixon

In extremely rare cases, trade deadline pickups can alter a team’s fortunes — not just for a single spring — but for years to come. And, given the way he’s played in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, it’s easy to believe Mikko Rantanen will be the next name to join the short list of players who’ve done it. After beginning the playoffs with a single assist in four games, Rantanen has been a beast for the Dallas Stars, notching 18 points in his past seven outings.
Maple Leafs Notebook: Legacy on the line for Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner

1 day ago | sportsnet.ca | Luke Fox

TORONTO — As with life and your Grade 2 teacher, this might not be fair. But what remains of this series, only two or three games, will have a lasting impact on the legacies of Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner as Toronto Maple Leafs. The Florida Panthers have their rings. William Nylander and John Tavares and Morgan Rielly have hung numbers on the board.
Blue Jays' win streak comes to an end after late letdown vs. Rays

1 day ago | sportsnet.ca | Shi Davidi

TORONTO – A quarter of the way through the 2025 season, the American League standings are a jumbled mess. None of the three division leaders – the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners – led by more than three games heading into Tuesday’s play. Only 3.5 games separated top from bottom in the West, the spread was five games in the East and only thanks to the Chicago White Sox’s putridness was it nine in the Central.
Alexandre Pantoja vs. Kai Kara-France named UFC 317 co-main event

1 day ago | sportsnet.ca | Mike Johnston

A flyweight championship bout between the defending Alexandre Pantoja and No. 4 contender Kai Kara-France will serve as the co-main event at UFC 317 this summer for the organization’s annual International Fight Week. UFC president Dana White confirmed the 125-pound title fight Tuesday on social media while announcing a handful of other upcoming matchups.
Ilia Topuria vs. Charles Oliveira set for UFC 317; Makhachev vacating title

1 day ago | sportsnet.ca | Mike Johnston

Ilia Topuria will look to add a second UFC championship belt to his collection when he headlines UFC 317 this summer. The former undisputed featherweight champ is set to face former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira for a vacant lightweight title during the organization’s annual International Fight Week in late June.
Foote's lawyer focuses on choice of language at hockey sexual assault trial

1 day ago | sportsnet.ca | Paul Grant

Content warning: This story includes allegations of sexual assault. LONDON, Ont. — A lawyer for Cal Foote challenged the complainant in the trial of five former NHLers accused of sexual assault in June 2018 on Tuesday about her choice of language in her testimony. The woman, known as “E.M.” in court documents because of a publication ban on her name, answered from elsewhere in the courthouse via CCTV to questioning by lawyer Julianna Greenspan, who represents Foote.
Oilers' Kane leading charge as playoff difference-maker

1 day ago | sportsnet.ca | Mark Spector

EDMONTON — National Hockey League players have never had the flair of their football or basketball brethren. Maybe it’s all us Canadians, but hockey culture has always encouraged the boring. Fitting in is in. Standing out is out. But inside this “we” sport, Evander Kane has always eschewed the team bus. Instead, “he” arrives at arenas in Ferraris and Rolls Royces, the camera crew on alert to record and post his entrance — a type of entrance Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid would never make.
‘Chris Tanev for playoff MVP’: The most-hit Maple Leaf just won’t back down

2 days ago | sportsnet.ca | Luke Fox

TORONTO — “Chris Tanev for playoff MVP!”Respected Toronto Maple Leafs alum Curtis Joseph is wrapping up a discussion on his former club’s heavyweight second-round tilt versus the Florida Panthers on the Spittin’ Chiclets podcast when he, unprompted, feels compelled to get in his early Conn Smythe vote. No matter how deep Tanev and his hometown team go this spring, the 35-year-old will be, at best, a longshot to win the trophy.