Tony Care

When word broke Wednesday that Andre De Grasse would miss the world track and field championships in London due to a hamstring injury, fans around the globe were robbed of one final duel between the Canadian sprint star and Olympic icon Usain Bolt. De Grasse will now have to skip the rest of the track season, including three more Diamond League events. "We tried to do everything we could to have him ready, but he's just not going to be ready," said De Grasse's manager Paul Doyle.

The 2013 Winter Classic became another casualty of the NHL lockout. As expected, the NHL announced the cancellation of its signature regular-season event on Friday. The announcement had been anticipated since last week, when the NHL cancelled regular-season games through Nov. 30 due to the ongoing lockout. "The logistical demands for staging events of this magnitude made today's decision unavoidable," said NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly. "We simply are out of time.

Success has come at an early age for ski jumper Taylor Henrich, but with a federation starved for relevance, so has the heavy burden of being the sport's flag-bearer in Canada. As a 19-year-old last season, the Calgary native became the first Canadian woman to capture a World Cup ski jumping medal when she finished third in Oberstdorf, Germany. Her accomplishment led to another World Cup bronze medal, along with a fifth-place finish at the world championships in Falun, Sweden.