
Tim Wharnsby
Tim has covered the hockey landscape and other sports in Canada for three decades for The Canadian Press, CBC Sports, the Globe and Mail and Toronto Sun. He has been to three Winter Olympics, 11 Stanley Cups, a world championship as well as 17 world junior championships, 13 Memorial Cups and 13 University Cups. The native of Waterloo, Ont., always has his eye out for an underdog story.
Latest from Tim Wharnsby

Blue Jays place pitcher Scherzer on 15-day injured list with inflamed thumb
Right-handed pitcher Max Scherzer was placed on the 15-day injured list with right thumb inflammation by the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.
Baseball -MLB |
Canada's Rachel Homan on a roll as she looks to defend world women's curling title
Rachel Homan and her juggernaut Canadian championship team know their No. 1 world ranking doesn't guarantee success at the 2025 world women's curling championship. But that doesn't mean they won't be full of confidence when they begin their title defence when the 13-country championship begins Saturday in Uijeongbu, South Korea.
Olympics -Winter Sports -Curling |

Kendall Coyne Schofield scores OT winner as Frost halt Sceptres' home win streak
Minnesota Frost captain Kendall Coyne Schofield chipped in the overtime winner to defeat the Toronto Sceptres 2-1 in a defensive tussle on Sunday.
Hockey -PWHL |
Woods helps Toronto Sceptres stay hot with 3-1 win over Boston Fleet
Emma Woods fired home the eventual winner late in the second period to provide the surging Toronto Sceptres with a 3-1 win against the Boston Fleet on Friday in Toronto.
Hockey -PWHL |

Former Blue Jays star slugger Bautista named to Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
Former Toronto Blue Jays star slugger Jose Bautista is among the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame's class of 2025. Joining Bautista are former major-league pitcher Erik Bedard, Women's National Team standout Amanda Asay and longtime Baseball Canada head coach and executive Greg Hamilton.
Baseball -MLB |
Fast scores in OT to lift Sceptres past Frost in Spooner's return
Renata Fast of the Toronto Sceptres scored on a breakaway late in overtime to successfully celebrate Natalie Spooner's return after a nine-month layoff from off-season knee surgery with a 3-2 win against the Minnesota Frost on Tuesday in Toronto.
Hockey -PWHL |
Turnbull's 3-point outing leads Toronto Sceptres past Ottawa Charge
Captain Blayre Turnbull scored twice and set up rookie Julia Gosling for her first Professional Women's Hockey League goal to push the Toronto Sceptres to a 4-2 win against the visiting Ottawa Charge on Saturday.
Hockey -PWHL |
Nurse scores late winner as Toronto Sceptres beat New York Sirens at Scotiabank Arena
Sarah Nurse checked in with a late game-winner on the power-play and Hannah Miller scored twice to lift the Toronto Sceptres to a 4-2 win against the visiting New York Sirens on Saturday at Scotiabank Arena.
Hockey -PWHL |

Sony Open win sets Canadian golfer Nick Taylor up nicely as major tournaments approach
Canadian golfer Nick Taylor hopes to employ last week's good vibrations as inspiration to play better in the four majors.
Golf |
Mixed emotions factor in to 'new-look' Charge victory over Sceptres
Less than 24 hours after being involved in a four-player trade, Larocque walked down the hall with her equipment to the visitors' dressing room. She helped the Charge defeat the Toronto Sceptres 2-1 on Tuesday.
Hockey -PWHL |