National Sports

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Joar Ulsom's dreams of making it big in the dog-mushing world started small.

The world men's curling championship will return to Alberta in 2019. The World Curling Federation and Curling Canada issued a joint statement Wednesday confirming the 2019 event will be held at the ENMAX Centre in Lethbridge from March 30-April 7.

WINNIPEG — Free agency among Canada's top curling teams picked up steam with another team announcing changes Wednesday. Mike McEwen's team from Winnipeg announced on Facebook they will disband after 11 years at the conclusion of this season.

Trey Rutherford can't wait to become a football player again. The burly six-foot-five, 312-pound offensive guard is preparing for the University of Connecticut's pro day next Wednesday. That's when the Markham, Ont.

ATHENS, Greece — Greece could be expelled from international soccer competitions because of widespread violence, a FIFA representative said Wednesday.

PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of — Brian McKeever's bitterness over the 2010 Vancouver Olympic snub cost him the better part of two seasons, and robbed him of his love of the sport.

PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of — Karin Huster had just arrived home from work and walked in the front door when the phone rang. It was her daughter's school principal.

LONDON — Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher will be off air for the rest of the season as a Sky television soccer analyst after being filmed spitting in the direction of a 14-year-old girl through his car window.

Goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe, who has earned 49 caps for Canada and helped the women's team claim Olympic bronze in Rio, is looking to win a job with the Calgary Foothills FC men's soccer team. The 31-year-old from Stony Plain, Alta.

Tuesday's Games NHL Boston 6 Carolina 4 Montreal 4 Dallas 2 Ottawa 7 Tampa Bay 4 Nashville 3 Winnipeg 1 Colorado 5 Minnesota 1 Calgary 1 Edmonton 0 Arizona 4 Los Angeles 3 (SO) --- AHL W-B/Scranton 5 Charlotte 2 Rockford 3 Iowa 2 (OT) San Diego 2 San