Sports by Hartley Miller as of 12:05 a.m. Thursday, July 21st
BC Summer Games:
This is the opening day of the 2022 BC Summer Games in Prince George with competition going today (Thursday) and running through until noon Sunday.
About 2,800 athletes compete in 18 sports.
The opening ceremony will be held tonight from 7:00 to 8:30 at CN Centre, however, due to limited space, it is closed to the general public.
You can live stream the ceremony here.
More information on the Games can be found right here.
CFL:
Week 7 of the CFL season kicks off tonight with a pair of games including the (1-4) Hamilton Tiger-Cats at the (3-1) B.C. Lions at 7:00.
The Lions are 4th in the West, but just two points behind (4-1) Calgary and (4-2) Saskatchewan.
The early game (4:00) from the nation’s capital has (1-4) Montreal at (0-5) Ottawa.
Western teams are a combined 19-8 while Eastern teams are a combined 4-15.
The CFL schedule and results are right here.
The CFL standings are right here.
NFL:
More on Kyler Murray agreeing to a five-year extension worth $230.5 million, making him one of the NFL’s highest-paid quarterbacks, via @joshweinfuss:https://t.co/EzuTPBULpH
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 21, 2022
Kyler Murray is set to make $46.1M a year with his new contract extension with the Arizona Cardinals.
The Oakland Athletics, the team who took Murray 9th overall in the 2018 MLB draft, have a payroll of $48.5M this season 😲 pic.twitter.com/OZvZnKYhu8
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) July 21, 2022
Hockey:
Forward Connor Bowie, who spent the last four seasons with the Prince George Cougars, has committed to play for Ryerson University (located in Toronto) in the U-Sports Men’s Hockey League.
The 21-year-old Fort St. John product played 222 games with the Cougars and posted a total of 69 points, including 40 goals.
We are excited to announce that graduating forward Connor Bowie has committed to play for Ryerson University (@ramsmhockey) for the 2022-23 season.
Congratulations, @CBowie09!
DETAILS 👉 https://t.co/wUemqYooFj pic.twitter.com/Zj5DlGX4cF
— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) July 20, 2022
The Sportsnet NHL signings tracker can be found right here.
Column:
Scattershooting on a Wednesday night while wondering if CFL will have to postpone a game . . . https://t.co/CUaCeIfmij
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) July 21, 2022
NBA:
Free agent James Harden, a 3-time scoring champion, is staying in Philadelphia.
Multiple reports have Harden and the 76’ers agreeing on a two-year, $68.6M deal.
MLB:
The Toronto Blue Jays play their next game Friday night against the (48-45) Red Sox in Boston.
The Jays are 50-43 after 93 of 162 games and 4-1 since firing manager Charlie Montoyo and replacing him with bench coach John Schneider.
Toronto is 3rd in the AL East and sitting in the 3rd and final wild-card spot, a game behind the (51-42) Seattle Mariners, who have won 14 in a row.
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.