MONTREAL — Mike Sherman has simple goals for the Montreal Alouettes. The Alouettes hired the former NFL coach Wednesday to fill their vacant head-coaching position. Sherman replaces general manager Kavis Reed, who assumed the position on an interim basis last year after firing Jacques Chapdelaine. Sherman, 63, takes over a Montreal squad that posted a…

The body of Goutam Ghosh is brought down Mount Everest by two sherpas in May 2017. Photograph by: Dawa Finjhok Sherpa / Seven Summit Treks / The New York Times Five Sherpas surrounded the frozen corpse. They swung axes at the body’s edges, trying to pry it from its icy tomb. They knocked chunks of…

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s state-run news agency says prosecutors are seeking more than four years in prison for NBA player Enes Kanter on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Anadolu Agency says an indictment prepared by the Istanbul chief prosecutor’s office accuses the New York Knicks player of insulting the president in a series…

EDMONTON — Laura Schuler remembers how anxious she felt before her meeting with coach Shannon Miller to learn if she had made Canada’s first Olympic women’s hockey team. “The set-up is similar to what they do now where you’re down to your final selections and the core of the team that is still remaining gets…

Your midday sports snack. Toast points • Sportsnet and CBC announced today that they have extended their Hockey Night in Canada sublicensing agreement to extend throughout the whole of Rogers’ 12-year deal for exclusive national NHL rights in Canada. Rogers will now continue to show regular-season and playoff games on CBC through the end of…

Jerry Richardson, the owner of an NFL team, is crashing and burning amid sexual harassment allegations, including claims that he belittled women for years in various humiliating ways. But you know what? He has found an escape that looks more like a gentle ride under a golden parachute. Richardson, the 81-year-old owner of the Carolina…