Category Archives: Sports
Three-time Cy Young winner Scherzer finalizes 1-year deal with Blue Jays
TORONTO (AP) - Three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer and the Toronto Blue Jays finalized a US$15.5 million, one-year contract on Tuesday. The 40-year-old was limited to nine starts with Texas ...
Feb 04, 2025
Booing of U.S. anthem continues at Canadian sporting events despite tariff pause
TORONTO - Canadian sports fans continued to voice their displeasure at American economic policies on Tuesday despite a pause in a trade war between Canada and the United States. Fans at Toronto's Scot...
Feb 04, 2025
Poulin, Ambrose of league-leading Montreal among PWHL's monthly stars
TORONTO - Montral Victoire captain Marie-Philip Poulin and teammate Erin Ambrose are among the Professional Women's Hockey League's players of the month for January. Minnesota Frost forward Kendall Co...
Feb 04, 2025
Portuguese midfielder Xavier Venâncio joins Winnipeg's Valour FC
Portuguese midfielder Xavier Venncio has joined Valour FC of the Canadian Premier League on a one-year contract with an option for 2026. Venncio, 25, arrives at Valour after making more than 60 appear...
Feb 04, 2025
Ontario artist's Super Bowl football design celebrates Indigenous culture
Growing up, Quentin Commanda dreamt of playing in the NFL and reaching the Super Bowl. The pro football career never happened, but Commanda is closer to Super Bowl LIX than most. On Monday, the NFL un...
Feb 04, 2025
Canucks star Hughes to miss second straight game against Avalanche
VANCOUVER - Quinn Hughes is set to miss a second straight game when his Vancouver Canucks host the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday. The 25-year-old American defenceman briefly skated with his teammates ...
Feb 04, 2025
Influential midfielder Alessandro Hojabrpour re-signs with CPL's Forge FC
Forge FC got a boost in advance of Wednesday's CONCACAF Champions Cup game against Mexico's CF Monterrey with news that influential midfielder Alessandro Hojabrpour is back in the fold. The 25-year-ol...
Feb 04, 2025
Calgary Stampeders sign veteran American receiver Dominique Rhymes
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders signed veteran American receiver Dominique Rhymes on Tuesday. The six-foot-four, 215-pound Rhymes was released Saturday by the Ottawa Redblacks. He had 72 receptions f...
Feb 04, 2025
Lindsey Vonn's new titanium knee holds up fine in her 1st training run at the skiing worlds
SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) - Big jumps. Lots of terrain. Steep pitches. The downhill course at the Alpine skiing world championships would have been a challenge for Lindsey Vonn's aching legs ...
Feb 04, 2025
Canada captain Alphonso Davies stays put, re-signs with Bayern Munich
Alphonso Davies has re-signed with Bayern Munich, ending a lengthy romance with other big-name clubs reportedly interested in the Canada captain. The new deal runs through June 30, 2030. Davies' exist...
Feb 04, 2025
