Category Archives: Sports
Alouettes’ Philpot embraces pressure as CFL’s highest-paid Canadian receiver
Tyson Philpot is comfortable as the CFL benchmark at his position. Last December, the Montreal Alouettes signed Philpot to a two-year extension that made him the league's highest-paid Canadian receive...
Apr 07, 2026
Blue Jays recall left-hander Corbin and place outfielder Barger on injured list
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays placed outfielder Addison Barger on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a left ankle sprain, the latest development in what has been a rough stretch for the reigning A...
Apr 07, 2026
Michigan finishes at No. 1 in final AP Top 25 men's basketball poll; UConn, Arizona, Duke and Illinois round out top 5
Michigan is No. 1 in the final Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll for the 2025-26 season after winning the program's first national championship in 37 years. The Wolverines (37-3) c...
Apr 07, 2026
South Carolina's Staley says it is time to move past her Final Four skirmish with UConn's Auriemma
COLUMBIA - COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley says it is time to move past her Final Four skirmish with UConn coach Geno Auriemma that became the talk of the tou...
Apr 07, 2026
Romanian soccer great Mircea Lucescu has died at age 80
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Mircea Lucescu, the Romanian soccer great who was a serial trophy winner as a player and a coach, has died. He was 80. Lucescu's death was confirmed by Bucharest University E...
Apr 07, 2026
Canadian Hockey League players helping reshape college hockey after rule change permits them to play
Sidney Crosby never played for an NCAA title. Neither did Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid or, going way back, Wayne Gretzky. For decades, the stars of the Canadian Hockey League were deemed pros as j...
Apr 07, 2026
Coach Sheldon Keefe and the Devils face uncertainty after GM Tom Fitzgerald's departure
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Tom Fitzgerald called Sheldon Keefe on Monday to tell the coach he hired that after more than six years as general manager of the New Jersey Devils, he was leaving the organization...
Apr 07, 2026
Masters week is here and all but Asia takes a break
Augusta National Golf Club MASTERS TOURNAMENT Site: Augusta, Georgia. Course: Augusta National GC. Yardage: 7,565. Par: 72. Prize money: TBA ($21 million in 2025). Winner's share: TBA ($4.2 million in...
Apr 07, 2026
Almost a third of police probes of diplomatic missions see subjects leave Canada
OTTAWA - Almost a third of police probes involving members of foreign diplomatic missions in Canada in the last five years saw the subjects of the investigations leave the country before charges were ...
Apr 07, 2026
Jets' Scheifele connects with Connor to earn 900th NHL point: 'It's just instinct'
WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele's 900th career NHL point came exactly how one might expect: setting up Kyle Connor, his longtime linemate. The veteran centre reached the milestone with a second-period assis...
Apr 07, 2026
