Category Archives: Sports
Veteran linebacker Muamba, CFL's top Canadian in 2019, signs with Toronto Argonauts
TORONTO - Veteran linebacker Henoc Muamba, the CFL's top Canadian in 2019, signed with the Toronto Argonauts on Tuesday. Muamba, a 32-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., became a free agent last month. M...
Mar 16, 2021
Canadians playing for top four teams in NCAA women's basketball championship
One Canadian player will be on each of the four top-seeded teams in the NCAA women's basketball championship tournament. Aaliyah Edwards of Kingston, Ont., plays for Connecticut, Laeticia Amihere of M...
Mar 16, 2021
Canadian men's curling championship final ratings down 33 per cent from 2020
Ratings for the Canadian men's curling final tumbled significantly compared to the championship game in the 2020 season. Brendan Bottcher defeated Wild Card Two's Kevin Koe on Sunday night at Calgary'...
Mar 16, 2021
Former point guard jailed in bribery scheme has book deal
NEW YORK - A former point guard sentenced to prison in 2019 for his role in a college basketball bribery scheme has a book coming out next year. Hanover Square Press announced Tuesday that Merl Code's...
Mar 16, 2021
Canadian Denis Shapovalov crushes Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Canada's Denis Shapovalov beat Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1, 6-3 in the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday. The third-seeded Shapovalov, from R...
Mar 16, 2021
Calgary Flames keep firing under Sutter, edge Edmonton Oilers 4-3
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames won a third straight game under new head coach Darryl Sutter with a 4-3 victory Monday over the visiting Edmonton Oilers. Elias Lindholm, Dillon Dube and Andrew Mangiapane...
Mar 15, 2021
Toffoli scores a pair as Montreal Canadiens defeat the Winnipeg Jets 4-2
WINNIPEG - It was vintage Carey Price in the Montreal net on Monday night as the Canadiens closed out the first half of the shortened 56-game season in style. The veteran netminder delivered a stellar...
Mar 15, 2021
Three teams in the WHL Kamloops hub have had first COVID test
KAMLOOPS --- The Prince George Cougars and Vancouver Giants have joined the Blazers in the Kamloops hub.PG and Vancouver are sequestered away at the Sandman Signature Hotel, kitty corner to the Sandma...
Mar 15, 2021
Canadians set to compete for NCAA men's basketball championship
Here is a list of Canadians competing in the NCAA men's basketball tournament (hometowns in brackets): Alabama: G Josh Primo (Toronto), F Keon Ambrose-Hylton (Toronto) Clemson: G/F Olivier-Maxence Pro...
Mar 15, 2021
Canada's Nembhard key part of undefeated Gonzaga team that has history in its sights
At this time last year, Andrew Nembhard and the Florida Gators were preparing to play Georgia in the second round of the SEC Tournament, with a date in March Madness on the line. Andrew's dad Claude N...
Mar 15, 2021
