Category Archives: Sports

WASHINGTON - The Washington Capitals hired Peter Laviolette as coach Tuesday, turning to an NHL veteran who won the Stanley Cup with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006 and saw a successful run with Nashv...

No one can say the crowds influenced the officials. The crews may have been a bit rusty without a preseason, but only two teams - the Chiefs and Jaguars - allowed fans into the stadium during the NFL'...

TORONTO - Jeff Clarkson wasn't a runner when COVID-19 shut down recreation and fitness facilities in March. The 36-year-old was refereeing a Tier 2 junior hockey game when he received a...

EDMONTON - Denis Gurianov scored on a one-timer during a power play 3:36 into overtime, and the Dallas Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Monday night to advance to the Stanley Cup Final for t...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Always a wine connoisseur, CJ McCollum is now a wine maker, too. The Portland Trail Blazers guard has a signature wine coming out Tuesday, and apropos of Oregon, it's a pinot noir. Mc...

Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher figures he could have returned to action mere weeks after suffering a broken jaw on a controversial play in the playoffs. Instead, Gallagher is left to won...

Less than one-quarter of the shortened baseball season remains and the Toronto Blue Jays are just ahead of the New York Yankees, have a chance at securing home playoff dates and are&nbs...

Born in Canada and raised in Australia, Aaron Zimmerle is back for a second stint as coach of the Canadian men's rugby league team. There is unfinished business. He was first appointed Canada coa...

ROME - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime lost 6-4, 7-5 to Serbia's Filip Krajinovic in the first round of the ATP Tour's Italian Open on Monday. Auger-Aliassime, the No. 16 seed and world No. 20, won jus...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Canada's Brooke Henderson withdrew from the LPGA Tour's Cambia Portland Classic on Monday due to poor air quality. Henderson told The Canadian Press that she was withdrawing shortly a...