Category Archives: Sports
Portman group will bring NWSL to Los Angeles in 2022
Actress Natalie Portman and venture capitalist Kara Nortman lead a group that will bring an expansion National Women's Soccer League team to the Los Angeles area in 2022. The team, tentatively named A...
Jul 21, 2020
Jack McIlhargey remembered as one of most 'respected and loved' Canucks
VANCOUVER - Former Vancouver Canucks defenceman and coach Jack McIlhargey has died. The Canucks confirmed the death on Monday. The Edmonton native was 68. McIlhargey played 393 career games with the C...
Jul 20, 2020
Puck drop around the clock: NHL teams face varying game times in season reboot
CALGARY - The puck dropping at all hours when the NHL resumes would be strange if life weren't strange already, according to Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice. Game times when the 24-team qua...
Jul 20, 2020
Road Warriors: Jays wrap up camp ahead of 60-game regular season on the road
The Blue Jays closed up shop in Toronto on Monday to begin a most unusual road trip: a 60-game regular season that won't include a single visit to Rogers Centre. Players are packin...
Jul 20, 2020
Ontario Speed Skating Association praised by Special Olympics for inclusivity
Jackson Tomlinson was enthralled when Canadian speedskater Charles Hamelin won gold in the men's 500-metre final and raced over to embrace his then-girlfriend Marianne St-Gelais in one ...
Jul 20, 2020
NHL says two players tested positive over first week of training camps
NEW YORK - The NHL says two players tested positive for COVID-19 during the first week of training camps. The league said in a release Monday that 2,618 tests were completed on more than 800 players. ...
Jul 20, 2020
Montreal Canadiens forward Max Domi joins team's training camp
MONTREAL - Forward Max Domi has joined the Montreal Canadiens training camp after sitting out the first week due to health concerns. Domi participated in practice Monday for the first time since the N...
Jul 20, 2020
Bergeron, Couturier, O'Reilly named finalists for NHL's Selke Trophy
NEW YORK - Boston Bruins centre Patrice Bergeron, Philadelphia Flyers centerd Sean Couturier and St. Louis Blues centerd Ryan O'Reilly are the three finalists for the 2019-20 Selke Trophy, awarded ann...
Jul 20, 2020
Wolfpack to sit out rest of Super League season, citing financial challenges
TORONTO - The future of the Toronto Wolfpack was thrown in doubt Monday with news the transatlantic rugby league team will sit out the rest of the 2020 Super League season. Simply put, the club said i...
Jul 20, 2020
Carlson, Hedman, Josi named finalists for Norris trophy as NHL's top defenceman
NEW YORK - John Carlson of the Washington Capitals, Victor Hedman of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Roman Josi of the Nashville Predators are the finalists for the 2019-20 Norris Trophy, awarded annually...
Jul 20, 2020
