Category Archives: Sports
NBA champion Toronto Raptors ready to pick up where they left off
The Toronto Raptors were the hottest team in the NBA in early March, on a league-best four-game winning streak, coming off a solid west coast road swing and having just clinched a playoff sp...
Jul 31, 2020
Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence
A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man convicted in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. The three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appe...
Jul 31, 2020
Sophie Schmidt, Alphonso Davies win Canada Soccer Player of the Month awards
Sophie Schmidt and Alphonso Davies have been named Canada Soccer's Players of the Month for July after helping their teams lift trophies. Schmidt and the Houston Dash won the Challenge Cup, cappi...
Jul 31, 2020
Nurse on Canadian anthem: "We need to do better in the systemic racism area"
The Toronto Raptors will treat both national anthems as "one long song" ahead of their opening game of the NBA restart on Saturday, according to coach Nick Nurse. Two days after every player and ...
Jul 31, 2020
Sources: CFL no longer talking to Business Development Bank of Canada
TORONTO - The CFL is no longer looking to the Business Development Bank of Canada for financial assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CFL had been pointed to the BDC by the federal go...
Jul 31, 2020
Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins optimistic about return of closer Ken Giles
Toronto Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins delivered an optimistic outlook Friday on injured closer Ken Giles. Giles is currently out with a forearm ailment but in a videoconference with rep...
Jul 31, 2020
Stroll quickest at 2nd British GP practice; Vettel struggles
SILVERSTONE, England - Montreal's Lance Stroll led the second practice for the British Grand Prix on Friday while struggling Ferrari had another bad day, with Sebastian Vettel spending most of it stuc...
Jul 31, 2020
'Anything can happen': Canadiens no bothered by underdog role against Penguins
TORONTO - Shea Weber is fine being the underdog. Good thing, because the Montreal Canadiens and their captain are certainly that heading into the team's qualifying round series against the Pittsburgh ...
Jul 31, 2020
Canadian international striker Marcus Haber joins Calgary's Cavalry FC
Canadian international striker Marcus Haber, who spent last season with Pacific FC, has joined Cavalry FC. The 31-year-old from Vancouver has won 27 caps for Canada with three goals. The six-foot-four...
Jul 31, 2020
Bubble Hockey: NHL set to resume pandemic-delayed season in a new world
TORONTO - A lot has changed since the NHL last dropped the puck for a game that mattered. The COVID-19 pandemic - which saw countries locked down and economies devastated - has already ...
Jul 31, 2020
