Category Archives: Sports
Canada Soccer Hall of Famer Helen Stoumbos looks to inspire during pandemic
The day after losing the gold-medal match at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, curler Cheryl Bernard and her team stopped at a Starbucks. It was a "pretty tough day for us," she recalled. Wearing jeans ...
Jun 30, 2020
NewsAlert: CP Women's Open cancelled for 2020; Shaughnessy still host in 2021
The 2020 CP Women's Open has been cancelled. The Canadian women's professional golf championship was scheduled for the first week of September at Vancouver's Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club. Organ...
Jun 30, 2020
World Rugby cancels rest of Sevens Series, Canada women finish 3rd and men 8th
World Rugby has cancelled the remaining rounds of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series due to the global pandemic, awarding New Zealand the men's and women's titles based on the existing standings. Join...
Jun 30, 2020
Raptors Uprising GC sets NBA 2K League mark with 11th straight win to open season
TORONTO - Raptors Uprising GC recorded its 11th straight victory Monday, sweeping Heat Check Gaming in their best-of-three esports series to set an NBA 2K League record for consecutive wins to st...
Jun 29, 2020
Coroner finds organizational problems in death of 24-year-old during Montreal marathon
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner who looked into the death last year of a 24-year-old runner in a Montreal half-marathon is raising several issues with communication and organization at the ...
Jun 29, 2020
VanVleet: Timing of restart amid racial unrest "sucks," but he likes BLM focus
Fred VanVleet wishes he could wear "everybody's name ever" on the back of his Toronto Raptors jersey in honour of the Black Lives Matter movement. Players will be permitted to replace their names...
Jun 29, 2020
Ujiri confident in restart, saying 'the NBA is a seriously well-oiled machine'
The Toronto Raptors' return to basketball has them living in an otherwise empty hotel in the Fort Myers area of Florida, a COVID-19 hotspot that has seen new cases skyrocketing. They wake up to a...
Jun 29, 2020
Blue Jays closer to getting full approval for training in Toronto
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays appear one step closer to being able to train at Rogers Centre for the upcoming season. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday that "municipal, provincial and...
Jun 29, 2020
Netflix series to dramatize Kaepernick's path to activism
LOS ANGELES - Colin Kaepernick is joining with Emmy-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay on a Netflix drama series about the teenage roots of the former NFL player's activism. "Colin in Black & White" w...
Jun 29, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic impacting television host Izumi's business and personal lives
The COVID-19 pandemic has left its mark on TV fishing host Bob Izumi's professional and personal life. The affable Izumi resumed filming for his Real Fishing television show about&...
Jun 29, 2020
