Category Archives: Sports
Former NHL player Georges Laraque tests positive for COVID-19 virus
Former NHL player Georges Laraque has tested positive for COVID-19. The 43-year-old Laraque made the announcement on social media Thursday alongside a photo of himself in a hospital gown. The vet...
Apr 30, 2020
Wolfpack miss out on British government emergency loan to prop up rugby league
The British government is providing 16 million pounds ($28.1 million) to "safeguard the immediate future" of rugby league, which has been grounded by the global pandemic. But funds from the emergency ...
Apr 30, 2020
Women in sport have mixed feelings about men's leagues asking for bailout money
Female athletes, particularly hockey players, will be interested to see if the federal government provides pandemic bailout money to the Canadian Football League. A men's professional league ...
Apr 30, 2020
Canadian Olympic champion bobsledder Doug Anakin dies at 89
INVERMERE, B.C. - Douglas Anakin, who helped Canada win Olympic bobsled gold in 1964, has died at age 89. Anakin, Peter Kirby and brothers John and Vic Emery claimed four-man gold at the 1964 Win...
Apr 30, 2020
Leafs' Campbell 'jealous' of Matthews' setup, working to improve during pause
Jack Campbell has been diligently working out in Los Angeles during the NHL pause. The Toronto Maple Leafs' goalie identified flexibility as an area of weakness to focus on without access ic...
Apr 30, 2020
NASCAR to resume season May 17 with seven races in 10 days
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - NASCAR announced Thursday that it will resume its season without fans starting May 17 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina with the premier Cup Series racing three more times in a...
Apr 30, 2020
Toronto FC agrees to new long-term contract with midfielder Marky Delgado
Toronto FC has reached agreement on a new long-term deal with midfielder Marky Delgado. Just 24, the Californian has already played 182 MLS regular-season and playoff games with all but 37 of those in...
Apr 30, 2020
McDermott says there's nothing wrong with errors, as long as you learn from them
Toronto Wolfpack coach Brian McDermott doesn't mind errors. And when it comes to coaching, more is actually less for the former England and Great Britain international. McDermott, one of the most succ...
Apr 30, 2020
Turtle Recall: Derby dashed, turtles go in slow, steady race
Losing the Kentucky Derby has left race fans shell-shocked. The first Saturday in May has yielded to the legs of a bunch of slowpokes: Seattle Slow headlines a field of turtles - yes, turtles - that w...
Apr 30, 2020
Toronto Mayor John Tory says he certainly can feel CFL's financial pain
Toronto Mayor John Tory has been in a similar spot to where CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie finds himself today. And just like when he was commissioner during troubling times before the...
Apr 30, 2020
