Category Archives: Sports
Scottish clubs vote to end season below top-tier Premiership
EDINBURGH, Scotland - Scottish clubs have voted to end the season for leagues below the top-flight Premiership with immediate effect amid the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said Wednesday. A resolut...
Apr 15, 2020
Former Jays infielder Damaso Garcia, a two-time all-star, dead at 63
TORONTO - Former Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Damaso Garcia, a two-time all-star and a big part of the club's rise to prominence in the 1980s, has died at the age of 63. Garcia, who had ...
Apr 15, 2020
Woodbine CEO Lawson postpones 2020 Pepsi North America Cup harness event
TORONTO - Woodbine Entertainment CEO Jim Lawson says the 2020 Pespi North America Cup has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lawson made the announcement Wednesday during a question-and...
Apr 15, 2020
Wolfpack player James Cunningham likely laid low by virus after hamstring surgery
James Cunningham just wasn't feeling right, as if he was about to come down with something. So the Toronto Wolfpack hooker/scrum half, recovering from earlier hamstring surgery, was sent home some fiv...
Apr 15, 2020
Barker feels COVID-19 pandemic robbed XFL of time to establish a following
TORONTO - Jim Barker remains a member of a rare pro football fraternity. In 2001, Barker was the offensive co-ordinator with the Los Angeles Xtreme team that captured the first - and on...
Apr 15, 2020
Canadian Elite Basketball League postponing start date until at least June
COVID-19 has forced another Canadian sports league to push back its start date. The Canadian Elite Basketball League had been scheduled to tip off its second season on May 7 with the expansion Ottawa ...
Apr 15, 2020
Bill Peters moves to Russia in 1st job since leaving Calgary
MOSCOW - Bill Peters made a return to professional hockey on Wednesday when he was appointed coach of Russian hockey club Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Peters resigned as coach of the Calgary Flames las...
Apr 15, 2020
Alberta golf industry lobbies to open courses amid COVID-19 pandemic
CALGARY - Some golf courses in British Columbia are open or about to open and Alberta golf clubs want to do the same despite the reluctance of provincial health officials to give the gr...
Apr 15, 2020
Former Whitecap charged with sexual assault after alleged incident in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A former Vancouver Whitecaps player has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual assault following an alleged offence in the Vancouver area in May 2018. British Columbia's ...
Apr 14, 2020
Marner reflects on season, using his charity to help raise money during pandemic
TORONTO - Mitch Marner is usually bouncing off the walls. Whether it's between practice drills, during warmups before a game or in the locker room, the Toronto Maple Leafs' star winger&...
Apr 14, 2020
