Category Archives: Sports
2019 a year of women in hockey flexing collective muscle for a pro league
The women's hockey landscape didn't just tilt in 2019. It was turned upside down and shaken like a Polaroid picture. From the folding of the Canadian Women's Hockey League to the upending of the estab...
Dec 23, 2019
AP source: Ryu, Blue Jays agree to $80 million, 4-year deal
Hyun-Jin Ryu is headed north of the border to a Toronto Blue Jays team in dire need of starting pitching. One that was willing to pay for it, too. Ryu and the Blue Jays agreed to an $80 million, four-...
Dec 23, 2019
Tristan Jarry, Penguins beat Oilers 5-2
EDMONTON - Secondary scoring carried the Pittsburgh Penguins to a fourth straight win on Friday. Tristan Jarry made 26 saves and Jared McCann scored the eventual winner as the Penguins emerged with a ...
Dec 22, 2019
Nylander, Marner lead Maple Leafs past Rangers 6-3
NEW YORK - The Toronto Maple Leafs are beginning to show that they can be an elite team in the Eastern Conference. William Nylander and Mitchell Marner each scored their second goal of the game early ...
Dec 22, 2019
Flames score 3 power-play goals, beat Stars 5-1
DALLAS - Matthew Tkachuk, Sean Monahan and Mikael Backlund scored power-play goals and the Calgary Flames beat the Dallas Stars 5-1 on Sunday night. Tkachuk's 14th goal of the season broke a 1-1 tie i...
Dec 22, 2019
Junior Johnson, "The Last American Hero," dies at 88
Robert Glenn "Junior" Johnson, the moonshine runner turned NASCAR driver described as "The Last American Hero" by author Tom Wolfe in a 1965 article for Esquire, died Friday. He was 88. NASCAR announc...
Dec 22, 2019
Raptors record biggest comeback in franchise history to beat Dallas 110-107
TORONTO - On a night the Toronto Raptors looked headed for their worst loss of the season, they recorded their greatest comeback in franchise history. Kyle Lowry scored 20 of his 32 points in a t...
Dec 22, 2019
In-game anti-racism pleas as Chelsea faces abuse at Spurs
LONDON - Chelsea defender Antonio Rdiger reported being targeted with monkey noises during a London derby at Tottenham on Sunday, forcing the stadium announcer to issue three warnings in an unpreceden...
Dec 22, 2019
Canada's Marielle Thompson wins ski-cross silver at World Cup in Italy
INNICHEN, Italy - Canada's Marielle Thompson won silver at a women's ski-cross World Cup on Sunday in Innichen, Italy. The product of Whistler, B.C., finished behind Switzerland's Fanny Smith and ahea...
Dec 22, 2019
Russia accuses doping whistleblower of modifying key data
Russia is blaming the World Anti-Doping Agency's star witness for modifying key laboratory data. His lawyer says that's nonsense. The Russian Investigative Committee, a major law enforcement agency, a...
Dec 22, 2019
