Category Archives: Sports
Canadian Mike Pyke on what to watch for at an Aussie Rules Football game
SYDNEY, Australia - There’s a lot to see at an Aussie Rules Football game, with 36 players and nine umpires scattered on a giant grass oval. Canadian Mike Pyke, a former ruckman for the Sydney S...
Jul 30, 2018
A quick explainer on how to play the all-action game of Aussie Rules Football
SYDNEY, Australia - A quick explainer of Aussie Rules Football: - The average field is 165 metres long and 135 metres wide. - Each team dresses 22 players for a game, with 18 on the field at any one t...
Jul 30, 2018
Ex-WWE star Brian Christopher Lawler dead at age 46
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Authorities say former World Wrestling Entertainment star Brian Christopher Lawler has died after attempting suicide in his jail cell. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the 4...
Jul 30, 2018
Sunday's Games
Sunday’s Games MLB American League Toronto 7 Chicago White Sox 4 Boston 3 Minnesota 0 N.Y. Yankees 6 Kansas City 3 Baltimore 11 Tampa Bay 5 Cleveland 8 Detroit 1 Texas 4 Houston 3 Seattle 8 L.A....
Jul 29, 2018
Nationals SS Turner apologizes for offensive tweets
WASHINGTON - Nationals shortstop Trea Turner apologized Sunday night for some years-old homophobic and racially insensitive tweets, becoming the latest in a series of major leaguers to address offensi...
Jul 29, 2018
Hughes' eighth-place finish earns him top Canadian at Glen Abbey for 2nd year
OAKVILLE, Ont. - Mackenzie Hughes buried his face in his hands after his 14-foot putt on the 18th hole slowed to a stop short of the hole by a few inches. The 27-year-old from Dundas, Ont., finished i...
Jul 29, 2018
World No. 1 Dustin Johnson wins Canadian Open for first time in his career
OAKVILLE, Ont. - As one of the most popular golfers on the PGA Tour, Dustin Johnson is used to roaring cheers and chants of “Let’s go DJ!” But getting serenaded with “O Canada&...
Jul 29, 2018
Vladimir Guerrero expresses pride in son's promotion to triple-A Buffalo Bisons
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - Vladimir Guerrero said Sunday that he’s “extremely happy” his son Vladimir Guerrero Jr. will take one step closer to the big leagues when he reports to the Triple...
Jul 29, 2018
Blue Jays score 5 runs in ninth to beat White Sox 7-4
CHICAGO - An injury to star rookie Lourdes Gurriel Jr. dampened the excitement after a late Blue Jays comeback. Brandon Drury hit a go-ahead, two-run double in a five-run ninth inning and Toronto beat...
Jul 29, 2018
Golf Canada CEO pleased with Canadian Open ahead of location and date change
OAKVILLE, Ont. - No. 7 at Glen Abbey Golf Club has become the featured hole at the RBC Canadian Open the past two years. With hockey boards surrounding the tee, goalie masks being used as tee blocks, ...
Jul 29, 2018
