Category Archives: Sports
Manziel eager to start for Alouettes, but has 'tempered' expectations
MONTREAL - Johnny Manziel is eager to get into a CFL game, but he will let coach Mike Sherman decide when he will make his first start for the Montreal Alouettes. The 25-year-old quarterback, who is t...
Jul 23, 2018
Hamilton Tiger-Cats clearly Masoli's team now with Manziel being traded
HAMILTON - If any existed beforehand, there’s no doubt now the Hamilton Tiger-Cats are Jeremiah Masoli’s team. Hamilton made that emphatic statement Sunday night by dealing quarterback Joh...
Jul 23, 2018
Fatal mass shooting in Toronto impacts city's pro sports community
TORONTO - John Axford remembers going to bars and concerts around Toronto’s Greektown neighbourhood years before he became a Blue Jay. When the right-handed reliever from Port Dover, Ont., saw a...
Jul 23, 2018
Jonathan Osorio's future looks bright, but where will his skills take him?
TORONTO - Vancouver Whitecaps teenage star Alphonso Davies appears headed to Europe. Toronto FC fans are wondering whether fellow Canadian Jonathan Osorio may also soon be on the move. The 26-year-old...
Jul 23, 2018
Deal to send 17-year-old Alphonso Davies to Europe not finalized: Whitecaps
VANCOUVER - Rumours continue to swirl about a deal that would send the teenage star of the Vancouver Whitecaps to an elite European soccer club, but teammates say Alphonso Davies isn’t letting s...
Jul 23, 2018
TFC's Inebriatti supporters group takes responsibility for fiery Ottawa display
Toronto FC’s so-called Inebriatti supporters’ group has taken responsibility for last week’s fiery display in Ottawa during the Canadian Championship semifinal. The MLS club suspende...
Jul 23, 2018
Alouettes acquire receiver Adarius Bowman in trade with Blue Bombers
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes have acquired struggling receiver Adarius Bowman from the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Bombers sent the 33-year-old Bowman to Montreal for a conditional eighth-round pi...
Jul 23, 2018
Kay MacBeth, the last surviving member of the Edmonton Grads, dies at 96
TORONTO - They were basketball’s version of “A League of Their Own,” only better, a group of trailblazing women who utterly dominated their sport for a quarter of a century. And on S...
Jul 23, 2018
Canadian teen Auger-Aliassime advances to second round at Swiss Open
GSTAAD, Switzerland - Canadian wild-card Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the second round of the Swiss Open clay-court tennis tournament with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) win over Argentina’s Guido Anderozz...
Jul 23, 2018
Swimmer Ryan Lochte suspended until July 2019 for use of IV
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Ryan Lochte posted a photo for the world to see, and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency noticed. It got him suspended - again. The longtime U.S. swimming star has been banned from com...
Jul 23, 2018
