Category Archives: Sports
Toronto FC early-season misery continues as FC Dallas hangs on for 1-0 victory
TORONTO - The frustration is mounting for Toronto FC. So are the losses. The injury-ravaged MLS champions, who led the league with a 20-5-9 record last season, dropped to 3-7-1 Friday after a 1-0 loss...
May 25, 2018
Cavs All-Star Love sustains head injury in Game 6
CLEVELAND - Cavaliers All-Star forward Kevin Love will miss the remainder of Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals after banging heads with Boston’s Jayson Tatum. Love and Tatum inadvertently ...
May 25, 2018
Lions acquire Davon Coleman, 6th-round pick from Ticats for 4th-round selection
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The B.C. Lions have acquired defensive lineman Davon Coleman from the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the teams announced Friday. The Lions also received a sixth-round pick and will send a fourt...
May 25, 2018
Roughriders' Brandon Bridge aims to change perceptions about Canadian QBs
SASKATOON - Brandon Bridge only has to ask his teammates if he needs assurances that he is changing perceptions about Canadian quarterbacks in the CFL. Last season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, t...
May 25, 2018
Authorities drop assault charges against Hope Solo
KIRKLAND, Wash. - Prosecutors in Washington state have dropped domestic violence charges against former U.S. national team star goalkeeper Hope Solo. Solo was charged with two counts of fourth-degree ...
May 25, 2018
Osuna's administrative leave extended through June 4
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball has extended the administrative leave of Toronto closer Roberto Osuna through June 4, the third time the initial seven-day period was lengthened. Osuna was put on admi...
May 25, 2018
Hanley Ramirez designated for assignment by Red Sox
BOSTON - Hanley Ramirez was designated for assignment by the Boston Red Sox, who are responsible for the $15.25 million remaining on his contract but avoided him triggering a $22 million salary for 20...
May 25, 2018
Ex-middleweight champ David Lemieux can't make weight for Achour bout
QUEBEC - Former world middleweight champion David Lemieux’s bout with Karim Achour of France will go ahead even if the Montreal boxer failed to make the 160-pound weight limit. Lemieux (38-4) ca...
May 25, 2018
Halifax entry in new Canadian Premier League to be called the HFX Wanderers
Halifax’s entry in the new Canadian Premier League will be called the HFX Wanderers. The team’s colours, motto and name - which is spoken as Halifax Wanderers - were revealed Friday at a n...
May 25, 2018
Polansky earns his third lucky loser spot in last six Grand Slams
Peter Polansky is a very lucky loser. The 29-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., qualified for the French Open as a “lucky loser,” the third time in the past six Grand Slams that Polansky has d...
May 25, 2018
