Category Archives: Sports

RALEIGH, N.C. - Bill Peters has resigned as head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes, the team announced Friday. The team confirmed Peters’ decision in a tweet, and said the search for a new head c...

NEW YORK - Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews has the top-selling jersey in the NHL, according to the league’s website. NHL.com reported Friday that Matthews’ No. 34 jersey was the...

LOS ANGELES - Shaquille O’Neal called himself “The Big Baryshnikov” and “The Big Socrates” in his days in the NBA. Now he can add “The Big Shakespeare.” The b...

Thursday’s Games NHL Playoffs First Round Boston 3 Toronto 1 (Boston leads series 3-1) Washington 4 Columbus 1 (Series tied 2-2) — AHL Playoffs First Round (best-of-five) Texas 4 Ontario 3...

SAN ANTONIO - Playing basketball seemed trivial to the Spurs following the death of Erin Popovich. They competed as best they could Thursday night. It just wasn’t enough against Golden State, ag...

TORONTO - The Boston Bruins didn’t need their all-star centre to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 in Game 4 of their first-round series. With Patrice Bergeron out of the lineup with an upper-bod...

NEW ORLEANS - Nikola Mirotic watched his third 3-pointer of the first half swish through the hoop, turned to acknowledge the raucous, roaring crowd and raised his first triumphantly as he trotted back...

NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - Players on a Saskatchewan hockey team who were hoping to continue wearing a crest to honour a teammate who committed suicide have to remove it from their jerseys before next ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Game 4 lacked the intensity of the three before it, and no overtime heroics were necessary. Instead, the workmanlike Washington Capitals turned in their most complete game of the play...

NEW YORK - Drew Doughty of the Los Angeles Kings, Victor Hedman of the Tampa Bay Lightning and P.K. Subban of the Nashville Predators were named the three finalists for the James Norris Memorial Troph...