Category Archives: Sports

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Canada’s Olivier Rochon finished third on Friday night at a World Cup freestyle skiing aerials event. Rochon of Gatineau, Que., finished with 120.24 points after landing his ...

WASHINGTON - Two nights after Montreal Canadiens coach Claude Julien criticized his team’s effort, the Canadiens made sure that didn’t happen again. On Wednesday, Montreal lost 4-1 in Juli...

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors played such stifling defence that even a two-year-old could see it was the San Antonio Spurs’ undoing. Kyle Lowry scored 24 and added three assists as the Raptors h...

MELBOURNE, Australia - Angelique Kerber is on her own in an elite club at the Australian Open. The 2016 champion routed Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-3 in a third-round win that showcased her credentials as ...

PHILADELPHIA - As Lucas Stauffer prepared to pose for photos with Whitecaps coach Carl Robinson at the MLS SuperDraft, the 22-year-old Creighton defender leaned in and told his new boss: “I̵...

MONTREAL - Legendary hockey writer Red Fisher had his idiosyncrasies. He didn’t talk to rookies because he felt they hadn’t yet earned the right to talk. He never called the Montreal Canad...

PHILADELPHIA - Toronto FC GM Tim Bezbatchenko rolled the dice Friday at the MLS SuperDraft, picking up US$50,000 in targeted allocation money along the way. Picking 23rd and last in the first round, B...

OTTAWA - James van Riemsdyk has no problem with his goaltender calling out teammates. He said it’s only those outside the team who are making a big deal of it. Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik An...

KONIGSSEE, Germany - Canada’s Elisabeth Vathje captured her first career Crystal Globe for finishing third place in the overall World Cup skeleton standings on Friday after a ninth-place finish ...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays feel as though they’ve found their replacement for Jose Bautista in right field. Toronto acquired outfielder Randal Grichuk from the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday...