Category Archives: Sports
Canada wins three medals at Grand Prix Final, last event before Olympics
NAGOYA, Japan - Canadians won three medals at the ISU Grand Prix Final on Saturday, the last major international figure skating event before the Olympic Winter Games in February. Tessa Virtue and Scot...
Dec 09, 2017
AP sources: Yankees set to reel in MVP Stanton from Marlins
MIAMI - After helping the New York Yankees to five World Series titles, Derek Jeter might help them win another. The Yankees and Jeter’s Miami Marlins have agreed to a trade that would send NL M...
Dec 09, 2017
MLS Cup winners will share US$275,000 while losing team divides $80,000
TORONTO - The MLS Cup winners get to hoist the Philip F. Anschutz Trophy on Saturday but they will also be able to stash some cash. Under Major League Soccer’s collective bargaining agreement, t...
Dec 09, 2017
Friday's Games
Friday’s Games NHL Washington 4 N.Y. Rangers 2 Columbus 5 New Jersey 3 Vegas 4 Nashville 3 (SO) Chicago 3 Buffalo 2 (OT) Minnesota 3 Anaheim 2 (OT) — AHL Cleveland 3 Chicago 2 Rockford 4 G...
Dec 08, 2017
Raptors use 4th-quarter surge to beat Grizzlies 116-107
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - DeMar DeRozan scored 26 points, Serge Ibaka matched his season high with 21 and the Toronto Raptors pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 116-107 on Friday n...
Dec 08, 2017
Canadian luger Sam Edney wins World Cup silver on home track in Calgary
CALGARY - Sam Edney spun home-track advantage into silver at the Viessman Luge World Cup on Friday. The 33-year-old from Calgary finished second to Germany’s Felix Loch at Canada Olympic Park, w...
Dec 08, 2017
Eskimos re-sign Canadian kicker Sean Whyte through 2020 season
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos re-signed pending free-agent kicker and Canadian Sean Whyte through the 2020 season on Friday. Whyte, a member of the 2015 Grey Cup champion team, appeared in six games...
Dec 08, 2017
Boisvert-Lacroix, Kodaira win World Cup speedskating races
KEARNS, Utah - Canadian Alex Boisvert-Lacroix won the men’s 500 metres and Japan’s Nao Kodaira took the women’s 500 on Friday on the opening day of the World Cup speedskating event a...
Dec 08, 2017
Columbus future front and centre in commissioner's state of the league address
TORONTO - Major League Soccer prefaced the annual commissioner’s annual state of the league address with news of increased player salary investment. And while Don Garber talked up successful exp...
Dec 08, 2017
Bowman takes silver, D'Artois earns bronze in World Cup half pipe competition
COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. - Noah Bowman opened the season with a silver medal and fellow Canadian Simon D’Artois earned bronze Friday at a World Cup ski halfpipe competition that counts as an Olymp...
Dec 08, 2017
