Category Archives: Sports
ESPN attracts record CFL audience for Johnny Manziel's debut
Johnny Manziel’s CFL debut gave the league a record television number for ESPN. Manziel’s first CFL game, as the starting quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes against the visiting Hamilt...
Aug 7, 2018
Toronto light-heavyweight Misha Cirkunov returns to action on Moncton UFC card
Canadian light-heavyweight Misha Cirkunov looks to return to the win column Oct. 27 when he takes on Patrick Cummins at a televised UFC card in Moncton. Cirkunov (13-4-0) is currently ranked 10th amon...
Aug 7, 2018
Stan Mikita, who led Blackhawks to 1961 title, dies at 78
CHICAGO - When Stan Mikita got back together with the Chicago Blackhawks, it was clear how much the reconciliation meant to the Hall of Fame forward. He became a team ambassador, and then got a bronze...
Aug 7, 2018
Canada to learn qualifying road for 2019 Women's World Cup at Sept. 4 draw
Canada will learn its qualifying road for the 2019 Women’s World Cup at the Sept. 4 draw in Miami for the 2018 CONCACAF Women’s Championship. The eight-country regional qualifying tourname...
Aug 7, 2018
Canada's Bouchard out of Rogers Cup after first-round loss to Belgium's Mertens
MONTREAL - Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard says she simply “didn’t deserve” to win her first-round match at the Rogers Cup on a day where two of three Canadians were eliminated. Not ...
Aug 7, 2018
Canada's Auger-Aliassime stuns Pouille to advance to 2nd round at Rogers Cup
TORONTO - Felix Auger-Aliassime has heard his name pronounced incorrectly so many times it doesn’t even faze him anymore. After beating a Top-20 opponent for the first time in his career Tuesday...
Aug 7, 2018
Lost Canadian Championships haunt Whitecaps as they prepare for Toronto
VANCOUVER - It’s a part of their history the Vancouver Whitecaps would rather never happened. The last time the Whitecaps and Toronto FC met in the final for the Canadian Championship was 2016. ...
Aug 7, 2018
Bethel-Thompson, Green and Jorden named CFL top performers for Week 8
Toronto quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson and receiver SJ Green and Calgary receiver Kamar Jorden are the CFL’s top performers for Week 8. Bethel-Thompson impressed in his first career CFL star...
Aug 7, 2018
Ehrhardt hopes to become first Canadian woman to do triple jump at Olympics
TORONTO - The black rubber floor in Caroline Ehrhardt’s home gym is lovingly worn. Every scuff in her “Shred Shed” is a memory. When Ehrhardt and her fiance Taylor Stewart bought the...
Aug 7, 2018
Monday's Games
Monday’s Games MLB American League Cleveland 10, Minnesota 0 N.Y. Yankees 7, Chicago White Sox 0 Seattle 4 Texas 3 (12 innings) L.A. Angels 6 Detroit 2 National League Miami 2, St. Louis 1 N.Y. ...
Aug 6, 2018
