Category Archives: Sports

WASHINGTON - All that Alex Ovechkin needed to end his goal drought was a reunion with old linemate Nicklas Backstrom. Paired with Backstrom for the first time this season, Ovechkin scored his first go...

MIAMI - Dion Waiters watched his 3-point try bounce off the rim, ricochet off the top of the backboard, then hit the rim again and somehow drop through the net. It was a huge shot in the final moments...

DETROIT - The Edmonton Oilers buckled down and played the kind of hockey they know they’re capable of playing. A solid 6-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday ended a three-game losi...

PITTSBURGH - Vancouver Cancuks rookie Brock Boeser is enjoying a fast start to his career, while embattled defenceman Derrick Pouliot is just happy to have a change of scenery. Boeser scored two more ...

OTTAWA - Bo Levi Mitchell and the Calgary Stampeders have a shot at Grey Cup redemption. Calgary returns to the CFL title game a year after suffering a stunning 39-33 overtime loss to the underdog Ott...

OTTAWA - James Wilder Jr. walked off the field after practice on Wednesday, helmet in one hand, cellphone in the other. There’s a good chance Marc Trestman was cringing. Wilder, a 25-year-old To...

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - The first training run of the men’s World Cup downhill season was cancelled Wednesday in Lake Louise, Alta. The men are scheduled to race a downhill Saturday followed by Sun...

OTTAWA - The Toronto Argonauts had a dramatic welcome to practice on Wednesday. The players were disembarking the team bus at the University of Ottawa while an incident involving police played out on ...

OTTAWA - Time has done little to diminish the disappointment of Dave Dickenson’s last Grey Cup visit to Ottawa. Dickenson was the surprise starter for the B.C. Lions ahead of league MVP Casey Pr...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - In sport, as in life, aesthetics sometimes go out the window. If every toilet in your home is plugged, you don’t need a plumber who looks like Fabio. You want a professional wit...