Category Archives: Sports
Canadian Jenkins reminisces on near no-hitter after Paxton's feat
Fergie Jenkins didn’t watch fellow Canadian James Paxton’s no-hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night. But when he read about the Seattle Mariners left-hander’s dominan...
May 9, 2018
Marie-Philip Poulin rejoins McGill women's hockey team as skills coach
MONTREAL - Canadian women’s hockey team captain Marie-Philip Poulin has rejoined McGill University’s women’s team as a skills coach. The two-time Olympic gold medallist took a hiatus...
May 9, 2018
Buono not feeling nostalgic heading into final CFL season with Lions
Wally Buono wants to go out a winner. The 2018 CFL season will be the last for the B.C. Lions veteran head coach. And Buono is willing to adopt the late Don Matthews’ high-risk, high-reward mant...
May 9, 2018
Some items stolen from top Bears draft pick's car recovered
CHICAGO - Police say several items have been returned after they were stolen from Chicago Bears first-round draft pick Roquan Smith’s car in Georgia, but not his Bears-issued iPad. Athens-Clarke...
May 9, 2018
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games IIHF World Championship At Copenhagen Switzerland 5 Belarus 2 Sweden 7 Austria 0 At Herning, Denmark Germany 6 South Korea 1 Denmark 3 Finland 2 — AHL Playoffs Rockford 4...
May 9, 2018
Battaglin wins 5th stage as Dennis maintains Giro lead
SANTA NINFA, Italy - Enrico Battaglin surged ahead at the perfect moment to win the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia on Wednesday as Chris Froome and most of the other favourites finished in the...
May 9, 2018
Serbia bans Kosovo karate team from coming to competition
BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbia has banned a Kosovo team from taking part in a karate competition it is hosting, over a political dispute stemming from the former province’s declaration of independenc...
May 9, 2018
Canada adds Sharks defenceman Vlasic to world hockey championship team
HERNING, Denmark - Canada is adding defenceman Marc-Edouard Vlasic to its world hockey championship roster. The veteran blue liner became available when the San Jose Sharks were eliminated by Vegas in...
May 9, 2018
Jets' Maurice: 'A calmness' to Game 7s as Winnipeg prepares to face Nashville
Anticipation, excitement and a fair amount of nerves are to be expected ahead of a Game 7. That’s the easy part. Or at least the predictable part. But for Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice, ...
May 9, 2018
Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey wins coach of the year honour from peers
TORONTO - On a day Dwane Casey was honoured by his peers as this season’s finest coach in the NBA, his job security in Toronto remained a mystery. Hours after Casey won the Michael H. Goldberg c...
May 9, 2018
