Category Archives: Sports

NFL draft guru Mike Mayock sees Canadian defensive lineman Nathan Shepherd as a diamond in the rough. On Friday, Mayock listed Shepherd fourth on his list of the top-five interior defensive lineman pr...

MONTREAL - Eugenie Bouchard says she just wants to play some matches and enjoy being part of a team again. Canada’s Fed Cup team hopes she can also rediscover at least some of the form that prop...

TORONTO - The CFL announced Friday all nine of its teams were under the $5.15-million salary cap in 2017. As a result, the order of the league’s annual draft May 3 is unaffected. The Montreal Al...

TORONTO - Another year, another Sovereign Award as Canadian thoroughbred racing’s top trainer for Mark Casse. Casse, 57, earned a seventh straight Sovereign Award on Thursday night and the 10th ...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Bill Peters has not been able to lead the Carolina Hurricanes back to the NHL playoffs and after coming up short following his fourth season with the club, announced Friday that he is ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs left themselves little room for error after consecutive ugly road losses to open their first-round playoff series with the Boston Bruins. With their backs now firmly planted ag...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Bill Peters has resigned as head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes, the team announced Friday. The team confirmed Peters’ decision in a tweet, and said the search for a new head c...

NEW YORK - Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews has the top-selling jersey in the NHL, according to the league’s website. NHL.com reported Friday that Matthews’ No. 34 jersey was the...

LOS ANGELES - Shaquille O’Neal called himself “The Big Baryshnikov” and “The Big Socrates” in his days in the NBA. Now he can add “The Big Shakespeare.” The b...

Thursday’s Games NHL Playoffs First Round Boston 3 Toronto 1 (Boston leads series 3-1) Washington 4 Columbus 1 (Series tied 2-2) — AHL Playoffs First Round (best-of-five) Texas 4 Ontario 3...