Category Archives: Sports
Science Says: How repeated head blows affect the brain
CHICAGO - Researchers are tackling fresh questions about a degenerative brain disease now that it has been detected in the brains of nearly 200 football players after death. The suspected cause is rep...
Sep 07, 2017
Jets sign coach Paul Maurice, GM Kevin Cheveldayoff to contract extensions
WINNIPEG - Jets co-owner Mark Chipman had no doubt general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff and head coach Paul Maurice deserved their multi-year contract extensions that were announced Thursday. The team h...
Sep 07, 2017
Canada's Patrick Jarvis runs for president of International Paralympic Committee
CALGARY - Patrick Jarvis believed he’d met all the criteria at the national championship to run the 1,500 and 800 metres for Canada at the 1988 Paralympic Games. He was told, however, that Canad...
Sep 07, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games MLB American League Boston 6 Toronto 1 Minnesota 10 Tampa Bay 6 Oakland 3 L.A. Angels 1 Kansas City 13 Detroit 2 Cleveland 5 Chicago White Sox 1 Houston 5 Seattle 3 N.Y. Yankee...
Sep 06, 2017
Canadian Raonic says Shapovalov's U.S. Open run was "fun to watch"
NEW YORK - Canadian tennis star Milos Raonic says he’s recovering well from the left wrist surgery that forced him to miss the U.S. Open. And while the No. 11 ranked player couldn’t compet...
Sep 06, 2017
Fister sharp again, Bradley homers; Red Sox beat Jays 6-1
BOSTON - Doug Fister has quickly gone from a pitcher looking for a big league job right into being a key starter for a team chasing a division title. Fister gave up one run over seven innings, Jackie ...
Sep 06, 2017
Canada downs Nicaragua 15-3 to cap round robin play at U18 baseball World Cup
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - Canada’s offence erupted for 10 runs in the top of the seventh inning en route to a 15-3 mercy-rule over Nicaragua at the under-18 baseball World Cup on Wednesday, cementing ...
Sep 06, 2017
Calgary Flames sign forward Sam Bennett to two-year contract
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames signed forward Sam Bennett to a two-year contract on Wednesday with an annual average value of $1.95 million. Bennett played 81 games with Calgary last season, recording 1...
Sep 06, 2017
Red Sox star Pedroia says why such a fuss over sign stealing
BOSTON - Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia says he doesn’t think he did anything wrong when he tried to steal signs from the New York Yankees. The 34-year-old Pedroia said Wednesday that he&...
Sep 06, 2017
Former Brazil boss Barros takes over from Trepanier as national boxing coach
MONTREAL - Boxing Canada named Joao Carlos Soares Gomes de Barros as coach of the national team on Wednesday. The search began a year ago when the Keegan Report - an independent analysis of the federa...
Sep 06, 2017
