Category Archives: Sports
Vazquez's two-run homer leads Red Sox over Blue Jays to snap four-game slide
TORONTO - September can’t come soon enough for the Blue Jays bullpen. Toronto relievers surrendered four earned runs on five hits Monday night, including a two-run homer to Christian Vazquez, as...
Aug 28, 2017
Maryland school band silences pro-Confederate state song
COLLLEGE PARK, Md. - The University of Maryland marching band will at least temporarily stop playing the state’s official song, which includes a reference to “Northern scum” and othe...
Aug 28, 2017
Emotional Sharapova tops No. 2 Halep at Open in Slam return
NEW YORK - When Maria Sharapova’s first Grand Slam match after a 15-month doping suspension ended with a victory at the U.S. Open, she dropped to her knees and covered her face, tears welling in...
Aug 28, 2017
Shapovalov into second round of U.S. Open with straight sets win over Medvedev
NEW YORK - Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov cruised into the second round of the U.S. Open with a 7-5, 6-1, 6-2 win over Russia’s Daniil Medvedev on Monday. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont...
Aug 28, 2017
Hiring of Briles as assistant creates controversy for Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Art Briles won’t be resuming his coaching career with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The CFL and Ticats issued a joint statement Monday night saying Briles wouldn’t be heading north. The Ticats ...
Aug 28, 2017
Golf star Wie gives Ottawa Hospital staff a social media shout-out after surgery
OTTAWA - Golf star Michelle Wie thanked staff at the Ottawa Hospital on social media after undergoing surgery to remove her appendix. The 27-year old was competing at the CP Women’s Open at Otta...
Aug 28, 2017
Canada's Brittany Marchand builds confidence at CP Women's Open, eyes LPGA card
OTTAWA - As Brittany Marchand walked from hole to hole at the CP Women’s Open, she’d sometimes look a little startled when fans called out “Way to go Britt!” or “You̵...
Aug 28, 2017
Art Briles, fired in wake of sex assault scandal at Baylor, added to Ticats staff
HAMILTON - Art Briles, who was fired last year as the head football coach at Baylor in the wake of a sexual assault scandal within his program, has joined the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats as an ass...
Aug 28, 2017
Bruce Springsteen added to lineup of Invictus Games closing ceremony
TORONTO - The Boss has been added to the lineup for next month’s Invictus Games closing ceremony in Toronto. Bruce Springsteen will join Bryan Adams, Bachman and Turner, Kelly Clarkson and Coeur...
Aug 28, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Sunday’s Games MLB American League Minnesota 7 Toronto 2 N.Y. Yankees 10 Seattle 1 Cleveland 12 Kansas City 0 Baltimore 2 Boston 1 Chicago White Sox 7 Detroit 1 Houston 7 L.A. Angels 5 Oakland 8...
Aug 27, 2017
