Category Archives: Sports
Cole fire: Astros heat up hot stove by acquiring Pirates ace
HOUSTON - The Houston Astros already had two Cy Young winners on their staff. They’re hoping Gerrit Cole can make it three. The World Series champions boosted their rotation with another big arm...
Jan 13, 2018
Virtue, Moir haven't stopped pushing boundaries in their final season
VANCOUVER - Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are big believers in pushing boundaries. So when they returned to the competitive arena last season after a two-year hiatus, the three-time world champions were...
Jan 13, 2018
Eggert, Benecken win their 30th luge World Cup; Canada's Gough slides to seventh
OBERHOF, Germany - It wasn’t the result she was looking for, but Alex Gough will take a lot of positives out of a seventh-place finish at the luge World Cup in Oberhof, Germany. The 13-year vete...
Jan 13, 2018
LiAngelo, LaMelo Ball scoreless in pro debut in Lithuania
PANEVEZYS, Lithuania - LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball went scoreless in their pro basketball debut, finishing a combined 0 for 7. The younger brothers of Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball played in the L...
Jan 13, 2018
Canadian sleds finish fourth in women's and men's bobsled World Cup
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - Canada’s Alysia Rissling and Heather Moyse and the team of Justin Kripps and Jesse Lumsden both finished fourth on Saturday in women’s and men’s World Cup b...
Jan 13, 2018
Julien Locke top Canadian in cross-country World Cup sprint
DRESDEN, Germany - Julien Locke cranked out a career-best 15th-place finish at a World Cup cross-country skiing city sprint race in Dresden, Germany on Saturday. The second-year member of the National...
Jan 13, 2018
Where's the VAR? Contentious goal denies Southampton in EPL
Video assistant referees were trialed in domestic English soccer for the first time this week. Unfortunately for Southampton, they aren’t being used in the Premier League. Southampton conceded a...
Jan 13, 2018
North America holds slight edge over World at Continental Cup curling tournament
LONDON, Ont. - Team North America split the three points available in the three team games Saturday night to take a 15.5 to 14.5 lead over Team World at the Continental Cup curling tournament. Kevin K...
Jan 13, 2018
Orlando, Besiktas square off over who Canadian Cyle Larin is going to play for
TORONTO - Orlando City is insisting Cyle Larin remains under contract to them despite statements by Besiktas that the Canadian international striker is leaving Major League Soccer for the Turkish cham...
Jan 13, 2018
Alexie Guay leads Canada to bronze medal at under-18 women's worlds
DMITROV, Russia - Alexie Guay scored and had two assists to lead Canada to a 5-1 win over Russia on Saturday in the bronze-medal game of the under-18 women’s world championship. It’s the 1...
Jan 13, 2018
