Category Archives: Sports

CALGARY - Gilmore Junio was Canada’s feel-good story of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The Calgary speedskater is happy there will be a sequel in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Junio earn...

Bruce Hood, who refereed more than 1,100 NHL games over 21 seasons, died Friday after a four-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 81. Kevin Hood said his father passed away at a hospice surrounded...

Canada’s developmental Maple Leafs rugby sevens team has endured a challenging week ahead of the Punta Del Este Sevens tournament in Uruguay. The squad, which includes Montreal Alouettes defensi...

Patrick Chan will have Ravia Walia and Oleg Epstein as his coaches at next month’s Pyeongchang Olympics. After his disappointing fourth-place finish at Skate Canada International in October, the...

TOKYO - With little time to spare, North and South Korea are preparing to hash out Kim Jong Un’s offer to send a delegation to next month’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Skeptics are callin...

Toronto centre Nazem Kadri may have got off lightly for grabbing Joe Thornton’s beard in Thursday night’s shootout win over the San Jose Sharks. For one, he survived a tilt with a much big...

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. - Brad Gushue and Val Sweeting will face John Morris and Kaitlyn Lawes in the Page 1-2 playoff at the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials after picking up victories on Frida...

BERLIN - A lawmaker for the nationalist Alternative for Germany party is apologizing to the son of former tennis star Boris Becker following a racist outburst on Twitter. Jens Maier claims the tweet t...

CLEVELAND - The weather conditions will be suitably brutal. Like the Cleveland Browns’ season. Despite temperatures forecast in the single digits, thousands of disillusioned fans are expected to...

HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-signed wide receiver/kick returner Brandon Banks to a one-year contract Friday. He had 67 receptions, 1,011 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns over 18 regular-seas...