Category Archives: Sports
Canadiens defenceman Weber sent home from road trip to get injury re-evaluated
VANCOUVER - Canadiens defenceman Shea Weber has been sent back to Montreal to have a foot injury re-evaluated. Montreal coach Claude Julien confirmed after the team’s practice in Vancouver that ...
Dec 18, 2017
B.C. Lions name former Eskimos executive Rick LeLacheur as club's president
SURREY, B.C. - The B.C. Lions named Rich LeLacheur as the CFL’s club new president on Monday. LeLacheur was the president and CEO of the Edmonton Eskimos from 2002 to 2011. He will start his new...
Dec 18, 2017
Veteran Argos running back Whitaker pondering his football future
TORONTO - Quarterback Ricky Ray isn’t the only Toronto Argonaut pondering his football future following the club’s surprising Grey Cup run. Veteran running back Brandon Whitaker, 32, is al...
Dec 18, 2017
Tiger-Cats sign versatile lineman Revenberg to multi-year extension
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have signed national offensive lineman Brandon Revenberg to a contract extension through the 2020 CFL season. Revenberg started all 18 of Hamilton’s regular-se...
Dec 18, 2017
Fresh off U.S. series, decision time coming for Canada's women's hockey team
EDMONTON - Laura Schuler remembers how anxious she felt before her meeting with coach Shannon Miller to learn if she had made Canada’s first Olympic women’s hockey team. “The set-up ...
Dec 18, 2017
UCF's Scott Frost wins Associated Press Coach of the Year
Scott Frost is The Associated Press coach of the year after leading Central Florida to an unbeaten season and a spot in the Peach Bowl. Frost has already accepted the Nebraska head coaching job, but p...
Dec 18, 2017
Ottawa Redblacks hire Winston October as their new receivers coach
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks hired Winston October as their receivers coach Monday. October joins the Redblacks after serving as the receivers coach at William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. October w...
Dec 18, 2017
Highly touted teenage forward Ayo Akinola signs as Toronto FC homegrown player
Toronto FC has signed highly touted teenage forward Ayo Akinola, a U.S. under-17 international, as a homegrown player. Akinola was a member of the American team that made it to the quarter-finals of t...
Dec 18, 2017
ESPN chief Skipper resigns, cites substance abuse problem
NEW YORK - John Skipper, president of the sprawling ESPN sports network, said Monday that he is resigning to treat a substance abuse problem. Skipper’s sudden announcement will force the Walt Di...
Dec 18, 2017
AP Exclusive: Climate change hits Winter Olympic preparation
SAAS-FEE, Switzerland - The athletes’ half-hour commute in the Swiss Alps - up two gondolas, then through a tunnel in the world’s highest underground train to a glacier at 11,000 feet - se...
Dec 18, 2017
