Category Archives: Sports
No More Shootouts: Strong defence will be Canada's backbone at world juniors
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Canada’s junior hockey team has a simple rule for the 2018 world championship: No more shootouts. Head coach Dominique Ducharme and his defensive corps have made it their ...
Dec 13, 2017
Atiba Hutchinson named Canada's top male soccer player for sixth time
TORONTO - Atiba Hutchinson has been named Canadian male soccer player of the year for the a record sixth time. The 34-year-old midfielder from Brampton, Ont., helped Besiktas to its second straight Tu...
Dec 13, 2017
Lionsgate giving global run to Boston Marathon documentary
BOSTON - The first feature-length documentary about the Boston Marathon is getting a global run. Lionsgate said Tuesday it has released “Boston” in 96 countries. It says the Jon Dunham fil...
Dec 13, 2017
Costas wins Hall's Frick Award for baseball broadcasting
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - As a boy, Bob Costas took a cross-country drive with his dad, delighting in spinning the radio dial and listening “through the crackle and static” to broadcasts fr...
Dec 13, 2017
'Inflammatory' claims cited in appeal of Saskatchewan swimming mishap settlement
REGINA - The University of Regina is appealing a jury’s decision that awarded $9.1 million to a woman who was left a quadriplegic after a swimming accident at the school. Miranda Biletski was 16...
Dec 13, 2017
IOC confident 2020 Tokyo Games will not be tainted by doping
TOKYO - The International Olympic Committee expects Japan to lead the way against doping when Tokyo hosts the 2020 Olympics. IOC vice-president John Coates said Wednesday that Japan had “one of ...
Dec 13, 2017
Froome found to have double the legal limit of asthma drug
PARIS - Chris Froome failed a doping test during the Spanish Vuelta in September and is facing a suspension from cycling ahead of his attempt to win a record-equaling fifth Tour de France title next y...
Dec 13, 2017
Canadian wingback Raheem Edwards criss-crosses North America in one day
TORONTO - It’s been four days and three teams since Raheem Edwards celebrated winning the MLS Cup final with Toronto FC. The 22-year-old wingback from Mississauga found himself - briefly - a mem...
Dec 13, 2017
U Sports all-stars ready to take on Canadian juniors at selection camp
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - In the midst of exam season, Spencer Abraham’s study break is pretty unique. The 24-year-old Queen’s University law student will put down his books, lace up his skat...
Dec 13, 2017
Canseco tweets could jeopardize his job on A's telecasts
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - A series of tweets by Jose Canseco about sexual misconduct and politicians could put in jeopardy his job as a studio analyst on Oakland Athletics telecasts. The former A’...
Dec 12, 2017
