Category Archives: Sports
Short-track speedskating champion Charles Hamelin relaxes with video games
When Olympic short-track speedskating champion Charles Hamelin isn’t training or racing, chances are he’s in front of a video game console. The 33-year-old from Sainte-Julie, Que., says it...
Dec 12, 2017
Packed Ice: Hockey Canada's world juniors selection camp begins with 33 players
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - There are so many players at Hockey Canada’s world junior championship selection camp that the ice was completely torn up after just one practice, with pucks bouncing over...
Dec 12, 2017
Bruce Brown, whose 'Endless Summer' redefined surfing, dies
LOS ANGELES - Bruce Brown, whose 1966 surfing documentary “The Endless Summer” moulded the image of the surfer as a seeker and transformed the sport, has died. He was 80. Brown died of nat...
Dec 12, 2017
Headley, Mitchell dealt by Yankees to Padres in payroll dump
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The New York Yankees made a rare payroll dump, creating flexibility to add starting pitching. Third baseman Chase Headley and pitcher Bryan Mitchell were dealt to San Diego on...
Dec 12, 2017
MLS champion Toronto FC says search for trophies will continue next season
Toronto FC says the hunt for trophies will continue next season. And it is willing to spend more money to do so. Team president Bill Manning says the newly crowned MLS champions will use the extra US$...
Dec 12, 2017
Reds star Joey Votto voted winner of Toronto Star's Lou Marsh Trophy
TORONTO - Given Canada’s love for all things hockey, Cincinnati Reds star Joey Votto was as surprised to win the Lou Marsh Trophy a second time as he was the first. The 34-year-old first baseman...
Dec 12, 2017
NFL Network suspends analysts over sexual misconduct suit
NEW YORK - Hall of Fame player Marshall Faulk and two other NFL Network analysts were suspended after a woman who worked as a wardrobe stylist at the network accused them of sexual misconduct in a law...
Dec 12, 2017
Dutch report highlights sexual harassment in sports
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A report commissioned by the Dutch Olympic Committee says urgent action must be taken to tackle widespread sexual abuse and harassment in sports in the Netherlands. The report...
Dec 12, 2017
Russian Olympic Committee expects 200 to compete in SKorea
MOSCOW - Despite Russia’s ban from the upcoming Olympics, officials in the country still expect more than 200 of their athletes to compete at the Pyeongchang Games. Under International Olympic C...
Dec 12, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Monday’s Games NHL Colorado 2 Pittsburgh 1 Dallas 2 N.Y. Rangers 1 (SO) N.Y. Islanders 3 Washington 1 Florida 2 Detroit 1 (OT) Winnipeg 5 Vancouver 1 Anaheim 3 Carolina 2 — NFL Miami 27 Ne...
Dec 11, 2017
