Category Archives: Sports

TORONTO - Dressing at his locker-room stall Sunday, Toronto centre Jonas Valanciunas politely asked a scrum of waiting media to clear a space. Once they moved aside, he fired his towel into the no-lon...

The cause of U.S. Olympic bobsledder Steven Holcomb’s death will remain unclear until more tests are completed. An autopsy performed at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake, New York, showe...

TORONTO - Faith Ekakitie wants to live up to the expectations of a first overall pick. Winnipeg selected the six-foot-two, 304-pound Iowa defensive lineman No. 1 in the CFL draft Sunday. The move wasn...

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors’ season has come to an end - but they didn’t go down without a fight. Serge Ibaka scored 23 points, while DeMar DeRozan added 22 and the Raptors took Clevelan...

TORONTO - Dwane Casey asked his team to play with pride. Facing an ugly ending to a season that had held so much promise, the coach didn’t want them to go down without a fight. They responded. B...

NASHVILLE - Ryan Johansen celebrated his game-winning goal with a windmill fist pump, and the Nashville Predators finished off the rest of a thrilling third period with the standing-room only crowd on...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Even though he didn’t get the win, Joe Biagini set one up for the Toronto Blue Jays. Biagini and four relievers combined on a three-hitter, Darwin Barney hit a tiebreaking...

ISTANBUL - Canada’s Milos Raonic fell just short of a title in his first tournament since recovering from a hamstring injury, falling 7-6 (3), 6-3 to Croatia’s Marin Cilic in Sunday’...

TORONTO - A sprained ankle kept star guard Kyle Lowry on the sidelines Sunday as the Raptors looked to stave off playoff elimination. Toronto coach Dwane Casey suggested the worst prior to Game 4. ...

TORONTO - Canada’s men’s basketball team faces the Bahamas, Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands in World Cup qualifying. Canada was drawn into Group 2 on Sunday for the first ro...