Category Archives: Sports
Blue Jays sign righty Marco Estrada to 1-year extension worth $13 million
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays locked up a key piece of the starting rotation for the 2018 season on Wednesday. The one-year extension for Marco Estrada also indicates the team intends to contend nex...
Sep 20, 2017
Roughriders sign Canadian defensive back Bouka among host of roster moves
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed Canadian defensive back Elie Bouka on Wednesday. The Riders drafted Bouka in the third round, 24th overall, out of the University of Calgary in the 2016 CF...
Sep 20, 2017
Loui Eriksson eager to atone for forgettable first season with Canucks
Loui Eriksson’s first season with the Vancouver Canucks can pretty much be summed up by an unfortunate sequence in the first period of his first game. The effort was there. The results? Not so m...
Sep 20, 2017
While home runs surge across Major League Baseball, Jays' power numbers stagnate
TORONTO - When the ball cleared the fence at Rogers Centre on Tuesday night to set a Major League Baseball record for home runs in a season, it didn’t come off the bat of Toronto sluggers Jose B...
Sep 20, 2017
Alex Bazzie needed a 'clear mind' before CFL return following NFL disappointment
SURREY, B.C. - Alex Bazzie wanted to make sure he had shaken his NFL hangover. The defensive lineman signed a contract with the B.C. Lions through the rest of the season earlier this week, rejoining t...
Sep 20, 2017
New mom Serena Williams thanks mother for being a role model
New mom Serena Williams is thanking her own mother for being the role model she says she needed. In an open letter to her mother posted to Reddit , Williams calls mom Oracene Price “one of the s...
Sep 20, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Tuesday’s Games MLB American League Toronto 5 Kansas City 2 Boston 1 Baltimore 0 (11 innings) Oakland 9 Detroit 8 Houston 3 Chicago White Sox 1 N.Y. Yankees 5 Minnesota 2 Cleveland 6 L.A. Angels...
Sep 19, 2017
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games MLB American League Toronto 5 Kansas City 2 Boston 1 Baltimore 0 (11 innings) Oakland 9 Detroit 8 Houston 3 Chicago White Sox 1 N.Y. Yankees 5 Minnesota 2 Cleveland 6 L.A. Angels...
Sep 19, 2017
Burgdoerfer scores go-ahead goal as Senators top Leafs in pre-season
TORONTO - Ottawa Senators coach Guy Boucher marvelled at the play of goaltender Marcus Hogberg following a second consecutive pre-season win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 22-year-old came into Ott...
Sep 19, 2017
Alex Gordon hits MLB's record-setting 5,694th HR of season
TORONTO - Kansas City’s Alex Gordon broke Major League Baseball’s season home run record with 12 days to spare, hitting the 5,694th long ball of 2017 on Tuesday night. Gordon’s home ...
Sep 19, 2017
