Category Archives: Sports
Ottawa Redblacks hire Noel Thorpe as defensive co-ordinator
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks have appointed Noel Thorpe as defensive co-ordinator. the team announced Monday. Thorpe spent the last five seasons as the Montreal Alouettes’ defensive co-ordinato...
Dec 4, 2017
Attention to detail runs in the family of Jets goalie Hellebuyck
WINNIPEG - Connor Hellebuyck’s path to the NHL began with a little baseball glove and a mini hockey stick. Armed with the tiny equipment, a young Hellebuyck would stand in front of the TV in his...
Dec 4, 2017
Planting the seeds for TFC's turnaround. The trip that started the ball rolling
TORONTO - Greg Vanney inherited a broken team when he took over as Toronto FC head coach on Aug. 31, 2014. And there was little time to fix it with just 10 games remaining in the season. Especially wi...
Dec 4, 2017
Jets captain Wheeler named NHL's first star of the week; Habs goalie Price No. 2
NEW YORK - Winnipeg Jets captain Blake Wheeler was named the NHL’s first star of the week on Monday, with Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price and Dallas Stars centre Radek Faksa also earni...
Dec 4, 2017
Reigning world champions Gushue and Homan win early games at Olympic Trials
OTTAWA - A team meeting in the middle of the Tim Hortons Brier kickstarted Brad Gushue’s run to national and world titles earlier this year. Another sitdown session was needed after an early los...
Dec 4, 2017
Reeling Giants fire coach McAdoo, GM Reese after 10th loss
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Believing the team was spiraling out of control, the New York Giants went out of character by making two major in-season moves, firing coach Ben McAdoo and general manager Jerr...
Dec 4, 2017
June Jones to return as Tiger-Cats head coach, wants to settle QB situation
HAMILTON - June Jones values consistency, and wants to demonstrate faith in his players. That’s why one of his first tasks as Hamilton’s full-time head coach will be to settle the Tiger-Ca...
Dec 4, 2017
IOC weighs Russian Olympic ban, risks provoking Putin
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Russia could be banned from competing at the Pyeongchang Olympics, a prospect that President Vladimir Putin has already warned would be humiliating for his country. The decisio...
Dec 4, 2017
Supreme Court taking up sports betting case
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is taking up a case that could make sports betting widely available. The case the justices are hearing Monday is a result of New Jersey’s yearslong effort to bring...
Dec 4, 2017
Hernandez lawyers want to keep daughter's lawsuit separate
BOSTON - Lawyers for the estate of late NFL star Aaron Hernandez are trying to prevent a $20 million lawsuit against the National Football League from being merged with a wider class-action suit addre...
Dec 4, 2017
