Category Archives: Sports
After 7-0 rout, Oilers need to contain Sharks' stars while igniting their own
SAN JOSE, Calif. - There’s a hockey adage that to win the Stanley Cup, an NHL team’s best players have to be just that. Unexpected heroes will emerge along the way, but a team’s star...
Apr 19, 2017
Ducks defenceman Shea Theodore finds his footing quickly in NHL playoffs
CALGARY - Shea Theodore estimates he was called up by the Anaheim Ducks and sent down to their minor-league affiliate at least 15 times this season. The 21-year-old Ducks defenceman from Langley, B.C....
Apr 19, 2017
Loud sex sounds interrupt pro tennis match in Florida
SARASOTA, Fla. - An outdoor professional tennis match in Florida came to a brief halt amid sounds of loud sex. Frances Tiafoe was about to serve Mitchell Krueger during their Tuesday night match in th...
Apr 19, 2017
Star QB Tom Brady to miss NFL champs' visit to White House
WASHINGTON - Star quarterback Tom Brady will not join his New England Patriots teammates Wednesday when the Super Bowl champions visit the White House to accept congratulations from President Donald T...
Apr 19, 2017
Roughriders release defensive back Cox for alleged domestic violence incident
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have released defensive back Justin Cox over an alleged incident of domestic violence. Regina police say a 24-year-old man named Justin Cox was charged with assau...
Apr 19, 2017
Olympians Huynh, Whitfield and Klassen top Canada Sports Hall of Fame inductees
TORONTO - Lanny McDonald never saw it coming. The Stanley Cup champion and Hockey Hall of Fame member was among nine individuals named for induction into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame on Wednesda...
Apr 19, 2017
In court, strong emotions from coach, family of slain Saint
NEW ORLEANS - The killer of retired New Orleans Saints star Will Smith was denied a new trial Wednesday by a Louisiana judge, who then heard tearful, sometimes bitter “victim Impact” testi...
Apr 19, 2017
The Latest: Lawyer for Hernandez victim's mother still suing
MILFORD, Mass. - The Latest on the death of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez (all times local): 6:10 p.m. A lawyer who represents the mother of the man former NFL star Aaron Hernandez was convicted of ...
Apr 19, 2017
Diaper duty and kid chauffeur, home life doesn't halt in NHL post-season
CALGARY - Crying kids and household chores don’t stop for NHL players in the post-season. But a few players who were asked if they’d rather stay in a hotel during the home end of their pla...
Apr 19, 2017
Prison official: Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez hangs self in cell
MILFORD, Mass. - A prison official says former NFL star Aaron Hernandez has hanged himself in a prison cell and has been pronounced dead at a Massachusetts hospital. Hernandez, who was already serving...
Apr 19, 2017
