Category Archives: Sports
Let the Games begin? Why Kim Jong Un might be interested
TOKYO - With little time to spare, North and South Korea are preparing to hash out Kim Jong Un’s offer to send a delegation to next month’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Skeptics are callin...
Kayla Derkach Jan 5, 2018

Grabbing a beard? Like some other leagues, the NHL has it covered
Toronto centre Nazem Kadri may have got off lightly for grabbing Joe Thornton’s beard in Thursday night’s shootout win over the San Jose Sharks. For one, he survived a tilt with a much big...
Kayla Derkach Jan 5, 2018

Gushue, Jones open Canadian mixed doubles curling playoffs with victories
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. - Brad Gushue and Val Sweeting will face John Morris and Kaitlyn Lawes in the Page 1-2 playoff at the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials after picking up victories on Frida...
Kayla Derkach Jan 5, 2018
German lawmaker apologizes after racist slur on Twitter
BERLIN - A lawmaker for the nationalist Alternative for Germany party is apologizing to the son of former tennis star Boris Becker following a racist outburst on Twitter. Jens Maier claims the tweet t...
Kayla Derkach Jan 5, 2018
Misery march: Browns fans facing bitter cold for 0-16 parade
CLEVELAND - The weather conditions will be suitably brutal. Like the Cleveland Browns’ season. Despite temperatures forecast in the single digits, thousands of disillusioned fans are expected to...
Kayla Derkach Jan 5, 2018

Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-sign wide receiver/kick returner Brandon Banks
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-signed wide receiver/kick returner Brandon Banks to a one-year contract Friday. He had 67 receptions, 1,011 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns over 18 regular-seas...
Kayla Derkach Jan 5, 2018

Toronto Argonauts sign quarterback James Franklin to two-year extension
TORONTO - Like the Toronto Argonauts, James Franklin is waiting on Ricky Ray. Franklin signed a two-year contract extension with the Toronto Argonauts on Friday, less than a month after they acquired ...
Kayla Derkach Jan 5, 2018

Bouchard suffers buttocks injury in loss to Belgium at Hopman Cup
PERTH, Australia - Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard suffered a suspected buttocks injury in a loss to Belgium at the Hopman Cup on Friday. Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., managed to play through the di...
Kayla Derkach Jan 5, 2018

IOC member resigns amid claim he assaulted former girlfriend
GENEVA - Under pressure in the Netherlands amid allegations he assaulted a former girlfriend in 2015, Camiel Eurlings resigned as an International Olympic Committee member on Friday. “I greatly ...
Kayla Derkach Jan 5, 2018

New team, fast pace, calm attitude three keys for Canadian juniors vs. Sweden
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Drake Batherson had a hat trick as Canada downed the Czech Republic 7-2 in the semifinal of the world junior hockey championship on Thursday night. The Canadians will face Sweden on Fr...
Kayla Derkach Jan 5, 2018

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