Category Archives: Sports
Oh Canada! Beats France 71-63 to end exhibition tournament
NEW YORK - Miah-Marie Langlois scored 13 points to help Canada beat France 71-63 on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in an exhibition game. This was the final tuneup for both teams before the Rio Olymp...
Jul 31, 2016
Halep beats Keys 7-6 (2), 6-3 to take women's Rogers Cup
MONTREAL - The large contingent of red-and-yellow-clad Romanian fans at Uniprix Stadium on Sunday got what they came for - a convincing victory from Simona Halep in the final of the US$4.7 million wom...
Jul 31, 2016
Marner, Strome hope for NHL next season; world juniors likely consolation prize
TORONTO - If Dylan Strome had his way he wouldn’t be in Toronto when the world junior championships kick off in late December. The 19-year-old would be playing for the Arizona Coyotes instead. &...
Jul 31, 2016
Saturday's Games
Saturday’s Games MLB American Toronto 9 Baltimore 1 Tampa Bay 6 N.Y. Yankees 3 Chicago White Sox 6 Minnesota 5, 10 innings Detroit 3 Houston 2 Cleveland 6 Oakland 3 Texas 2 Kansas City 1 L.A. An...
Jul 30, 2016
Skydiver becomes first person to jump and land without chute
LOS ANGELES - After leaping from an airplane, Luke Aikins rocketed toward earth for two minutes, and then calmly flipped onto his back at the last second and landed in a 100-by-100-foot net in Califor...
Jul 30, 2016
Vancouver Whitecaps acquire forward/midfielder Giles Barnes from Houston Dynamo
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps acquired forward/midfielder Giles Barnes in a trade with the Houston Dynamo on Saturday. Barnes has four goals and two assists in 14 matches so far this season and ...
Jul 30, 2016
Ex-Blue Bomber linebacker Antonio Armstrong, wife killed at their Texas home
HOUSTON - Former CFL linebacker Antonio Armstrong and his wife Dawn were fatally shot at their home in Houston on Friday and a 16-year-old boy has been charged as a juvenile with murder in the slaying...
Jul 30, 2016
IOC sets up 3-person panel to rule on Russian entries
RIO DE JANEIRO - A three-person International Olympic Committee panel will make a final ruling on which individual Russian athletes are allowed to compete in the Rio de Janeiro Games. The IOC’s ...
Jul 30, 2016
Storms interrupt PGA Championship at Baltusrol
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. - Thunderstorms shut down the PGA Championship on Saturday before 10 players could even hit a shot, setting up what could be a long, wet and wild conclusion to the final major of the...
Jul 30, 2016
Novak Djokovic advances to Rogers Cup final, will face Kei Nishikori
TORONTO - It’s going to be about long rallies and baseline play in the Rogers Cup final. World No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia will face Japan’s Kei Nishikori in the championship match afte...
Jul 30, 2016
