Category Archives: Sports
Castroneves fastest on Carb Day as another Honda engine goes
INDIANAPOLIS - Three-time champion Helio Castroneves turned the fastest lap on Carb Day during the final practice for the Indy 500, while more engine trouble for Honda left teams leery of what could h...
May 26, 2017
Olympian, Pan Am champion Karine Thomas retires from synchro swim team
OTTAWA - Two-time Olympian Karine Thomas has retired after a 10-year career with the Canadian synchronized swimming team. Thomas and Jacqueline Simoneau won duet gold at the 2015 Pan American Games in...
May 26, 2017
Djokovic and Nadal could meet in French Open semifinals
PARIS - It won’t be easy for Canada’s Milos Raonic if he makes it through the first few rounds of the French Open. The fifth seed from Thornhill, Ont., could potentially meet Grigor Dimitr...
May 26, 2017
Canada loses by six wickets to Malaysia in cricket one-dayer in Uganda
ENTEBBE, Uganda - Canada suffered its first loss in ICC World Cricket League Division 3 play Friday, beaten by six wickets by Malaysia. Canada is one of six teams looking to win one of two promotion s...
May 26, 2017
Canadian light-heavyweight Misha Cirkunov looks to keep rising up the UFC ranks
A winner of eight straight fights, Canadian light-heavyweight Misha Cirkunov can now also lay claim to surviving a run-in with UFC boss Dana White. Cirkunov found himself on the outs with the volatile...
May 26, 2017
Belarus president calls national hockey team 'spineless'
MOSCOW - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko called the country’s national hockey team “spineless” after it failed to qualify for the playoffs at the world championships. Lukas...
May 26, 2017
Michael DiPietro doing his part to get Windsor to the Memorial Cup final
WINDSOR, Ont. - Windsor Spitfires coach Rocky Thompson isn’t asking his team to play a perfect game at the Memorial Cup. It hasn’t been needed with Michael DiPietro in net. “When we ...
May 26, 2017
D'oh? No! Homer and 'The Simpsons' team earn Hall tribute
Steve Sax won two World Series rings, was a five-time All-Star and got nearly 2,000 hits in the big leagues. Yet to many fans, it’s those half-dozen lines he uttered to a bunch of yellow cartoon...
May 26, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Thursday’s Games NHL Playoffs Pittsburgh 3 Ottawa 2 (2OT) (Penguins win series 4-3) — NBA Playoffs Cleveland 135 Boston 102 (Cavaliers win series 4-1) — MLB American League Kansas Ci...
May 25, 2017
Sens nearly defy the odds to Stanley Cup final, fall just short in Game 7
PITTSBURGH - Bobby Ryan was standing right beside the net, helplessly watching Chris Kunitz beat Craig Anderson to end the Ottawa Senators’ season in double overtime of the Eastern Conference fi...
May 25, 2017
