Category Archives: Sports
Vancouver Whitecaps add former Toronto FC centre back Doneil Henry
VANCOUVER - Doneil Henry is heading back to Canada. The Vancouver Whitecaps announced Friday they have acquired the Canadian international and former Toronto FC centre back from West Ham United of the...
Dec 22, 2017
Red Bulls captain gets additional ban and TFC, New York fined over tunnel melee
TORONTO - It appears Red Bulls captain Sacha Kljestan really was the villain of the piece in the halftime tunnel melee with Toronto FC in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinal. Forty-seven days a...
Dec 22, 2017
Jays' Huffman becomes just the second female head athletic trainer in major leagues
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have named Nikki Huffman head athletic trainer, making her only the second woman to hold that position in any of North America’s top four sports leagues. Huffman ...
Dec 22, 2017
Toronto FC opens CONCACAF play on Feb. 20, then hosts Colorado on Feb. 27
Toronto FC will host the Colorado Rapids on Feb. 27 at BMO Field in the return leg of their round-of-16 series in the CONCACAF Champions League. The first leg is scheduled for Feb. 20 at Dick’s ...
Dec 22, 2017
Leafs star Matthews says he's been dealing with concussion symptoms
Toronto Maple Leafs star centre Auston Matthews says he has been dealing with concussion symptoms after colliding with a teammate in a game earlier this month. Matthews confirmed the nature of his lat...
Dec 22, 2017
Canada's Olympic women's hockey roster
CALGARY - Canada’s Olympic women’s hockey team roster announced Friday with hometown and club team affiliation: Goaltenders Shannon Szabados, Edmonton, Genevieve Lacasse, Kingston, Ont. Ca...
Dec 22, 2017
Defending Olympic women's hockey gold in the hands of 23 named to Canadian team
CALGARY - The day the women find out if they’re going to play for Canada’s Olympic hockey team packs an emotional wallop. Elation, tinged with empathy for those who didn’t make the c...
Dec 22, 2017
QMJHL's golden age for goalies at world junior championship long passed
When Stan Butler was coaching Canada’s world junior team, all he had to do was look to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for a goaltender. “Goaltending was always a strength of Quebec....
Dec 22, 2017
Longtime sportscaster Dick Enberg found dead at home at 82
SAN DIEGO - Dick Enberg, a Hall of Fame broadcaster known as much for his excited calls of “Oh my!” as the big events he covered during a 60-year career, has died. He was 82. Enberg’...
Dec 22, 2017
Canada's Mikael Kingsbury captures second gold at moguls World Cup in China
ZHANGJIAKOU, China - Canadian freestyle skiing star Mikael Kingsbury captured his 10th straight World Cup moguls title on Friday while Andi Naude of Penticton, B.C., collected a bronze medal in the wo...
Dec 21, 2017
