Category Archives: Sports
Former CFL player charged with assault wants speedy trial because he's jobless
REGINA - A former CFL Saskatchewan Roughrider player is looking to deal with a domestic violence charge quickly. On April 18, Justin Cox was charged with assault causing bodily harm after police were ...
May 11, 2017
Oilers star forward Draisaitl to join co-host Germany at world championship
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers say star forward Leon Draisaitl will join co-host Germany at the world hockey championship. Draisaitl is coming off a breakout NHL season with the Oilers, finishing eigh...
May 11, 2017
ESPN gives a Sunday home to its top magazine show
NEW YORK - ESPN says it is putting a sharper focus on its long-form journalism with Sunday’s launch of the revamped magazine show “E:60,” with Bob Ley and Jeremy Schaap as hosts. The...
May 11, 2017
Picks: Preds, Pens will foil chances of 2007 Stanley Cup final rematch
Ten years ago, the Ottawa Senators met the Anaheim Ducks in their first-ever Stanley Cup final. Could history repeat itself this spring? We’re guessing not. Here are our picks for the Eastern an...
May 11, 2017
Caps' Alex Ovechkin finished playoffs with lower-body injury
Russian hockey officials announced Thursday that Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin played through injury before Washington was eliminated from the NHL playoffs in the second round by the Pittsburgh Pen...
May 11, 2017
Canadian women's hockey team Olympic centralization roster
CALGARY - Hockey Canada’s roster of players invited to try out for the 2018 women’s Olympic hockey team, with home town and team: Shannon Szabados, Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan (CHL); Genev...
May 11, 2017
Canada's bid for a fifth Olympic women's hockey gold starts with 28 hopefuls
CALGARY - Half the players invited to try out for Canada’s Olympic women’s hockey team know what’s coming. The other half don’t. Jillian Saulnier has heard veterans talk about ...
May 11, 2017
Flashback: Danny Dichio remembers first ever Toronto FC goal 10 years on
TORONTO - Carl Robinson still has one. So does Chris Pozniak. Jim Brennan thinks his may be at his parents’ house. Danny Dichio’s son saved him one. Toronto FC’s first ever goal, sco...
May 11, 2017
Ottawa Redblacks promote Jeremy Snyder to assistant general manager
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks promoted Jeremy Snyder to assistant general manager Thursday. He replaces Brock Sunderland, who left the organization to become the Edmonton Eskimos’ general manage...
May 11, 2017
Saskatchewan Riders acquire Canadian safety Mike Edem from B.C. Lions
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders acquired national safety Mike Edem from the B.C. Lions on Thursday. The two teams also swapped conditional 2018 draft picks. The six-foot-one, 210-pound Edem was ...
May 11, 2017
