Category Archives: Sports
Granlund's shootout goal lifts Wild to 2-1 win over Flames
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The road-weary Minnesota Wild went the extra mile again to get two points on Tuesday night. Mikael Granlund scored the winning goal in a shootout for a 2-1 victory over the Calgary F...
Dec 12, 2017
Couturier lifts Flyers over Maple Leafs 4-2 for 4th straight
PHILADELPHIA - There wasn’t anything fancy about Sean Couturier’s game-winning goal. Claude Giroux’s pass that set it up, though, was something special. Couturier broke a tie with 2:...
Dec 12, 2017
Oilers beat Blue Jackets 7-2 behind McDavid, Brassoit
COLUMBUS, Ohio - When Edmonton scored the third goal on Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus’ exasperated net-minder fell on his back and stared up at the lights while the Oilers celebrated. It was that k...
Dec 12, 2017
2nd period surge leads Sabres over Senators 3-2
BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Buffalo Sabres are trying to climb out of the Eastern Conference basement. While they are rising, the Ottawa Senators are headed in the opposite direction. Evander Kane, Kyle Okpos...
Dec 12, 2017
Orioles star Machado could move - new position, or new team
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Baltimore Orioles star Manny Machado could be on the move. To a new position - or a new team. Big names emerged in trade talk Tuesday, with Machado, New York Mets pitcher Matt...
Dec 12, 2017
Former NHL defenceman Zarley Zalapski dead at 49
CALGARY - Former NHL defenceman Zarley Zalapski has died at age 49, according to the Calgary Flames. Zalapski, from Edmonton, played 637 NHL games for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Hartford Whalers, Calgar...
Dec 12, 2017
Jessie Fleming, Kris Twardek named Canada's under-20 soccer players of the year
TORONTO - Jessie Fleming and Kris Twardek have been named Canadian under-20 soccer players of the year. It’s the third straight year winning the award for Fleming, a 19-year-old from London, Ont...
Dec 12, 2017
Montreal Impact trade star defender Laurent Ciman to Los Angeles FC
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact shook up their backline Tuesday, trading star defender Laurent Ciman to expansion Los Angeles FC for Canadian wingback Raheem Edwards and Finnish defender Jukka Raitala....
Dec 12, 2017
Canada's Van Landeghem, Bouchard retire from competitive swimming
OTTAWA - Chantal Van Landeghem has retired from competitive swimming after helping Canada win a relay bronze in the Rio Olympics and Pan American gold in Toronto. Her Canadian teammate Dominique Bouch...
Dec 12, 2017
Short-track speedskating champion Charles Hamelin relaxes with video games
When Olympic short-track speedskating champion Charles Hamelin isn’t training or racing, chances are he’s in front of a video game console. The 33-year-old from Sainte-Julie, Que., says it...
Dec 12, 2017
