Category Archives: Sports

DALLAS - Guy Boucher’s decision to use rookie Fredrik Claesson as a seventh Ottawa defenceman paid off. Claesson scored his first NHL goal and added an assist to help the Senators win their four...

NEW ORLEANS - Toronto centre Jonas Valanciunas clearly wasn’t intimidated by a Pelicans frontcourt featuring All-Stars DeMarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis. The Lithuanian 7-footer turned in one o...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Cory Conacher had two goals and two assist as the Syracuse Crunch doubled up the St. John’s IceCaps 4-2 on Wednesday in American Hockey League action. Conacher set up goals from...

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Vancouver’s Vasek Pospisil beat American Rajeev Ram on Wednesday to qualify for the main draw at the BNP Paribas Open. The 26-year-old Pospisil, ranked 129th, won his seco...

VANCOUVER - Damian McGrath strode into B.C. Place Stadium last March as head coach of Samoa, completely unaware of what the weekend would bring. The newest stop on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series h...

NEW ORLEANS - Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey says starting forward DeMarre Carroll is out for Wednesday night’s game in New Orleans because of his sprained left ankle. Carroll was injured in ...

CALGARY - Ezzrett (Sugarfoot) Anderson, one of the first African-Americans to play professional football in North America, died Wednesday. He was 97. The Calgary Stampeders, who Anderson played with f...

TORONTO - Sebastian Giovinco played in it. So did Gianluigi Buffon and Andrea Pirlo. Now Toronto FC’s senior academy team - known as Toronto FC 3 - gets to follow in their footsteps by taking pa...

BROSSARD, Que. - Caroline Ouellette took a dig at Quebec’s francophone media Wednesday while celebrating the Montreal Canadiennes victory in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League final. The v...

SIERRA NEVADA, Spain - Mikael Kingsbury whacked his pole against his ski in frustration after his final moguls run at the world freestyle ski championship Wednesday. The 24-year-old from Deux-Montagne...