Category Archives: Sports
Maple Leafs goalie depth being tested in AHL playoffs
Goaltending depth was an issue this season for the Maple Leafs, and the concern still lingers as their American Hockey League club battles in the Calder Cup playoffs. Garret Sparks was expected to tak...
Apr 27, 2017
'What hasn't he won?': Babcock could finally add Adams Award to packed trophy case
Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly was asking the question rhetorically in his praise of Toronto head coach Mike Babcock. “What hasn’t he won?” Rielly said after describing Babcock...
Apr 27, 2017
Syria-born Olympian takes advocacy role at UN refugee agency
GENEVA - The U.N. refugee agency on Thursday chose as a goodwill ambassador a Syrian teenage girl who helped save a boat carrying fellow refugees and later became an Olympic swimmer. Yusra Mardini joi...
Apr 27, 2017
Canada's Eugenie Bouchard: 'Cheater' Maria Sharapova should be banned for life
ISTANBUL - If Eugenie Bouchard had her way, Maria Sharapova would have been banned from tennis for life. The 2014 Wimbledon finalist from Westmount, Que., called Sharapova a cheater upon the Russian&#...
Apr 27, 2017
ESPN laying off 100 broadcasters, writers as viewers dwindle
NEW YORK - ESPN is laying off about 100 employees, including former athletes-turned-broadcasters Trent Dilfer, Len Elmore and Danny Kanell, in a purge designed to focus the sports network on a more di...
Apr 27, 2017
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games NHL Playoffs Second Round Edmonton 5 Anaheim 3 (Oilers lead series 1-0) Nashville 4 St. Louis 3 (Predators lead series 1-0) — AHL Playoffs First Round (best-of-five) Toro...
Apr 26, 2017
Adam Larsson scores twice in third, Oilers beat Ducks 5-3 to take Game 1
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Adam Larsson doesn’t think much of his shot, at least that’s the way teammate Mark Letestu tells it. The shocked crowd at Honda Center would probably disagree with that a...
Apr 26, 2017
Predators beat Blues 4-3 in Game 1 of second-round series
ST. LOUIS - One nifty little flip by Vernon Fiddler provided a big lift for the Nashville Predators on a rough night. Fiddler scored with 5:05 left and P.K. Subban had a goal and two assists, powering...
Apr 26, 2017
Nashville's Fiala leaves on stretcher with leg injury
ST. LOUIS - Nashville forward Kevin Fiala was taken off the ice on a stretcher after he hurt his left leg during Game 1 of the Predators’ second-round series against St. Louis on Wednesday night...
Apr 26, 2017
Babcock, McLellan, Tortorella voted Adams Award finalists
NEW YORK - Toronto’s Mike Babcock, Edmonton’s Todd McLellan and Columbus’ John Tortorella are the finalists for the Jack Adams Award as the NHL coach of the year. Members of the NHL ...
Apr 26, 2017
