Category Archives: Sports
Impact welcome possibility of facing new Chicago Fire signing Schweinsteiger
MONTREAL - When the Montreal Impact play their next game April 1 in Chicago, they could be facing the newest big-name signing in Major League Soccer - Bastian Schweinsteiger. The former Germany captai...
Mar 23, 2017
NHLPA executive director Fehr says players have options for Olympic participation
TORONTO - Alex Ovechkin has pledged to attend the 2018 Olympics in South Korea whether the NHL opts to go or not, and the Russian superstar might not be alone. Donald Fehr, the executive director of t...
Mar 23, 2017
Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Roman Polak given two-game suspension
Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Roman Polak was suspended for two games Thursday for his hit on Columbus Blue Jackets forward Oliver Bjorkstrand. Polak hit Bjorkstrand from behind early in the third pe...
Mar 23, 2017
Argos sign defensive tackle Alan-Michael Cash, offensive lineman Ryan Mack
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts have signed international defensive tackle Alan-Michael Cash. Cash spent the last five seasons with the Montreal Alouettes. The 2014 East Division all-star notched 138 ...
Mar 23, 2017
Canadian star sprinter Andre De Grasse to race at Harry Jerome track meet
Andre De Grasse was caught off-guard when he was swarmed by excited children at last year’s Harry Jerome International Track Classic. They thrust paper and pens in his direction, and pleaded for...
Mar 23, 2017
Prosecutors question Beckenbauer in World Cup fraud case
BERN, Switzerland - Germany soccer great Franz Beckenbauer has been questioned in a Swiss federal investigation of suspected corruption linked to the 2006 World Cup. Criminal proceedings against Becke...
Mar 23, 2017
Calvillo credits veteran Tracy Ham for helping resurrect his CFL career
Anthony Calvillo and Tracy Ham are together again. Calvillo credits Ham with resurrecting his CFL career with the Montreal Alouettes, and Wednesday night Calvillo followed his mentor into the Canadian...
Mar 23, 2017
Linebacker Jordan Herdman looking for improvements at CFL combine
Jordan Herdman will be running against more than just the clock at the CFL combine. Pushing the Simon Fraser linebacker will be none other than his twin brother, Justin, who also played linebacker wit...
Mar 23, 2017
Leafs prospect Adam Brooks looking to bring a championship back to Regina
A few years ago, Adam Brooks was sitting at the end of the bench, wondering if he had what it took to succeed in major junior hockey. Back-to-back 100-point seasons, a couple of all-star selections an...
Mar 23, 2017
Could the NBA's star-resting phenomenon eventually reach the NHL?
Imagine the Chicago Blackhawks resting Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith all at once on the same night. Or the Pittsburgh Penguins doing the same with Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Phil...
Mar 23, 2017
