Category Archives: Sports
Correa, Altuve, Astros rout Red Sox 8-2, take 2-0 ALDS lead
HOUSTON - Carlos Correa, Jose Altuve and the high-powered Astros led the majors in runs, hits and batting average in the regular season. Now that it’s playoff time, Houston is still hammering aw...
Oct 06, 2017
Developmental Canadian side opens play at the Americas Pacific Challenge
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - Kyle Gimour will captain Canada ‘A’ against Argentina XV at the Americas Pacific Challenge on Saturday. The six-team rugby tournament also features developmental side...
Oct 06, 2017
Caps' Walker set to become first Australian to play in NHL
ARLINGTON, Va. - Washington Capitals forward Nathan Walker will become the first Australian player to dress in an NHL game when he makes his debut Saturday night against the Montreal Canadiens. Walker...
Oct 06, 2017
Former Brier champ and longtime curling broadcaster Ray Turnbull dies at 78
Ray Turnbull, a member of the World Curling Hall of Fame and Manitoba’s 1965 Brier championship team, has died. He was 78. Curling Canada said on its website that Turnbull died of leukemia at th...
Oct 06, 2017
Argonauts host Roughriders at BMO Field chasing a fourth straight victory
TORONTO - Argonauts linebacker Rico Murray can see Trent Richardson having a busy CFL debut. Richardson, the new Roughriders running back, will play his first CFL game Saturday when Saskatchewan (7-6)...
Oct 06, 2017
Coach Mike Babcock says Leafs have to get better in home opener against Rangers
TORONTO - Despite watching his team win 7-2 in Winnipeg to kick off the season, Mike Babcock wants improvements in Saturday’s home opener against the New York Rangers. The Maple Leafs coach reel...
Oct 06, 2017
Whitecaps looking to build on lead atop MLS West against Red Bulls
With a playoff berth already secured, the Vancouver Whitecaps now have their sights set on a couple of bigger prizes. The club sits first in Major League Soccer’s Western Conference heading into...
Oct 06, 2017
With B.C. in desperate need of a win, Lions set to host Ottawa Redblacks
VANCOUVER - There was a palpable anger in the B.C. Lions’ locker-room following a last-second loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats two weeks ago. Wally Buono would like to see a little more of that e...
Oct 06, 2017
Coach Octavio Zambrano says there is much more Canadian soccer talent out there
Octavio Zambrano looks across Canada and wonders about the soccer talent that has fallen through the cracks. Zambrano, head coach of the Canadian men’s national team program, says it’s his...
Oct 06, 2017
IOC suspends Olympic official Nuzman in vote-buying case
ZURICH - After being arrested in Rio de Janeiro and accused of storing gold bars in Switzerland, Brazilian Olympic Committee president Carlos Nuzman was suspended by the IOC on Friday. The decision ca...
Oct 06, 2017
