Category Archives: Sports
Medal contenders lead Canadian speedskating team into World Cup season
CALGARY - Denny Morrison, Ted-Jan Bloemen, Ivanie Blondin and Vincent de Haitre headline the Canadian long-track speedskating team competing in the first World Cup races of the season. The team was ch...
Oct 26, 2017
Former Arizona Coyotes captain Shane Doan joins NHL front office
NEW YORK - Former Arizona Coyotes captain Shane Doan has joined the NHL’s hockey operations department, the league announced Friday. Doan will work with senior executive vice-president of hockey...
Oct 26, 2017
Redblacks have sights set on first in CFL East, but must be wary of improved Ticats
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks have a playoff spot locked up, but there’s still plenty to play for in the last game of the regular season. The Redblacks (7-9-1) host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (5-11...
Oct 26, 2017
Lewis returns to where stellar CFL career started as Alouettes visit Riders
An otherwise insignificant game for the Montreal Alouettes will hold special meaning for veteran slotback Nik Lewis. Lewis will return to where his stellar CFL career started on Friday, albeit seven b...
Oct 26, 2017
Toronto Wolfpack release five players as preparations continue for promotion
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack have cut five players, including two Canadian internationals, as they prepare for life in the second tier of English rugby league. Gone are Steve Crossley, Tom Dempsey, ...
Oct 26, 2017
Toronto FC ready for hard-pressing Red Bulls in MLS Eastern Conference semifinal
Toronto FC posed for its team photo Thursday, with the Voyageurs Cup and Supporters’ Shield proudly displayed in front. The battle for a third trophy, the MLS Cup, starts for real Monday against...
Oct 26, 2017
Ice dancers Weaver, Poje going back to old favourite in Olympic season
REGINA - Canada’s Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje hope a page from their past will help them climb the Olympic podium. The ice dancers have gone back to their popular free dance to “Je Suis...
Oct 26, 2017
Veteran trainer Mark Casse sending seven horses to Breeders' Cup event
Mark Casse will have three horses in the Juvenile Fillies and a strong favourite in the Mile at this years’ Breeder’s Cup, but experience has taught him to never assume anything. Casse, ni...
Oct 26, 2017
Canadian basketball player hopes for better opportunities for Indigenous athletes
Michael Linklater remembers the day he fell in love with the game. His elementary school in Saskatoon had just laid a new asphalt basketball court, and a group of older boys playing pick-up had drawn ...
Oct 26, 2017
Girardi fired as Yankees manager, leaving with 'heavy heart'
Joe Girardi was fired as New York Yankees manager Thursday after a decade that produced just one World Series title for a team that expects to win every year. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman ann...
Oct 26, 2017
