Category Archives: Sports

WINNIPEG - Mathieu Perreault thought he would try to take advantage of being left-handed and it worked. After some of his Jets teammates couldn’t beat Roberto Luongo on his glove side, the veter...

TORONTO - Peter Holland scored the shootout winner in his return to Toronto on Thursday night, less than a week after he was traded from the Maple Leafs to the Coyotes. “You can’t really s...

VANCOUVER - The hot seat is nothing new for Willie Desjardins. The under-fire head coach of the Vancouver Canucks looked to be in trouble with his team mired in an ugly nine-game losing streak earlier...

BOSTON - San Diego Padres infielder Yangervis Solarte is the winner of the 2016 Tony Conigliaro Award. The annual honour goes to a baseball player who overcomes adversity through “spirit, determ...

Whether as a flashy rising star or as a battle-tested veteran, Jaromir Jagr has impressed NHL legend Mark Messier for more than a quarter century. “When (Jagr) came into Pittsburgh he dazzled us...

Kavis Reed’s first off-season as a CFL general manager will be a challenging one. The 43-year-old native of Georgetown, S.C., was named as the Montreal Alouettes’ new GM on Wednesday, repl...

HOUSTON - Craig Sager never once thought about giving up as he battled cancer for more than two years. “Man, life is too beautiful, too wonderful, there’s just too many things,” he s...

MONTREAL - Without an obvious star player to carry the pressure and expectations, Canada’s team for the world junior hockey championship will be all about teamwork, speed and desire. The final 2...

OTTAWA - Ice dancers Alexandra Paul and Mitchell Islam, members of Canada’s team at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, have decided to call it a competitive career. Paul and Islam are six-time members of ...

It’s been almost two decades since Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau made their NHL debuts, but the San Jose Sharks old-timers still have some gas left in the tank. The 37-year-olds are in the tw...