Category Archives: Sports

TORONTO - Left-fielder Teoscar Hernandez was so excited by the biggest game of his young career that he couldn’t wait to see his family visiting him in Toronto. Unfortunately, that meant rushing...

ATLANTA - The Miami Marlins’ radio broadcast was off the air Sunday because of technical problems at its flagship station caused by Hurricane Irma. Play-by-play announcer Dave Van Horne, in his ...

HOUSTON - With all eyes on the tunnel leading under the stands, J.J. Watt emerged. He raised a Texas flag skyward before screaming “let’s go,” sending NRG Stadium into a frenzy. Watt...

REGINA - Edmonton’s Val Sweeting defended her Grand Slam of Curling Tour Challenge title on Sunday with a 6-5 comeback win over Anna Hasselborg of Sweden. Sweeting trailed 5-2 after five ends, b...

TORONTO - Eric Perez recalls writing down his blueprint for rugby league in Canada on a fish and chips wrapper. Then he threw himself into reaching his five goals, with the main one bringing a team in...

Hall of Fame defenceman Pierre Pilote, a three-time Norris Trophy winner who helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup in 1961, has died. He was 85. The Blackhawks said in a statement Sunday t...

Frank de Boer spoke of his “hope for the future” at Crystal Palace despite the team’s record-setting fourth straight loss to open the English Premier League season. Whether he’...

Canada’s men’s soccer team will take on CONCACAF Gold Cup rival El Salvador in Houston next month in an international friendly. Canada Soccer said in a release Sunday that a portion of the...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - Canada beat Hong Kong 38-0 on Sunday to finish seventh in the eight-team World Rugby under-20 Trophy. James O’Neill scored his second try of the match in the 78th minute to...

CAIRNS, Australia - Canadian Miranda Miller won the elite downhill title at the mountain bike world championships on Sunday, giving Canada its second medal in as many days at the event. The Squamish, ...