Category Archives: Sports
Stroman hits first HR; Blue Jays top Teheran, Braves 9-0
ATLANTA - John Gibbons thought Marcus Stroman might be the perfect choice to stop the Toronto Blue Jays’ skid after three straight losses to Atlanta. The manager didn’t expect Stroman to p...
May 18, 2017
Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson posts mocking tweet of Braves
Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson added to the budding rivalry between Toronto and the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night - but online. Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman had his wrist broken by ...
May 18, 2017
Police investigating death of man who fell at Wrigley Field
Chicago police are investigating the death of a 42-year-old man who fell over a railing at Wrigley Field. Richard E. Garrity of Wheaton was pronounced dead Wednesday at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medic...
May 18, 2017
Sens bottling up Crosby, high-powered Pens with aggravating approach
OTTAWA - Phil Kessel fired the puck hard into the sideboards during a lull in Penguins practice at the University of Ottawa, then bent to one knee and seemed to stew in his own frustration. Kessel had...
May 18, 2017
Canada will play Russia in world championship semifinal with win over Germany
COLOGNE, Germany - Canada had to overcome a vocal partisan crowd and a fired-up Germany squad to keep its chances of a third straight world hockey championship title alive. Mark Scheifele and Jeff Ski...
May 18, 2017
Raonic advances to Italian Open quarter-finals with convincing win over Berdych
ROME - Canada’s Milos Raonic advanced to the quarter-finals of the Italian Open on Thursday with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Czech veteran Tomas Berdych. The fifth seed from Thornhill, Ont., used his do...
May 18, 2017
2018 Games head says NHL not being greedy, will co-operate
LONDON - The head of the Pyeongchang Olympics organizing committee said Thursday that the NHL isn’t being “greedy” preventing hockey stars going to the 2018 Games and he was willing ...
May 18, 2017
WADA optimistic Russia is taking steps to fix its broken anti-doping system
MONTREAL - Beckie Scott is hoping that an athletes anti-doping charter of rights will help prevent the kind of infractions that nearly cost her a cross country skiing gold medal at the 2002 Olympics. ...
May 18, 2017
Pens won't say who starts Game 4; Fleury pulled in Game 3 loss
OTTAWA - Marc-Andre Fleury or Matt Murray? The Pittsburgh Penguins aren’t saying which of their two goaltenders will start Game 4 of the Eastern Conference final. Head coach Mike Sullivan said a...
May 18, 2017
Salford releases Australian winger who racially abused Toronto Wolfpack prop
SALFORD, England - Winger Justin Carney, suspended eight games for racially abusing a Toronto Wolfpack player, is leaving the Salford Red Devils. Carner landed on his feet, joining Hull Kingston Rover...
May 18, 2017
