Category Archives: Sports
Leafs will try to embrace the big moment with post-season berth up for grabs
TORONTO - James van Riemsdyk has stepped onto the ice at the Olympics and Stanley Cup final. Brian Boyle has racked up 100 playoff games in the NHL, including a pair of visits to the final himself. Ro...
Apr 07, 2017
Bloom enjoying life back home in Atlanta, but welcomes return to Toronto
TORONTO - Mark Bloom circled the date on his calendar as soon as the MLS schedule came out. The former Toronto FC defender returns to BMO Field on Saturday, this time as a member of expansion Atlanta ...
Apr 07, 2017
After Champions League disappointment, wounded Whitecaps visit Real Salt Lake
Battered, bruised and disappointed, the Vancouver Whitecaps don’t have much time to dwell on what might have been. Vancouver was bounced from the CONCACAF Champions League semifinals on Wednesda...
Apr 07, 2017
Senators overcome key injuries, pull out of nosedive to wrap up playoff spot
OTTAWA - When Pierre Dorion took over as Senators general manager before this NHL season, he was confident he was inheriting a playoff-calibre team. Dorion can now breathe a sigh of relief after Ottaw...
Apr 07, 2017
Canadiens to let key players rest up in final regular season games
BROSSARD, Que. - The Montreal Canadiens will use the final weekend of the NHL regular season to give some veterans a rest. Coach Claude Julien said injured defencemen Shea Weber and Alexei Emelin will...
Apr 07, 2017
Doc 'Giants of Africa' follows Raptors president Masai Ujiri to native Nigeria
TORONTO - A decade before Masai Ujiri joined the Toronto Raptors’ head office, he began running basketball camps in his native Nigeria to share his knowledge and passion for the game with the co...
Apr 07, 2017
Phil Mickelson's gambler pal convicted: 'I'm in total shock'
NEW YORK - A Las Vegas gambler linked to golfer Phil Mickelson saw the jury verdict convicting him of insider trading charges Friday as only a gambler could. “I just lost the biggest bet of my l...
Apr 07, 2017
American Ryan Burroughs living the dream with the Toronto Wolfpack
Rugby league has taken Ryan Burroughs from his Virginia home to Australia and now England, where the man they call Captain America is currently based with the Toronto Wolfpack. The 25-year-old back, w...
Apr 07, 2017
Pens won't say if Crosby will rest this weekend; Malkin nearing return
TORONTO - The Pittsburgh Penguins have two games left in the regular season with nothing on the line, and whether Sidney Crosby will play in one or both remains a mystery. Penguins head coach Mike Sul...
Apr 07, 2017
World championship bleeds into Olympic prep for Canadian women's hockey team
PLYMOUTH, Mich. - On the heels of the women’s world hockey championship, Canada will immediately begin workomg toward getting the gold at next year’s Winter Olympics. The country’s t...
Apr 07, 2017
