Category Archives: Sports

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Blue Jackets talked about gaining some ground in the playoff push in a seven-game homestand that began Thursday night. Instead, they ran into a hot goalie and were shut o...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays finalized one-year deals with left-hander J.P. Howell and right-hander Joe Smith on Thursday. Both contracts are for US$3 million. The 33-year-old Howell pitched for th...

NEW YORK - Charles Oakley maintains he did nothing wrong before he was surrounded by Madison Square Garden security officials. Something has happened, though, to turn him from popular player to person...

HOCHFILZEN, Austria - Julia Ransom, of Kelowna, B.C., Rosanna Crawford, of Canmore, Alta., Brendan Green, of Hay River, N.W.T., and Calgary’s Scott Gow finished 13th on Friday in the mixed relay...

DETROIT - Three Michigan State University football players have been suspended from team activities and removed from on-campus housing as part of a sexual assault investigation. A staff member associa...

VANCOUVER - Sheanon Williams wants to bring some of his hometown’s championship swagger to the Vancouver Whitecaps. Acquired from the Houston Dynamo in December, the 26-year-old Boston native wa...

CALGARY - Former Calgary Stampeder player and team president Bill Britton has died at 82. Britton died at his Calgary home on Monday, the Stampeders said Thursday in a statement. He played seven CFL s...

Winnipeg head coach Paul Maurice has no problem with Jets goaltender Ondrej Pavelec’s decision to pull himself from a game. Pavelec headed to the bench six minutes into the second period of Winn...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Chris Jones has denied a report that the Saskatchewan Roughriders illegally worked out former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel. “The Saskatchewan Rough...

TORONTO - Rob Gale’s search for young soccer talent knows no borders, as evidenced by the Canadian under-20 coach’s squad for the CONCACAF Men’s Under-20 Championship later this mont...