Category Archives: Sports
Questions remain on Hernandez wealth after conviction erased
BOSTON - Questions abound after a judge erased ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez’s murder conviction in a 2013 killing. Chief among them: What, if any, wealth did the former New England Patriots tight...
May 10, 2017
Toronto Blue Jays slugger Morales day to day with hamstring strain
Toronto Blue Jays slugger Kendrys Morales will be re-evaluated later this week after suffering a hamstring strain in Tuesday’s loss to the Cleveland Indians. Morales left the game after experien...
May 10, 2017
Ex-champ Pascal's clash with Alvarez clash looks to revive boxing interest
MONTREAL - A clash of local contenders Jean Pascal and Eleider Alvarez and a title defence by Adonis Stevenson may be just what was needed to shake Canadian pro boxing out of the doldrums. Fans who ha...
May 10, 2017
Los Angeles Olympic dreams might be delayed to 2028
Los Angeles could lose and win its Olympics gamble, ending up with the 2028 Games it never sought and the costly prospect of retooling its multibillion-dollar plans for more than a decade into the fut...
May 10, 2017
Family and football brought Dylan Ainsworth home to the B.C. Lions
SURREY, B.C. - Dylan Ainsworth got blindsided twice last spring. The defensive lineman was injured on the third day of training camp with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, a neck problem initially thought...
May 10, 2017
Olympic hockey silver as a player, Schuler wants to coach Canadian women to gold
CALGARY - Laura Schuler just bought a house in New Hampshire. She won’t be living in it much this year. Schuler will relocate to Calgary in July and begin preparing for what she and the country ...
May 10, 2017
Canadian tennis stars Bouchard, Raonic, post big wins at Madrid Open
MADRID - Canadian tennis stars Eugenie Bouchard and Milos Raonic advanced with big wins Wednesday at the Madrid Open. Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., moved on to the women’s quarter-finals after...
May 10, 2017
Former player Laura Schuler to coach Canada's Olympic women's hockey team
CALGARY - Laura Schuler will coach the Canadian women’s hockey team at next year’s Winter Olympics. The 46-year-old from Toronto is tasked with leading Canada to a fifth straight gold meda...
May 10, 2017
Former NHLer McKegney facing impaired driving charge in Ontario: police
BELLEVILLE, Ont. - Police say a former National Hockey League player has been charged with impaired driving on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, east of Belleville, Ont. Tyendinaga police said Wednesda...
May 10, 2017
Eskimos head coach Maas good with giving up play-calling duties to Walch
There’ll be a surprise visitor this season at the Edmonton Eskimos’ special-teams and defensive meetings. Sophomore head coach Jason Maas expects to sit in on the sessions in 2017 after pr...
May 10, 2017
