Category Archives: Sports
Bettman upholds 10-game suspension of Ducks' Vermette
NEW YORK - NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on Saturday upheld the 10-game suspension assessed to Anaheim Ducks centre Antoine Vermette for slashing a linesman. Vermette slapped his stick against the bac...
Feb 25, 2017
Canada beats South Korea 6-3 to win bronze at world junior curling playdowns
GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of - Canada’s Kristen Streifel defeated South Korea’s Min Ji Kim 6-3 on Saturday to win the bronze medal at the world junior curling championship. Streifel and h...
Feb 25, 2017
ACC's Swofford encouraged by bill to repeal NC's HB2 law
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford says he’s encouraged that North Carolina lawmakers have filed bipartisan legislation to repeal a law that limits protectio...
Feb 25, 2017
Transgender boy wins controversial girls state title
CYPRESS, Texas - Mack Beggs had just won a state wrestling title Saturday in a category he didn’t want to be in. But instead of wallowing in a debate about what should or should not have happene...
Feb 25, 2017
WADA: Hard to secure bans for many Russians in doping cases
MOSCOW - There “simply may not be sufficient evidence” to secure bans for many of the Russian athletes implicated in an alleged state-backed doping scheme, the World Anti-Doping Agency sai...
Feb 25, 2017
Colombian bar pays homage to soccer players killed in crash
MEDELLIN, Colombia - It’s just like many little sports bars around the world: Photos of members of a favourite team line the walls, young men smiling proudly in their uniforms. In this case, tho...
Feb 25, 2017
Yang leads by 5 strokes into final round of LPGA Thailand
CHONBURI, Thailand - Amy Yang of South Korea completed a third-round, 7-under 65 early Sunday to take a five-stroke lead into the final round of the rain-hit LPGA Thailand tournament. Yang had a three...
Feb 25, 2017
Stuhec wins super-G to close in on Shiffrin as Vonn crashes
CRANS MONTANA, Switzerland - Suddenly the overall title is not looking so certain for Mikaela Shiffrin after Ilka Stuhec won a super-G race on Saturday. There was also a worrying crash for Lindsey Von...
Feb 25, 2017
Jansrud wins men's downhill to close in on title
KVITFJELL, Norway - Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud took a key step toward the downhill skiing World Cup title on Saturday with a victory in Kvitfjell while Canadians Manuel Osborne-Paradis and Erik Gua...
Feb 25, 2017
Marner to miss fifth straight game against Canadiens; Bozak a game-time decision
TORONTO - Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock thinks star rookie Mitch Marner is ready to return to the lineup, but the team will hold the 19-year-old forward out for a fifth consecutive game Saturday...
Feb 25, 2017
