Category Archives: Sports

VANCOUVER - All the Vancouver Canucks can do this week is wait and hope. The club began its NHL-mandated five-day break Monday after a hectic stretch that saw Vancouver conclude a six-game road trip, ...

BROSSARD, Que. - They skated hard, battled and worked, and that’s just how new coach Claude Julien wants the Montreal Canadiens’ practices to be. Julien finally got to put the Canadiens th...

NEW YORK - The NHL has suspended Winnipeg Jets defenceman Jacob Trouba for two games for an illegal check to the head of Ottawa Senators forward Mark Stone. The incident occurred at 6:42 of the third ...

DUNEDIN, Fla. - Marcus Stroman wasn’t as consistent as he wanted to be in his first full season in the major leagues last year. So the Blue Jays right-hander streamlined his mechanics in an effo...

Sacramento general manager Vlade Divac headed into All-Star weekend convinced it was finally time to part ways with ultra-talented centre DeMarcus Cousins. Befitting a franchise that appears headed to...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - In less than two hours in December, fullback Chris Duvall bounced from the New York Red Bulls to Minnesota United to the Montreal Impact. “It was an interesting day for su...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes extended the contracts of running back Brandon Rutley and defensive back Jovon Johnson on Monday. Four-year veteran Rutley inked a two-year deal while Johnson signed ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - It’s been a whirlwind two weeks for Montreal Impact fullback Ambroise Oyongo since helping Cameroon beat Egypt and win the Africa Cup of Nations. After the comeback win Fe...

NEW YORK - Winnipeg Jets right-wing Patrik Laine, Toronto Maple Leafs centre Nazem Kadri and Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid are the NHL’s three stars of the week. Laine led the NHL with f...

NHL rookie classes like this one don’t come around very often. It’s been almost 25 years since we last saw three rookies hit both the 20-goal and 70 point plateaus in the same season (1992...