Category Archives: Sports

BRISTOL, Conn. - ESPN broadcaster Robert Lee will not work Virginia’s season opener because of recent violence in Charlottesville sparked by the decision to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. R...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Rays’ 6-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night was their 62nd of the season. Alex Colome has saved 37 of them, the most in the major leagues. ...

LAS VEGAS - Jon Jones could face a lengthy suspension from mixed martial arts after the UFC light heavyweight champion was notified Tuesday of his second potential violation of the promotion’s a...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard was eliminated from the Connecticut Open on Tuesday night, falling in straight sets to top seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in the second round. Ra...

CLEVELAND - Kyrie Irving was tired of being teammates with LeBron James. Now he has to figure out how to beat him. Cleveland’s All-Star guard, who asked owner Dan Gilbert to trade him earlier th...

VANCOUVER - Fredy Montero didn’t celebrate his two-goal performance - at least on the field - the last time he suited up against the Seattle Sounders. The Whitecaps striker doesn’t plan on...

Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley is calling a midweek game against a middling Major League Soccer opponent the “biggest of the year” for his league-leading club. Sure, a Wednesday home m...

BOSTON - President Donald Trump has a Super Bowl championship ring - just like Vladimir Putin. New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft gave Trump the diamond-encrusted ring. The sitting president usua...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes hope to chase away a couple of nightmares when they face the Winnipeg Blue Bombers this week. The first was the catastrophic final 100 seconds of a 41-40 defeat in Wi...

TORONTO - The Edmonton Oilers’ first playoff berth in more than a decade ended in heartbreak, but Connor McDavid thinks the club will be better for it. “I think after going through the pla...