Category Archives: Sports

BEIJING - Canada is on the verge of clinching a playoff spot at the world women’s curling championship after a pair of victories on Tuesday. Ottawa’s Rachel Homan defeated South Korea̵...

STORRS, Conn. - UConn’s Kia Nurse heard the boasts from Syracuse that it would bring the best backcourt in America into Monday night’s second-round rematch of last year’s national ch...

EDMONTON - If Edmonton Oilers goalie Cam Talbot is getting worn out after making his NHL-leading 65th start of the season on Monday, it’s not showing. Talbot made 35 saves to record his second s...

TORONTO - Nazem Kadri called Monday’s game a “must-win” for the Maple Leafs if they were to have any hope of chasing down the Boston Bruins for third spot in the Atlantic division. I...

NEW YORK - Calgary Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk was suspended for two games by the NHLfor elbowing Los Angeles Kings defenceman Drew Doughty. Tkachuk will miss Calgary’s upcoming games Tuesday...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Two former Penn State officials who struck plea deals with prosecutors are expected to testify against ex-university president Graham Spanier at a child endangerment trial linked to ...

CLEVELAND - Former CFL kicker Brett Maher signed Monday with the NFL’s Cleveland Browns. The six-foot-one, 183-pound Maher made 41-of-50 field goal attempts last season with the Hamilton Tiger-C...

DUNEDIN, Fla. - Toronto Blue Jays star Josh Donaldson made his spring training debut Monday, going 0 for 2 with a walk in his first game since injuring his right calf more than a month ago. The 2015 A...

BOSTON - A former friend of ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez told the jury at his double-murder trial Monday that Hernandez opened fire on a car because he believed two men inside had taunted him at a Bost...

Julia (The Jewel) Budd was more worried about her quality of life last year than fighting for a mixed martial arts title. Two weeks after learning last April of a Bellator title shot, the 33-year-old ...