Category Archives: Sports
Promoter GYM to feature women's bout for first time as Dicaire faces Garland
MONTREAL - Boxing promoter Groupe Yvon Michel announced Monday it will have a women’s fight as the main event for the first time in the company’s history when Marie-Eve Dicaire faces Lisa ...
Jan 30, 2017
Wayne Simmonds a sneaky find for Philadelphia Flyers
Wayne Simmonds was basically a footnote on the whirlwind summer day that transformed the Philadelphia Flyers. It was June 23, 2011, when then-general manager Paul Holmgren pulled the trigger on three ...
Jan 30, 2017
Canadian curler John Epping says he received loads of support after coming out
TORONTO - It has been over five years since curler John Epping told family, friends, and peers in his sport’s community that he was gay. “I got a ton of messages,” he said. “An...
Jan 30, 2017
Warriors coach derides Trump administration's travel ban
PORTLAND, Ore. - Warriors coach Steve Kerr expressed dismay over President Donald Trump’s executive order that bans citizens of seven majority Muslim countries from entering the United States. K...
Jan 29, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Sunday’s Games NHL All-Star Game: Central 3 Pacific 10 All-Star Game: Atlantic 6 Metropolitan 10 All-Star Game Final: Metropolitan 4 Pacific 3 — NFL Pro Bowl AFC 20 NFC 13 — NBA Atla...
Jan 29, 2017
Sunday's Games
Sunday’s Games NHL All-Star Game: Central 3 Pacific 10 All-Star Game: Atlantic 6 Metropolitan 10 All-Star Game Final: Metropolitan 4 Pacific 3 — NFL Pro Bowl AFC 20 NFC 13 — NBA Atla...
Jan 29, 2017
AFC holds on to defeat NFC 20-13 in Pro Bowl
ORLANDO, Fla. - The Pro Bowl has long been more about showmanship than competition. Clearly, that memo missed Lorenzo Alexander. The Buffalo Bills linebacker could have just sat on a late interception...
Jan 29, 2017
CHL says players, staff accounted for in Quebec City ahead of top prospects game
QUEBEC - The Canadian Hockey League says that its players and staff in Quebec City are “safe and accounted for” after a shooting incident at a mosque in the city on Sunday night. The leagu...
Jan 29, 2017
Brad Gushue to play in hometown Brier after claiming Newfoundland title
Brad Gushue will get to play in a Tim Hortons Brier in his hometown for the first time. Gushue’s team from St. John’s, N.L., captured its provincial title on Saturday night to earn a spot ...
Jan 29, 2017
LA Kings Hall of Fame announcer Bob Miller has mild stroke
LOS ANGELES - Bob Miller, the Hall of Fame television play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Kings, is hospitalized after suffering a mild stroke. The Kings said Sunday night that Miller was stric...
Jan 29, 2017
