Category Archives: Sports
Impact's Bernier to attend Canada's selection camp ahead of CONCACAF Gold Cup
Montreal Impact captain Patrice Bernier has confirmed that he will be at the Canadian men’s national soccer team camp as it prepares for the upcoming CONCACAF Gold Cup. Highly touted youth goalk...
May 23, 2017
Callum Booth bounces back to lead Sea Dogs into Memorial Cup semifinal
WINDSOR, Ont. - The Saint John Sea Dogs’ season was on the line and they needed more from Callum Booth after a blow out by the Erie Otters only 24 hours earlier. Booth delivered. The 20-year-old...
May 23, 2017
Ottawa Fury down Toronto FC 2-1 in first leg of Voyageurs Cup semifinal
OTTAWA - No one was more shocked than Ottawa Fury coach Paul Dalglish. Ryan Williams and Sito Seoane scored second-half goals as Ottawa rallied to a 2-1 win on Tuesday in their first-ever meeting with...
May 23, 2017
Faster, higher, rustier: Medals from Rio Olympics damaged
Kyle Snyder made history at the Rio Olympics by becoming the youngest American wrestler to win a gold medal. The medal will soon be history as well, to be replaced by the IOC and Rio organizers becaus...
May 23, 2017
Natural centre Gabriel Vilardi growing into role on wing with Spitfires
WINDSOR, Ont. - Windsor Spitfires coach Rocky Thompson is using forward Gabriel Vilardi as much as possible, but the top prospect had to be willing to adapt to make it happen. The 17-year-old Vilardi ...
May 23, 2017
Canadian figure skater Gabrielle Daleman sidelined after abdominal surgery
TORONTO - World figure skating bronze medallist Gabrielle Daleman will be sidelined for two weeks after surgery to remove an abdominal cyst. The 19-year-old from Newmarket, Ont., was forced to miss th...
May 23, 2017
Toronto FC's Jozy Altidore makes $10,000 donation
Toronto FC striker Jozy Altidore is making a $10,000 donation to the Hospital for Sick Children. Altidore’s donation, through the Jozy Altidore Foundation, will help fund and maintain the Toront...
May 23, 2017
Raptors look to win — and learn more about esports world in NBA gaming league
TORONTO - The growing world of esports grabbed Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment’s attention last August when the Air Canada Centre hosted the North American “League of Legends” ...
May 23, 2017
How the Nashville Predators reached their first Stanley Cup final
Ten years ago the Nashville Predators scooped up future Hall of Famer Peter Forsberg at the trade deadline and finished with the NHL’s third-best record. A deep run seemed inevitable. Instead, t...
May 23, 2017
New Zealand race car driver Dixon calls robbery a big "contrast"
TORONTO - It was intended as a celebration but turned into a nightmare. Two days after he was robbed at gunpoint, IndyCar driver Scott Dixon reflected on the harrowing experience that was a big “...
May 23, 2017
