Category Archives: Sports
NewsAlert: Islanders fire head coach Capuano; assistant GM Weight takes over
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Jack Capuano is out as head coach of the New York Islanders. The team says assistant general manager Doug Weight will take over on an interim basis. The 17-17-8 Islanders are last in ...
Jan 17, 2017
Former Expo Tim Raines looking good to make Hall of Fame in final year on ballot
MONTREAL - Based on ballots made public this week by American sports writer Ryan Thibodaux, former Montreal Expo Tim Raines could pull off a rare feat on Wednesday. Being named to the Baseball Hall of...
Jan 17, 2017
Champ's artistic side to be displayed at Muhammad Ali Center
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - When Muhammad Ali wasn’t jabbing or dancing in the ring, he sometimes liked dabbling as an artist. Now, 15 drawings created by The Greatest are being donated to the Muhammad Al...
Jan 17, 2017
Will Canadian Lindell Wigginton be the next star produced by Oak Hill Academy?
Lindell Wigginton of Dartmouth, N.S., is the first Canadian basketball player to attend the fabled Oak Hill Academy in the tiny town of Mouth of Wilson, Va. The private prep school has produced a who&...
Jan 17, 2017
Sakic, Koivu, Selanne, Krupp, Ruggiero named to IIHF Hall of Fame
Joe Sakic as well as Finnish stars Saku Koivu and Teemu Selanne are among five former players named Tuesday for induction into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame. The IIHF aso announ...
Jan 17, 2017
Canadian Wigginton shines on basketball court at storied Oak Hill Academy
MOUTH OF WILSON, Va. - Several decades of basketball greatness can be found at the end of a two-lane, unlit highway that winds unforgivingly through the Blue Ridge Mountains in southern Virginia. Past...
Jan 17, 2017
Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign receiver Kenny Stafford to two-year contract
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed free-agent receiver Kenny Stafford to a two-year contract on Tuesday. The 26-year-old Columbus native was released by the Montreal Alouettes late last seaso...
Jan 17, 2017
NHL 100: Tales from the police blotter
In its 100 years, the NHL has been parked at the intersection of violence, emotion and money. Inevitably, some of that would spill over the boards into the criminal realm. In the latest edition of NHL...
Jan 17, 2017
Monday's Games
Monday’s Games NHL Edmonton 3 Arizona 1 Detroit 1 Montreal 0 San Jose 5 Winnipeg 2 Buffalo 4 Dallas 1 N.Y. Islanders 4 Boston 0 Tampa Bay 2 Los Angeles 1 Pittsburgh 8 Washington 7 (OT) — A...
Jan 16, 2017
Rookie Jujhar Khaira's first NHL goal lifts Oilers over Coyotes 3-1
EDMONTON - Jujhar Khaira had played it out so many times on the streets of Surrey, B.C., with his friends. Khaira’s first goal in the NHL stood up as the winner as the Edmonton Oilers defeated t...
Jan 16, 2017
