Category Archives: Sports
Beltre bolstering Hall case while closing in on 3,000 hits
Adrian Beltre needs 11 hits to reach 3,000 - a milestone that would bring some long overdue attention to a quietly great player. Beltre has never won an MVP award, and he’s been an All-Star only...
Jul 24, 2017
Sunday's Games
Sunday’s Games MLB American League Cleveland 8 Toronto 1 Texas 6 Tampa Bay 5 Baltimore 9 Houston 7 Detroit 9 Minnesota 6 Kansas City 5 Chicago White Sox 4 L.A. Angels 3 Boston 2 N.Y. Yankees 6 S...
Jul 23, 2017
Canada loses to Czech Republic in four sets in final women's Grand Prix match
RICHMOND, B.C. - The Czech Republic earned a 3-1 win over Canada in its final match of Group 2 pool play on Sunday, knocking off the home side to pick up its seventh win of the 2017 FIVB World Grand P...
Jul 23, 2017
Vancouver Whitecaps fall to undermanned Portland Timbers 2-1
VANCOUVER - Caleb Porter spent the last few days trying to patch together a lineup with injuries, suspensions and international duty ravaging his roster. At the final whistle Sunday, the head coach of...
Jul 23, 2017
CFL rookie Wilder to get the start at running back for Argos versus Redblacks
TORONTO - James Wilder Jr. is hoping to get a little physical with the Ottawa Redblacks on Monday night. Wilder will get the start at running back for the Toronto Argonauts (2-2) in place of veteran B...
Jul 23, 2017
Canada's Pavan and Humana-Paredes win silver on beach volleyball World Tour
OLSZYNA, Poland - Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ont., and Toronto’s Melissa Humana-Paredes earned silver after a 2-1 loss to Brazil’s Talita Antunes and Larissa Franca on Sunday at a beach vol...
Jul 23, 2017
Kluber strikes out season-high 14, Indians top Blue Jays 8-1
CLEVELAND - Corey Kluber’s stiff neck cleared up a day too soon for the Toronto Blue Jays. Cleveland’s ace struck out a season-high 14 in 7 2/3 innings and showed no signs of the neck prob...
Jul 23, 2017
Canada's Brent Lakatos wins fourth gold of world para athletics championships
LONDON - Brent Lakatos of Dorval, Que., brought home his fourth gold medal of the world para athletics championships on Sunday. Lakatos finished the men’s T53 100-metre final in 14.52 seconds, a...
Jul 23, 2017
Sydney Pickrem, Penny Oleksiak move into finals at FINA world championships
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Sydney Pickrem put herself in medal contention at the FINA world championships on Sunday by breaking her own Canadian record in the 200-metre individual medley semifinal. Pickrem o...
Jul 23, 2017
Blue Jays acquire Refsnyder from Yankees for minor league prospect McBroom
TORONTO - Utility player Rob Refsnyder was acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon in a trade with the New York Yankees. First baseman Ryan McBroom was sent to New York in return. Design...
Jul 23, 2017
