Category Archives: Sports
Sens nearly defy the odds to Stanley Cup final, fall just short in Game 7
PITTSBURGH - Bobby Ryan was standing right beside the net, helplessly watching Chris Kunitz beat Craig Anderson to end the Ottawa Senators’ season in double overtime of the Eastern Conference fi...
May 25, 2017
James passes Jordan, Cavs back in Finals with 135-102 win
BOSTON - The NBA Finals has its first “three-match,” courtesy of a King who passed His Airness. LeBron James scored 35 points and passed Michael Jordan to become the NBA’s all-time p...
May 25, 2017
LeBron James breaks Michael Jordan's playoff scoring record
BOSTON - King James has another throne. LeBron James surpassed Michael Jordan for the top spot on the NBA’s all-time playoff scoring list, scoring 35 points against Boston on Thursday night to r...
May 25, 2017
FRENCH OPEN '17: 30 is the new 25 in men's tennis right now
PARIS - The very top of men’s tennis has never been this old. For the first time in the history of the ATP computer rankings, which date to the early 1970s, the men sitting at Nos. 1-5 are all 3...
May 25, 2017
Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Latakos trims time off his own world record
ARBON, Switzerland - Wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos bettered his world record in the T53 category 100-metre competition on an eight-medal day for Canada at the Daniela Jutzeler para-athletics competit...
May 25, 2017
Toronto FC faces rival Columbus without star strikers Altidore, Giovinco
TORONTO - Jozy Altidore will cheer on from the sidelines while serving a suspension. Sebastian Giovinco is in the final stages of recovering from an injury. Toronto FC hosts the Columbus Crew on Frida...
May 25, 2017
Thursday's Games
Thursday’s Games NHL Playoffs Pittsburgh 3 Ottawa 2 (2OT) (Penguins win series 4-3) — NBA Playoffs Cleveland 135 Boston 102 (Cavaliers win series 4-1) — MLB American League Kansas Ci...
May 25, 2017
A case of the drunken cricketer and the parrot defence
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A New Zealand cricket player offered this explanation for another drunken driving offence - he was rushing home to console his girlfriend over a dead parrot. The lawyer for D...
May 25, 2017
Predators just 1 NHL team winning thanks to their Swedes
NASHVILLE - Filip Forsberg is having quite the spring for the Nashville Predators, setting franchise records with his eight goals and 15 points. He’s tied the team mark with at least a point in ...
May 25, 2017
Coach John Mitchell leaving the U.S. Eagles for South Africa's Bulls
U.S. rugby coach John Mitchell is leaving for South Africa’s Bulls after next month’s World Cup qualifying series against Canada. The New Zealander will take over in July as executive of r...
May 25, 2017
