Category Archives: Sports
Big-hitters Henderson, Wie stake major claim at Women's PGA
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. - Michelle Wie launched a 3-wood into swirling gusts and toward the 18th green, wondering if the shot had enough steam to get there. A shift in the wind took the guesswork out of ...
Jun 29, 2017
Barrett headlines Canada's team that's aiming for medal at U19 World Cup
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - R.J. Barrett would love to get his driver’s license. But finding the time for that particular rite of passage has proven impossible for the talented 17-year-old. Barrett is t...
Jun 29, 2017
Jones tries to fill void left by star linebacker Sherritt as Eskimos host Alouettes
EDMONTON - When Korey Jones came north to the CFL in 2014, the then 25-year-old from the University of Wyoming considered himself a professional football player. When he met J.C. Sherritt, then in his...
Jun 29, 2017
Canada's women's soccer team to host United States in friendly on Nov. 9
VANCOUVER - Canada’s women’s soccer team will battle its American rivals in two games next fall. The Canadians and Americans will clash on November 9 at Vancouver’s BC Place Stadium ...
Jun 29, 2017
National rugby team star Harvey named head coach of McGill women's squad
MONTREAL - Magali Harvey, international women’s rugby player of the year in 2014, was named coach of the McGill University Martlets on Thursday. Harvey, 26, helped Canada win gold at the 2015 Pa...
Jun 29, 2017
Dave Semenko, the enforcer who opened up the ice for Wayne Gretzky, dies at 59
EDMONTON - Dave Semenko, who defined hockey’s tough guy role as Wayne Gretzky’s bodyguard and once went three rounds with boxing legend Muhammad Ali, has died after a battle with cancer. H...
Jun 29, 2017
MLB umpire Tumpane rescues woman on Pittsburgh bridge
PITTSBURGH - John Tumpane can’t explain why he approached the woman as she hopped over the railing of the Roberto Clemente Bridge on Wednesday afternoon. The woman told Tumpane she just wanted t...
Jun 29, 2017
Canadiens name Carriere GM of AHL Laval Rocket, keep Lefebvre on as coach
LAVAL, Que. - When the Montreal Canadiens announced Thursday that Sylvain Lefebvre was staying on as coach of their American Hockey League team, the response on social media was overwhelmingly negativ...
Jun 29, 2017
Unlike NBA, NHL mostly devoid of star movement in free agency
On the same day that Connor McDavid was nearing agreement on an eight-year extension with the Edmonton Oilers, another star was moving elsewhere in the National Basketball Association. Unlike the NBA,...
Jun 29, 2017
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games MLB American League Toronto 4 Baltimore 0 Cleveland 5 Texas 3 Kansas City 8 Detroit 2 Minnesota 4 Boston 1 N.Y. Yankees 12 Chicago White Sox 3 Houston 11 Oakland 8 National Lea...
Jun 28, 2017
