Category Archives: Sports
Dodgers' Roberts, Indians' Francona win Manager of Year
NEW YORK - Long before they were honoured for guiding teams with depleted rosters to first-place finishes, Dave Roberts and Terry Francona were forever linked. Fans in Boston and beyond will always re...
Nov 15, 2016
NHL GMs debate place of blindside hits, shootout tweaks and expansion
TORONTO - When Maple Leafs centre Nazem Kadri clocked Canucks winger Daniel Sedin from the blindside on Nov. 5 he inadvertently reignited a debate about blindside hits in the National Hockey League. T...
Nov 15, 2016
CFL breaks with tradition, moving CFL combine from Toronto to Regina
REGINA - The CFL is breaking with 17 years of tradition and moving its biggest off-season event, the national players’ combine, west to Saskatchewan. The league will host the combine as part of ...
Nov 15, 2016
Austin to spend off-season re-evaluating Ticats football operations
HAMILTON - Time has done little to cure what’s ailing Kent Austin. The disappointment of Hamilton’s 24-21 East Division home loss to the Edmonton Eskimos on Sunday remained clearly etched ...
Nov 15, 2016
Impact itching to play Toronto FC before huge crowd in MLS playoff showdown
MONTREAL - Ticket sales for the MLS Eastern Conference final are creeping toward the 60,000 mark and the Montreal Impact are starting to get excited. The opening match of the two-game, total-goals ser...
Nov 15, 2016
Kaepernick stands behind decision not to vote for president
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Colin Kaepernick is standing behind his decision not to vote in the presidential election or even register to take part in the democratic process, saying he can effect change in ...
Nov 15, 2016
Toronto FC star striker Sebastian Giovinco looks to settle the score in Montreal
TORONTO - Sebastian Giovinco is talking on the training ground and that’s bad news for the Montreal Impact. Normally a quiet type, Toronto FC’s star striker is after every edge possible in...
Nov 15, 2016
Man charged in Trinity Gay's death waives case to grand jury
LEXINGTON, Ky. - One of four people charged in connection with the shooting death of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay’s 15-year-old daughter has allowed his case to be moved to a grand jury for review...
Nov 15, 2016
Preds' Rinne sidelined by lower-body injury; won't play vs. Maple Leafs
TORONTO - Nashville Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne will miss Tuesday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs with a lower body injury. Predators head coach Peter Laviolette announced that Rinne...
Nov 15, 2016
Former Stampeders, Lions coach Lary Kuharich dies at the age of 70
CALGARY - Lary Kuharich, a former head coach of the Calgary Stampeders and B.C. Lions who later won two titles in the Arena Football League, has died. He was 70. The native of Middletown, N.Y., who al...
Nov 15, 2016
