Category Archives: Sports
Seattle celebrates MLS Cup win in penalty shootout, Toronto feels the pain
TORONTO - While the Seattle Sounders celebrated with the Philip F. Anschutz Trophy after the MLS Cup final, numb Toronto FC players tried to process what had just happened. There are few more painful ...
Dec 10, 2016
Canadian Alex Gough races to gold medal finish at luge World Cup
WHISTLER, B.C. - Canadian Alex Gough won the women’s World Cup luge race at the Whistler Sliding Centre on Saturday night, as a very strange week on the circuit began winding down. Gough, from C...
Dec 10, 2016
Ekblad, Barkov lead Panthers to 4-2 win over Canucks
SUNRISE, Fla. - Aleksander Barkov has put an extended scoring slump behind him, and that finally helped the Florida Panthers end a losing streak Saturday night. Barkov had a goal and an assist and has...
Dec 10, 2016
Matthews, Hyman score in 2nd, Maple Leafs beat Bruins 4-1
BOSTON - The Toronto Maple Leafs found a way to overcome a poor opening period. Auston Matthews and Zach Hyman scored in the second period, Frederik Andersen made 32 saves and the Maple Leafs beat the...
Dec 10, 2016
Max Pacioretty scores four goals as Canadiens rout Avalanche 10-1
MONTREAL - The memory of their own lopsided loss was too fresh in the Montreal Canadiens’ minds for them to get too excited about laying a one-sided beating on the Colorado Avalanche. Paced by c...
Dec 10, 2016
Canada wins gold in 4x200-metre freestyle relay at short-course worlds
WINDSOR, Ont. - Canada won gold in the women’s 4×200-metre relay in commanding fashion on Saturday night at the FINA short-course world swimming championships. The Canadian women’s te...
Dec 10, 2016
NewsAlert: Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson wins Heisman Trophy
NEW YORK - Lamar Jackson, Louisville’s sensational sophomore quarterback, has won the Heisman Trophy. More coming. The Associated Press
Dec 10, 2016
U.S. beats Canada to capture third straight World Sledge Hockey Challenge
CHARLOTTETOWN - Brody Roybal had two goals and an assist as the United States defeated Canada 5-2 Saturday in the World Sledge Hockey Challenge final. After Canada’s Liam Hickey scored the only ...
Dec 10, 2016
Bill Dineen, who played with Gordie Howe then coached him in the WHA, dies at 84
Bill Dineen, a hockey icon who played with and later coached the legendary Gordie Howe, has died at 84. The American Hockey League confirmed in a statement that Dineen died Saturday at his home in Lak...
Dec 10, 2016
Montreal-based Alvarez decisions Dabrowski, looks ahead to Bute bout
MONTREAL - Eleider Alvarez posted a workmanlike unanimous decision over Poland’s Norbert Dabrowski on Saturday to set the table for his Feb. 24 fight with former world champion Lucian Bute. Alva...
Dec 10, 2016
