Category Archives: Sports
Jays manager says he debated before going to umpire over Bauer's bloody finger
TORONTO - Jays manager John Gibbons says he mulled over what to do when he saw blood dripping from Indians starter Trevor Bauer’s injured finger in the first inning Monday night. Bauer, who was ...
Oct 18, 2016
Ex-Penn St. spokesman describes chaos after Sandusky charged
BELLEFONTE, Pa. - Jurors in a former assistant football coach’s defamation and whistleblower lawsuit against Penn State are learning about the flood of news coverage that swamped the university&...
Oct 18, 2016
Burris, Loffler, McKnight named CFL top performers for Werek 17
TORONTO - Ottawa quarterback Henry Burris, Winnipeg defensive back Taylor Loffler and Saskatchewan running back Joe McKnight are the CFL’s top performers for Week 17. Burris excelled in his firs...
Oct 18, 2016
Jays tweak bottom of batting order for do-or-die ALCS game against Indians
Toronto manager John Gibbons made just one change to his batting order Tuesday, flipping Kevin Pillar and Ezequiel Carrera. Carrera moved up to No. 7 while Pillar dropped to No. 8. Jose Bautista conti...
Oct 18, 2016
Star striker Drogba returns to Impact after being AWOL from TFC game
MONTREAL - Didier Drogba is back with the Montreal Impact and is willing to accept whatever role coach Mauro Biello assigns him. That was the message from Biello and team president Joey Saputo on Tues...
Oct 18, 2016
Curt Schilling eyes US Senate run against Elizabeth Warren
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling announced plans on Tuesday to run against Elizabeth Warren in the U.S. Senate if his wife agrees, but he declined to apologize to Rhode Island ...
Oct 18, 2016
Russian weightlifter loses 2012 Olympic silver in dope case
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Russian weightlifter Apti Aukhadov was stripped of his silver medal from the 2012 London Olympics on Tuesday after testing positive for steroids in a reanalysis of his doping s...
Oct 18, 2016
She said, they said: Derrick Rose case boils down to consent
LOS ANGELES - Months before Derrick Rose took the stand to defend himself in the lawsuit claiming he and two buddies raped an ex-girlfriend while she was intoxicated, the NBA star was asked if he unde...
Oct 18, 2016
Gretzky on mentoring Ovechkin, increasing scoring, NHL at Olympics, dynasties
TORONTO - Wayne Gretzky used to love getting together over lunch or dinner with the late Gordie Howe and peppering the hockey legend with questions about the game. Now it’s the Great One playing...
Oct 18, 2016
2017 Tour will scale all of France's mountains
PARIS - For the first time in 25 years, all five mountain ranges of continental France will feature in next year’s Tour de France, in a stretched-out endurance test of racing that smiles on the ...
Oct 18, 2016
