Category Archives: Sports
CFL commissioner Orridge won't admit to link between football and brain disease
TORONTO - CFL commissioner Jeffrey Orridge isn’t following the NFL’s lead and acknowledging a link exists between football-related head trauma and brain disease. In March, Jeff Miller, the...
Nov 25, 2016
Puempel, Lundqvist lead Rangers past Flyers
PHILADELPHIA - Just as they hoped they would, Henrik Lundqvist and the Rangers bounced back from a dismal performance. Matt Puempel scored in his first game with the Rangers, and Henrik Lundqvist made...
Nov 25, 2016
Award-winning Calgary Stampeders say there is no taking Ottawa lightly
TORONTO - Dave Dickenson was a tad prickly with the media ahead of his team’s practice Friday, irked over suggestions the Calgary Stampeders will take Ottawa too lightly in Sunday’s Grey C...
Nov 25, 2016
New flyhalf kicks Samoa to 25-23 win over Canada in Grenoble
GRENOBLE, France - Samoa unveiled a potential new star as teenage flyhalf D’Angelo Leuila kicked 20 points to hold off Canada 25-23 and end their European rugby tour on a high on Friday. Making ...
Nov 25, 2016
Youth fuels and imperils Maple Leafs through first quarter of season
TORONTO - In the heated aftermath of a loss in New Jersey earlier this week, Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock remarked that it was “evident how young we are”. Though he retreated from t...
Nov 25, 2016
3 Olympic gold medals stripped in latest IOC doping retests
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Three Olympic gold medals and one silver medal were stripped on Friday from athletes caught in the latest round of positive doping retests from the 2008 and 2012 Summer Games. ...
Nov 25, 2016
Ottawa Redblacks have a new outlook as they get a second chance to be No. 1
TORONTO - For the Ottawa Redblacks, Sunday’s Grey Cup is a second chance to be No. 1. The Redblacks gave up a late touchdown to lose last year’s championship game 26-20 to the Edmonton Esk...
Nov 25, 2016
Dinos coach still undecided on who to start at QB for Vanier Cup against Laval
HAMILTON - Fifth-year quarterback Jimmy Underdahl will have his university football career come to an end Saturday at the Vanier Cup. He still doesn’t know if he’ll be a starter or a backu...
Nov 25, 2016
Sexual abuse in English soccer exposed as victims speak out
LONDON - Former English soccer players who were subjected to years of sexual abuse by youth team coaches entrusted with their care are breaking cover to expose the game’s dark secrets. Harrowing...
Nov 25, 2016
Oilers GM seeing real signs of progress; Edmonton on track to end decade-long playoff drought
On a conference call with scouts Thursday morning, Edmonton Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli broke down the team’s progress from last season and found improvement in just about every area....
Nov 25, 2016
