Category Archives: Sports
Blue Jays' Josh Donaldson wins Silver Slugger as AL's best hitter at third base
Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson won the Silver Slugger on Thursday as the best offensive player at his position. Donaldson hit .284 with 37 home runs and 99 runs batted in and seven sto...
Nov 10, 2016
Trump election angers, disappoints many in sports world
LeBron James made his third championship-celebrating trip to the White House on Thursday, welcomed as he was for the first two such trips by President Barack Obama. If James returns in the next four y...
Nov 10, 2016
Edmonton's Sweeting edges Winnipeg's Jones 6-5 in extra ends at Tour Challenge
CRANBROOK, B.C. - It took an extra end but Edmonton’s Val Sweeting improved to a 2-1 record with a 6-5 win over Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones on Thursday at the Grand Slam of Curling’s T...
Nov 10, 2016
Amelia Crawford leads UBC past Acadia 1-0 in Canadian university women's soccer
WOLFVILLE, N.S. - Second-year forward Amelia Crawford scored as the UBC Thunderbirds took a step toward repeating as Canadian university women’s soccer champions after a hard-fought 1-0 quarter-...
Nov 10, 2016
Stampeders deal with question of rest versus rust ahead of West Division final
CALGARY - Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell and his wife built shelves for a nursery. Wide receiver DaVaris Daniels went home to Chicago to experience his Cubs winning the World Series. Offensive lineman D...
Nov 10, 2016
Alberta advances to U Sports soccer semifinals with 2-0 victory over York
GUELPH, Ont. - Veteran defender Niko Saler scored twice as the third-seeded University of Alberta Golden Bears advanced to the U Sports men’s soccer semifinal on Thursday with a 2-0 victory over...
Nov 10, 2016
Once toiling in obscurity, Redblacks' Jackson emerges as CFL MOP candidate
OTTAWA - Five years ago Ernest Jackson was playing in the Ultimate Indoor Football League. Now the dangerous receiver is the East Division nominee for Most Outstanding Player in the CFL. Jackson, who ...
Nov 10, 2016
Canada's men's soccer team looks to end disappointing year with win over South Korea
CHEONAN, Korea, Republic Of - As the end of a another season of missed opportunities approaches, Canada’s men’s national soccer team has travelled a long way from home for one final chance...
Nov 10, 2016
Canadian rugby captain Aaron Carpenter nears milestone in Ireland test
Captain Aaron Carpenter will move within one game of Al Charron’s Canadian record of 76 caps when he leads Canada out for a high-profile rugby test against fifth-ranked Ireland in Dublin on Satu...
Nov 10, 2016
How have the Kings survived without Quick? By proceeding exactly as usual
The Los Angeles Kings’ world was momentarily rocked with about 35 seconds left in the first period of their first game this season. Jonathan Quick, their two-time Stanley Cup-winning goaltender,...
Nov 10, 2016
