Category Archives: Sports

NEW YORK - Grammy-winning R&B singer Anthony Hamilton has sung the national anthem in the past. Don’t ask him to sing it in the near future. Hamilton’s frustration with “The Star...

CLEVELAND - A loose bunch of Blue Jays wasted little time making some changes to their Progressive Field home away from home for the American League Championship Series with Cleveland. With the clubho...

TORONTO - Auston Matthews checked his phone before his NHL debut and came across text messages from former teammates. It wasn’t exactly encouragement. Matthews was in their fantasy hockey lineup...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions wanted to make something abundantly clear this week: one play didn’t cost them the game. Trailing the host Blue Bombers 37-33 late in the fourth quarter Saturday, a de...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Five Russian race walkers have been suspended for four years after testing positive for EPO. The sanctions were announced Thursday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The fi...

TORONTO - Three-year-old Idaho is the early 5-2 favourite for the $1-million Pattison Canadian International turf event. Idaho drew the No. 3 post Thursday at the race draw and will be ridden by Ryan ...

TORONTO - The giant North Star Bell has rung 29 times in league play this season, marking every goal by the Montreal Impact at Saputo Stadium. But the big bell in Section 114, installed by the 1642 MT...

Auston Matthews became the first player in NHL history to score four goals in his regular-season debut as the Toronto Maple Leafs fell 5-4 to the Ottawa Senators in overtime on Wednesday night. Matthe...

SHEFFIELD, England - Former Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill announced her retirement from track and field on Thursday, ending the career of one of Britain’s most successful sports...

Wednesday’s Games NHL Ottawa 5 Toronto 4 (OT) Edmonton 7 Calgary 4 St. Louis 5 Chicago 2 San Jose 2 Los Angeles 1 — MLS Houston 0 Seattle 0 — NBA Pre-season Houston 116 New Orleans 1...