Category Archives: Sports
Acosta, Urruti help FC Dallas beat Whitecaps 2-0
FRISCO, Texas - Kellyn Acosta and Maximiliano Urruti scored to help FC Dallas beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-0 on Sunday night. Acosta buried a right-footer in the bottom-right corner off a feed from ...
Jul 31, 2016
Jimmy Walker wins a marathon at the PGA Championship
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. - Jimmy Walker did everything required of a major champion on the longest final day in 64 years at a PGA Championship. And then Jason Day made him do a little bit more. Walker was st...
Jul 31, 2016
Spread the Love: Novak Djokovic wins Rogers Cup with victory over Kei Nishikori
TORONTO - Novak Djokovic paused after accepting the Rogers Cup for the fourth time, scanned the stands at York University’s Aviva Centre, then asked everyone in the crowd to hug the person besid...
Jul 31, 2016
Orioles score four runs in 12th inning, avoid sweep with win over Blue Jays
TORONTO - The Baltimore Orioles are back in first place in the American League East division and the win column. Jonathan Schoop hit a go-ahead single while Adam Jones launched a three-run home run in...
Jul 31, 2016
Oh Canada! Beats France 71-63 to end exhibition tournament
NEW YORK - Miah-Marie Langlois scored 13 points to help Canada beat France 71-63 on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in an exhibition game. This was the final tuneup for both teams before the Rio Olymp...
Jul 31, 2016
Halep beats Keys 7-6 (2), 6-3 to take women's Rogers Cup
MONTREAL - The large contingent of red-and-yellow-clad Romanian fans at Uniprix Stadium on Sunday got what they came for - a convincing victory from Simona Halep in the final of the US$4.7 million wom...
Jul 31, 2016
Marner, Strome hope for NHL next season; world juniors likely consolation prize
TORONTO - If Dylan Strome had his way he wouldn’t be in Toronto when the world junior championships kick off in late December. The 19-year-old would be playing for the Arizona Coyotes instead. &...
Jul 31, 2016
Saturday's Games
Saturday’s Games MLB American Toronto 9 Baltimore 1 Tampa Bay 6 N.Y. Yankees 3 Chicago White Sox 6 Minnesota 5, 10 innings Detroit 3 Houston 2 Cleveland 6 Oakland 3 Texas 2 Kansas City 1 L.A. An...
Jul 30, 2016
Skydiver becomes first person to jump and land without chute
LOS ANGELES - After leaping from an airplane, Luke Aikins rocketed toward earth for two minutes, and then calmly flipped onto his back at the last second and landed in a 100-by-100-foot net in Califor...
Jul 30, 2016
Vancouver Whitecaps acquire forward/midfielder Giles Barnes from Houston Dynamo
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps acquired forward/midfielder Giles Barnes in a trade with the Houston Dynamo on Saturday. Barnes has four goals and two assists in 14 matches so far this season and ...
Jul 30, 2016
