Category Archives: Sports
Hall of Famer Willie McCovey pardoned by Obama
San Francisco Giants Hall of Famer Willie McCovey has been pardoned by President Barack Obama on tax evasion charges from 1995. It was one of the president’s 64 pardons granted Tuesday. Through ...
Jan 17, 2017
Jets goaltender Pavelec prepared for first NHL start of the season
WINNIPEG - It’s been months since Ondrej Pavelec sat in the Winnipeg Jets dressing room, but he felt right at home on Tuesday. The veteran goaltender was in net at Winnipeg’s practice afte...
Jan 17, 2017
Wheat Kings' Patrick, Mooseheads Hischier named captains for prospects game
TORONTO - Nolan Patrick and Nico Hischier will serve as captains at the 22nd annual Sherwin-Williams CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game on Jan. 30 at the Centre Videotron in Quebec City. Patrick, of the Weste...
Jan 17, 2017
Veteran slugger Jose Bautista returns to Toronto Blue Jays with one-year deal
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays already lost one of their faces of the franchise this off-season. The team has made sure that Jose Bautista will not follow Edwin Encarnacion’s lead. A person wit...
Jan 17, 2017
Islanders fire coach Jack Capuano in his seventh season
Stuck in last place in the Eastern Conference, the New York Islanders fired coach Jack Capuano on Tuesday, ending one of the longest tenures in the NHL. General manager Garth Snow named assistant GM/c...
Jan 17, 2017
Toronto FC adds four players via SuperDraft, Canadian Nanco goes to Philadelphia
Toronto FC was busy in the final two rounds of Major League Soccer’s SuperDraft. The club added four players, two in each round, as MLS teams concluded the draft by conference call on Tuesday. T...
Jan 17, 2017
NewsAlert: Islanders fire head coach Capuano; assistant GM Weight takes over
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Jack Capuano is out as head coach of the New York Islanders. The team says assistant general manager Doug Weight will take over on an interim basis. The 17-17-8 Islanders are last in ...
Jan 17, 2017
Former Expo Tim Raines looking good to make Hall of Fame in final year on ballot
MONTREAL - Based on ballots made public this week by American sports writer Ryan Thibodaux, former Montreal Expo Tim Raines could pull off a rare feat on Wednesday. Being named to the Baseball Hall of...
Jan 17, 2017
Champ's artistic side to be displayed at Muhammad Ali Center
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - When Muhammad Ali wasn’t jabbing or dancing in the ring, he sometimes liked dabbling as an artist. Now, 15 drawings created by The Greatest are being donated to the Muhammad Al...
Jan 17, 2017
Will Canadian Lindell Wigginton be the next star produced by Oak Hill Academy?
Lindell Wigginton of Dartmouth, N.S., is the first Canadian basketball player to attend the fabled Oak Hill Academy in the tiny town of Mouth of Wilson, Va. The private prep school has produced a who&...
Jan 17, 2017
