Category Archives: Sports
Tristan Jackson's punt return TD earns Ottawa 30-20 win over Toronto
TORONTO - Tristan Jackson made sure Trevor Harris’s return to Toronto was a triumphant one. Jackson’s 75-yard punt-return touchdown earned the unbeaten Ottawa Redblacks a 30-20 road win ov...
Jul 13, 2016
Hamilton's goal gives Toronto FC 1-1 draw with Crew
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Jordan Hamilton tied it in the 64th minute and Toronto FC held on for a 1-1 draw with the Columbus Crew on Wednesday night. Jay Chapman punched a diagonal cross into an opening in the...
Jul 13, 2016
Tristan Jackson's punt return TD earns Ottawa 27-20 win over Toronto
TORONTO - Tristan Jackson’s 75-yard punt-return touchdown earned the unbeaten Ottawa Redblacks a 30-20 road win over the Toronto Argonauts on Wednesday night. Jackson broke three tackles en rout...
Jul 13, 2016
NBA stars open ESPYs urging end to profiling, gun violence
LOS ANGELES - LeBron James and fellow NBA stars Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade opened the ESPY Awards with a plea to address racial profiling and end the nation’s spate of gun viole...
Jul 13, 2016
Las Vegas NHL expansion team hires George McPhee as GM
As general manager of the NHL’s expansion Las Vegas franchise, George McPhee wants to build a team that will entertain fans in a unique market and bring hockey’s hallowed trophy to the des...
Jul 13, 2016
Lions confirm QB Jennings to start against Saskatchewan despite slump
VANCOUVER - Jon Jennings didn’t get caught up in the success that came when he was a rookie phenom quarterback leading the B.C. Lions last year. He’s no less rattled by his first stretch o...
Jul 13, 2016
Liam Middleton out as Canada rugby sevens coach after disappointing season
TORONTO - Canadian rugby sevens coach Liam Middleton has paid the price for missing out on the “very attainable” goal of Olympic qualification. In the wake of a review of the men’s s...
Jul 13, 2016
Toronto FC gives Italian star Sebastian Giovinco the night off in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Toronto FC was without star striker Sebastian Giovinco on Wednesday night as the Italian was given the night off. The MLS team started young Canadians Jordan Hamilton and Mo Babouli u...
Jul 13, 2016
Mack Rhoades leaving Missouri to be Baylor's new AD
WACO, Texas - Baylor hired Mack Rhoades as its new athletic director on Wednesday, bringing in an experienced administrator it believes will help the reeling program rebound from allegations that it d...
Jul 13, 2016
Blue Bombers need rare win over Eskimos to build on victory at Hamilton
WINNIPEG - Cornerback Maurice Leggett has done a lot in two-plus seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, but beating the Edmonton Eskimos isn’t on the list. “It’s frustrating you kno...
Jul 13, 2016
