Category Archives: Sports

Montreal’s Olympic Stadium opened in 1976 for that year’s Summer Games. A by-the-numbers look at the Big O or, as some dub it, the “Big Owe”: 1: Number of papal visits. Pope Jo...

Montreal’s Olympic Stadium opened in 1976 for that year’s Summer Games. A look at some of the problems that have plagued the Big O or, as some dub it, the “Big Owe”: July 1976:...

EDMONTON - Nirra Fields poured in a game-high 16 points as Canada’s women’s basketball team defeated China 71-59 on Monday to sweep the three-game Edmonton Grads International Classic seri...

SAN DIEGO - Giancarlo Stanton wore out Petco Park with a record display of power in the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday night, peppering every landmark from the left field corner to centre field. St...

Now the waiting begins for Rashaun Simonise. The Calgary Dinos receiver held his pro day Monday in preparation for the NFL supplemental draft on Thursday. With the audition complete, all the six-foot-...

CALGARY - Former Calgary Stampeder Ron Allbright has died. He was 81. The team said Monday night that Allbright had died in Calgary on Saturday. Allbright, a Calgary native, played primarily as an off...

EDMONTON - One by one they walked down the stairs of Edmonton’s City Hall, throwers, jumpers, sprinters, decathletes, world champions, Olympic medallists. Canada will field its largest - and arg...

SAN DIEGO - Tony Gwynn will be on everybody’s mind during All-Star Game festivities, perhaps no more poignantly than how his death affected American League starter Chris Sale of the Chicago Whit...

Tim Duncan never wanted the spotlight, only the trophies. He never wanted the endorsements, only the camaraderie. He never wanted the accolades, only the collective achievement. So when one of the mos...

The agent for Ryan O’Reilly confirmed that charges against the Buffalo Sabres forward have been dropped stemming from an impaired driving incident last year. Pat Morris tells The Associated Pres...