Category Archives: Sports
Judge denies ex-NFL star's bid to delay double murder trial
BOSTON - A man who survived a deadly 2012 drive-by shooting in Boston identified former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez in court on Tuesday as the one who pulled the trigger. The judge presi...
Dec 20, 2016
Canada defenceman Chabot looking to impress at world junior tournament
OTTAWA - Thomas Chabot is hopeful this visit to Canadian Tire Centre will go much better than his last one. The 19-year-old will get a chance to impress the Ottawa Senators, his future employers, when...
Dec 20, 2016
Ex-nanny for Penguins player gets 5-year federal sentence
PITTSBURGH - The former nanny of Pittsburgh Penguins player Chris Kunitz was sentenced Tuesday to five years in federal prison for setting fire to her rental residence and then filing fraudulent insur...
Dec 20, 2016
Filion, McClure O'Brien Award finalists as harness racing's top drivers
TORONTO - Once again, Sylvain Filion is a finalist for the O’Brien Award as Canada’s top harness-racing driver. The Milton, Ont., resident won the award in 2012, ’14 and 2015 and is ...
Dec 20, 2016
Leafs' Zach Hyman playing Robin role to Auston Matthews' Batman
TORONTO - When he was still the head coach of the Detroit Red Wings, Mike Babcock often watched Wings prospect Dylan Larkin play at the University of Michigan. He’d always come away impressed by...
Dec 20, 2016
Release by Dolphins still leaves bitter taste in former CFL player Sam's mouth
Family has helped ease P.K. Sam II’s pain, but not his anger towards Nick Saban. Sam’s father died father died Dec. 14, 2006 at age 49 just over a month after being diagnosed with cancer. ...
Dec 20, 2016
Joey Abrams stepping down as the Montreal Alouettes assistant GM
MONTREAL - Joey Abrams stepped down Tuesday as the Montreal Alouettes assistant general manager. Abrams spent 12 seasons with the Alouettes, the last year as assistant to former GM Jim Popp. Abrams...
Dec 20, 2016
Short off-season ends Jan. 24 when Impact opens training camp at Big O
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact will open training camp on Jan. 24 at Olympic Stadium before moving to Orlando, Fla., to continue preparation for the 2017 season, the Major League Soccer club announced...
Dec 20, 2016
Not long out of a coaching job, Bob Hartley lands in Latvia with national team
RIGA, Latvia - Bob Hartley has been named head coach of the Latvian men’s hockey team. He was most recently the head coach of the NHL’s Calgary Flames, who fired Hartley on May 3 and subse...
Dec 20, 2016
Petra Kvitova injured by knife-wielding attacker at her home
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was injured by a knife-wielding attacker at her home on Tuesday and had to undergo surgery on her left hand. An operation that took 3...
Dec 20, 2016
