Category Archives: Sports

HOUSTON - Craig Sager never once thought about giving up as he battled cancer for more than two years. “Man, life is too beautiful, too wonderful, there’s just too many things,” he s...

MONTREAL - Without an obvious star player to carry the pressure and expectations, Canada’s team for the world junior hockey championship will be all about teamwork, speed and desire. The final 2...

OTTAWA - Ice dancers Alexandra Paul and Mitchell Islam, members of Canada’s team at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, have decided to call it a competitive career. Paul and Islam are six-time members of ...

It’s been almost two decades since Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau made their NHL debuts, but the San Jose Sharks old-timers still have some gas left in the tank. The 37-year-olds are in the tw...

A wave of players from Canada’s most westerly province has hit the national women’s hockey team. Two are from the same family. Sarah and Amy Potomak of Aldergrove, B.C., will wear the Mapl...

TORONTO - A Just For Laughs comedy gala that served as P.K. Subban’s goodbye to Montreal will be broadcast as a one-hour TV special in the new year. “P.K. Subban: Shots Fired” sees t...

FORT LEE, N.J. - A judge dismissed a charge Thursday stemming from a domestic violence complaint against New York Mets star relief pitcher Jeurys Familia after the player’s wife told a prosecuto...

Christine Sinclair remembers dark times for Canada at the beginning of her international soccer career - routs at the hands of the powerful Americans and lopsided losses to European giants. Now she...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Muhammad Ali Center in Kentucky says it’s planning a four-day celebration early next year to coincide with what would have been the boxing great’s 75th birthday. The ...

One tournament into his return was all Tiger Woods needed to strike a deal with Bridgestone to play its golf ball. Bridgestone Golf said Thursday it has signed Woods to a multi-year agreement in which...