Category Archives: Sports
Big deals, new coaches, high picks define busy off-season for Canadian teams
From top draft picks to new coaches to big-time free agent signings, Canadian teams have been among the busiest in the NHL this off-season following the first spring without playoff hockey in Canada i...
Jul 12, 2016
Matthews ends his run of Tour de France misfortunes in style
REVEL, France - After so much bad luck at the Tour de France, Michael Matthews believed he was jinxed. Two years ago, the Australian rider crashed days before he was scheduled to take a flight to the ...
Jul 12, 2016
Abuse victim: Callous Paterno ignored '76 Sandusky complaint
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A man who says former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky sexually abused him as a boy in 1976 testified in court documents unsealed Tuesday that head coach Joe Patern...
Jul 12, 2016
Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador to miss Rio Olympics
MADRID - Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador will miss the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro because of injuries that forced him to abandon the Tour de France. “Making it to Rio is practically ruled out,&...
Jul 12, 2016
Spieth: Pulling out of Olympics hardest choice he ever made
TROON, Scotland - Jordan Spieth said pulling out of the Olympics was the hardest decision he’s ever made, and that it likely will haunt him as he’s watching golfers compete for a gold meda...
Jul 12, 2016
Controversy aside, 1976 Olympics were a huge success on the playing fields
MONTREAL - Greg Joy calls carrying the Canadian flag at the closing ceremony of the 1976 Montreal Olympics “one of the highlights of my life.” The final showcase before 73,000 at the unfin...
Jul 12, 2016
Whitecaps hope to ease concerns in MLS match against Real Salt Lake
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps are not quite ready to push the panic button, but there are some twitchy fingers. The Whitecaps (7-8-4) hope to calm some nerves when they play Real Salt Lake (8-5-...
Jul 12, 2016
Montreal's Olympic Stadium still standing 40 years after Summer Games
MONTREAL - It’s been dubbed the “Big Owe” for its runaway construction costs and it has attracted widespread derision for falling concrete and roof rips but Montreal’s Olympic ...
Jul 12, 2016
Laila Ali welcomes tribute to dad at Humanitarian Awards
LOS ANGELES - Laila Ali returns as host of the Sports Humanitarian of the Year awards, which plan to honour her father Muhammad Ali in a tribute she eagerly awaits. The show on Tuesday at the Conga Ro...
Jul 12, 2016
Results of probe into Russian doping to be issued Monday
TORONTO - The results of the latest investigation into Russian doping will be released on Monday. Canadian law professor Richard McLaren will hold a news conference in Toronto to present the findings ...
Jul 12, 2016
