Category Archives: Sports
Rookie Tkachuk leads Flames in 2-1 shootout win over Coyotes
CALGARY - Eighteen-year-old Matthew Tkachuk continues to make a push to open the NHL season with the Calgary Flames. Selected sixth overall in the 2016 draft, Tkachuk scored in regulation and also had...
Oct 05, 2016
Astros "do not condone" minor leaguer's tweet about Mendoza
HOUSTON - The Astros say they “do not condone” a tweet posted by one of their minor league infielders criticizing broadcaster Jessica Mendoza during ESPN’s NL wild-card broadcast. Sc...
Oct 05, 2016
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games National League wild card San Francisco 3 New York 0 — NHL Pre-season Carolina 3 Buffalo 2 (SO) N.Y. Islanders 3 New Jersey 2 Detroit 5 Pittsburgh 2 Washington 4 St. Loui...
Oct 05, 2016
Skinner scores shootout winner as Canes top Sabres in pre-season play
SAULT STE MARIE, Ont. - Carolina Hurricanes coach Bill Peters saw Wednesday’s game as an opportunity to give the organizations’ prospects a bit of action. Some of those young players came ...
Oct 05, 2016
Toronto's wild-card win draws 4.2M on TBS, down from '14
NEW YORK - Toronto’s 11-inning wild-card win over Baltimore was seen by an average of 4.2 million viewers on TBS, a decline from the previous AL game on the network involving two U.S. teams in 2...
Oct 05, 2016
Bautista says he is OK with being the villain if it helps the Blue Jays win
ARLINGTON, Texas - It was only fitting that Jose Bautista wore a black hat to meet the media in Texas on Wednesday. The Blue Jays slugger will be the villain at Globe Life Park on Thursday when Toront...
Oct 05, 2016
Blue Jays announce starters for American League division series against Texas
TORONTO - Marco Estrada will get the start for Toronto when the Blue Jays open their American League division series against Texas tomorrow. The Blue Jays have announced their rotation for the first f...
Oct 05, 2016
Ex-Pats player wants witness descriptions barred from trial
BOSTON - Lawyers for former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez asked a judge on Wednesday to prevent the jury at his upcoming double murder trial from hearing descriptions of the shooter from t...
Oct 05, 2016
Jury set for rape lawsuit involving Knicks' Derrick Rose
LOS ANGELES - A federal court jury of six women and two men was selected Wednesday for the trial of a $21 million lawsuit by a woman who claims she was gang-raped by NBA star Derrick Rose and two othe...
Oct 05, 2016
Unfortunate incidents involving fans nothing new on the baseball diamond
TORONTO - Pile tens of thousands of fans into a stadium, add some high-intensity sports drama and throw a little alcohol into the mix and you’re bound to get someone who takes things a little to...
Oct 05, 2016
