Category Archives: Sports

Miami Marlins ace Jose Fernandez was remembered Thursday as a larger than life figure during a homily at his funeral. “Jose was too good for this league,” the Rev. Jose Alvarez said. ̶...

OTTAWA - If Matt Puempel wants to play for Guy Boucher, he’ll have to prove to the Ottawa Senators new head coach he can keep up with the pace. Puempel, taken No. 24 in the 2011 NHL draft, is on...

NEW YORK - Toronto Blue Jays minor-league first baseman Jesus Montero has been suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball without pay after testing positive for a banned substance. MLB said in a ...

BURNABY, B.C. - It’s near the end of a practice at Toronto Raptors’ training camp and like most of the team, Brady Heslip is working on his shot. He steps behind the three-point line and d...

MONTREAL - A pair of big punchers are to meet Dec. 23 at the Lac Leamy Casino in Gatineau, Que., when Montreal-based Artur Beterbiev faces Isidro Prieto of Paraguay, promoter Groupe Yvon Michel announ...

TORONTO - For more than 57 minutes on Thursday evening, Team Canada’s recent run of perfection was threatened for the first time. “Just crazy the way everything worked out,” Sidney C...

In its efforts to get more women into administrative, coaching, officiating and scouting jobs, the NFL will offer a careers forum during Pro Bowl week. The forum in Orlando, Florida, from Jan. 25-27 i...

BARNSLEY, England - A British newspaper investigation led to a second soccer coach getting fired in England on Thursday. Two days after Sam Allardyce lost his job as England manager following an under...

WASHINGTON - Tommie Smith and John Carlos were proud to raise their gloved fists in a symbolic protest at the Olympics, and now they’re proud that Colin Kaepernick and other athletes are staging...

TOKYO - The price tag of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics could exceed 3 trillion yen ($30 billion) unless drastic cost-cutting measures are taken and several key venues are relocated, an expert panel warned T...