Category Archives: Sports

CALGARY - Hayley Wickenheiser says her left foot is an Olympic foot. The Canadian women’s hockey team veteran put her surgically-repaired foot, with its metal plate and eight screws, to the test...

TORONTO - Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive lineman Ese Mrabure-Ajufo and Edmonton Eskimos safety Cauchy Muamba were fined by the CFL on Wednesday. Mrabure-Ajufo was disciplined for a high hit on Win...

TORONTO - Finland is in a tough group at the World Cup of Hockey with the powerhouse Swedes, a strong Russian side and a North America team that is loaded with young talent. It’s a position that...

MONTREAL - Rakeem Cato looks to have forged an uneasy truce with Duron Carter and Kenny Stafford. The Montreal Alouettes quarterback sat well apart from the receivers during breaks in drills on Wednes...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks won’t call it a defining game, but they know that how they handle the Calgary Stampeders will reveal a lot about themselves. At 9-1-1 the Stampeders are the league&...

TORONTO - Marco Estrada’s words were confident and optimistic, but the soft tone of the Toronto right-hander’s voice and glum look on his face told a different story as he tried to explain...

LOS ANGELES - The protesters who ambushed Ryan Lochte on “Dancing with the Stars” are defending their actions after being released from jail. Sam Satoodeh and Barzeen Soroudi were arrested...

TORONTO - Ben Cherington was hired as the Toronto Blue Jays new vice-president of baseball operations on Wednesday. Cherington spent most of his career with the Boston Red Sox organization. He and Jed...

TORONTO - Canadian soccer has claimed another coaching victim. The Canadian Soccer Association dumped Benito Floro on Wednesday, opting not to renew the well-travelled Spaniard’s contract in the...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Pittsburgh Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams is defending his 75-cent tip to a server at a Maryland pizzeria. WUSA-TV reports (http://on.wusa9.com/2cI9uzD ) that Williams ate...