Category Archives: Sports
Judge won't kick DA off case of ex-Saints player's death
NEW ORLEANS - A judge refused Friday to remove the New Orleans district attorney and his staff from the prosecution of a man charged with second-degree murder in the April shooting death of retired Sa...
Jul 22, 2016
Sabres' Evander Kane charged with harassment at bar
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Sabres forward Evander Kane was arrested by Buffalo police Friday, and faces numerous charges for allegedly grabbing three women by the neck, hair and arms during an altercation at a d...
Jul 22, 2016
'Never a quiet day': Froome crashes but keeps yellow at Tour
SAINT-GERVAIS-LES-BAINS, France - If Chris Froome wins the Tour de France on Sunday, it won’t have been an easy ride to the Champs Elysees. After a pile-up forced him to run up part of Mont Vent...
Jul 22, 2016
Alouettes bring back receiver Cody Hoffman, who was cut in training camp
MONTREAL - Receiver Cody Hoffman, who was released by the Montreal Alouettes during training camp after failing his medical exam, has been added to the practice roster, the CFL club announced Friday. ...
Jul 22, 2016
Canadiens sign free agent forward Farnham to one-year, two-way contract
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens agreed to a one-year, two-way contract with forward Bobby Farnham on Friday. The five-foot-10, 188-pound right-winger had eight goals and two assists and had 97 penal...
Jul 22, 2016
OLYMPIC PREVIEW:Rio not the first host city to face questions ahead of the Games
With fears over the Zika virus, the readiness of infrastructure, as well as Brazil’s current political and economic turmoil, Rio de Janeiro has been grabbing all the wrong headlines ahead of the...
Jul 22, 2016
IOC: 45 more positive cases in retests of 2008, '12 samples
LONDON - Forty-five more athletes, including 23 medallists from the 2008 Beijing Games, have been caught for doping after retesting of samples from the last two Olympics, the IOC said Friday. The new ...
Jul 22, 2016
Thursday's Games
Thursday’s Games CFL Calgary 33 Winnipeg 18 — MLB American League Baltimore 4 N.Y. Yankees 1 Boston 13 Minnesota 2 Detroit 2 Chicago White Sox 1 (7 innings) Tampa Bay 7 Oakland 3 — N...
Jul 21, 2016
Calgary takes advantage of Winnipeg turnovers, beats Blue Bombers 33-18
WINNIPEG - Bo Levi Mitchell knows the Calgary Stampeders are a confident group. The quarterback got more evidence of that in Calgary’s 33-18 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday. S...
Jul 21, 2016
Spain announces Lopetegui as Del Bosque's replacement
MADRID - Spain’s new football coach Julen Lopetegui has promised to build on the success of predecessor Vicente del Bosque after being named as his replacement on Thursday. Del Bosque’s ei...
Jul 21, 2016
