Category Archives: Sports

The Toronto Blue Jays are keeping their options open. First baseman Justin Smoak agreed to a two-year contract extension with the Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon with a club option for the 2019 season...

HALIFAX - Thousands of fans gave favourite son Sidney Crosby a rousing reception during a parade in Cole Harbour, N.S., on Saturday as the Pittsburgh Penguins captain showed off the Stanley Cup to his...

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Another top-10 tennis player, Tomas Berdych, withdrew from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics over concerns about the Zika virus on Saturday. Hours later, another Czech, 16th-ranked ...

TROON, Scotland - The latest from the British Open (all times local): ___ 7:25 p.m. Henrik Stenson will take a one-stroke lead to the final day of the British Open. After a riveting duel with Phil Mic...

HALIFAX - Sidney Crosby met the Stanley Cup at the Halifax airport Friday, beginning his designated time with the storied trophy with a surprise visit to a hometown Tim Hortons. “We heard this b...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Even as he lay on his back looking up at plate umpire Mark Wegner calling him out, Josh Reddick thought he was safe. So did Oakland third base coach Ron Washington, who frantically g...

Friday’s Games CFL Hamilton 31 Montreal 7 — MLB American League Oakland 8 Toronto 7 Boston 5 N.Y. Yankees 3 Baltimore 4 Tampa Bay 3 Detroit 4 Kansas City 2 Cleveland 5 Minnesota 2 L.A. Ang...

MONTREAL - Brandon Banks showed once again that he is the master game-breaker in the CFL. The slippery Hamilton kick returner broke open a turgid game with an 86-yard punt return touchdown to send the...

Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has been notified of a potential violation of the promotion’s anti-doping policy from an out-of-competition drug test administered June 28. Lesnar is...

Canadian guard Kevin Pangos is heading to Lithuania for the 2016-17 basketball season. The 23-year-old from Holland Landing, Ont., has agreed to a contract with Zalgiris Kaunas of the EuroLeague. The ...