Category Archives: Sports
Gable, Banks score touchdowns as Tiger-Cats grind out 31-7 win over Alouettes
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...
Jul 18, 2016
Piatti missing, but Drogba, Lampard provide star power as Impact face NYC
MONTREAL - A game featuring some of the top names in Major League Soccer will be missing one of its stars after Montreal Impact midfielder Ignacio (Nacho) Piatti was handed a one-game suspension on Fr...
Jul 18, 2016
Canadian Kevin Pangos signs deal with Lithuanian club Zalgiris Kaunas
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 ...
Jul 18, 2016
Stars captain Jamie Benn signs 8-year, $76 million extension
FRISCO, Texas - Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn signed an eight-year, $76 million contract extension Friday. The team announced the deal a day after Benn had surgery to repair an abdominal muscle inju...
Jul 18, 2016
Brady to drop appeal, serve 4-game 'Deflategate' suspension
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Tom Brady said Friday he will not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block his four-game “Deflategate” suspension, ending his fight in a scandal that tested the power of the...
Jul 18, 2016
Canadian Hinchcliffe catches long-awaited break at Honda Indy Toronto
TORONTO - James Hinchcliffe had been waiting to catch a break on home soil for years. On Sunday, it finally happened. The Oakville, Ont. native secured his first podium appearance at the Honda Indy To...
Jul 18, 2016
Earthquakes beat Toronto FC 2-1, snap 7-game winless streak
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Simon Dawkins scored in the 70th minute and the San Jose Earthquakes - playing down two men most of the second half - beat Toronto FC 2-1 on Saturday night to end a seven-game winle...
Jul 18, 2016
Jennings tosses three TDs, Lions beat winless Roughriders 40-27
REGINA - Jonathon Jennings wasn’t interested in being a spectator for the second straight game. Relatively ineffective and eventually pulled in the second half last week in a home loss to the To...
Jul 18, 2016
Canada gives up lead, falls to U.S. at under-19 lacrosse world championships
COQUITLAM, B.C. - Canada had to settle for silver at the under-19 world lacrosse championships after falling to the United States 13-12 in the championship game on Saturday. The Canadian side looked t...
Jul 18, 2016
Canadian Paralympian Nathan Stein wins S10 100-metre freestyle
GATINEAU, Que. - Nathan Stein won the S10 100-metre freestyle in 54.42 seconds during Sunday’s final day of competition at the 2016 Can Am para-swimming championships. Despite winning the event,...
Jul 18, 2016
