Category Archives: Sports
Toronto FC opts not to pick up the contract option on Sean Johnson and seven others
TORONTO - Toronto FC has declined the 2026 contract option on veteran goalkeeper Sean Johnson and seven others, clearing the deck for an off-season rebuild. The MLS club also declined the options on d...
Oct 24, 2025
Dodgers or Blue Jays? Baseball writers make their picks for the 2025 World Series
TORONTO - The defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers will take on the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series starting Friday night at Rogers Centre. The Dodgers are listed as a -220 favourite on BetMGM...
Oct 24, 2025
Yesavage gets the start as Jays open World Series against Dodgers
TORONTO - Rookie Trey Yesavage's improbable season continues today when he gets the start for the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 1 of the World Series. The 22-year-old right-hander, who played at every lev...
Oct 24, 2025
'A part of something:' The mental health benefits of being a Blue Jays fan
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have given Robert Stanton something to look forward to every day. "After the World Series is over, I'm not really sure what I'm going to do," Stanton said, sitting on a...
Oct 24, 2025
These artisans are threading their Blue Jays fandom into their work
TORONTO - As the Toronto Blue Jays head into their first World Series run since 1993, some fans are turning their love for the team into wearable art. __ THE SWEATER As a kid, Karla Courtney spent the...
Oct 24, 2025
'Ecstatic': Older fans remember Blue Jays' World Series championships in 1992-93
TORONTO - Mike Chisholm had a pager with him when he came to watch the Toronto Blue Jays play against Philadelphia in the World Series in 1993. His wife was nine months pregnant, so he needed to check...
Oct 24, 2025
'It's going to be a hell of a series': Jays fan Geddy Lee stoked for World Series
TORONTO - Geddy Lee is holding onto cautious optimism as the Toronto Blue Jays head into the World Series as underdogs. The Rush bassist, keyboardist and loyal Jays fan says it's hard to shake the "wo...
Oct 24, 2025
Canada's Victoria Mboko ousted from Pan Pacific Open in quarterfinals
TOKYO - Victoria Mboko's run at the Toray Pan Pacific Open came to an end Friday as she fell 6-3, 7-6(4) to Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan in the quarterfinals. The Canadian teenager won 83.3 per cent o...
Oct 23, 2025
'We can only get better': Edmonton Oilers not satisfied with start to NHL season
EDMONTON - It hasn't felt like it at times, but the Edmonton Oilers are off to their best start in the last three years. Edmonton won a wild one on Thursday as Vasily Podkolzin scored the game winner ...
Oct 23, 2025
Islanders beat Red Wings 7-2, Heineman scores twice
NEW YORK (AP) - Emil Heineman scored twice, while Tony DeAngelo, Mathew Barzal and Simon Holmstrom each had a goal and an assist as the New York Islanders topped the Detroit Red Wings 7-2 on Thursday ...
Oct 23, 2025
