Category Archives: Sports
Puerto Rico in scarce supply of hair dye amid baseball fever
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Pharmacies and beauty stores across Puerto Rico are running out of hair dye with even a top economist joining men going blond in support of the island’s baseball players ...
Mar 22, 2017
Norwegian wingback puts banking job on hold to play for Toronto FC
Toronto FC’s gain has proved to Norwegian banking’s loss. One day after getting a job in a bank back home, wingback Oyvind Alseth learned he had been drafted by Toronto in the third r...
Mar 22, 2017
Toronto Argonauts head coach Marc Trestman unveils 2017 coaching staff
Toronto Argonauts coach Marc Trestman unveiled the remainder of his staff Wednesday and it includes former CFL players Tyron Brackenridge and Kevin Eiben. Brackenridge, a former S...
Mar 22, 2017
South Korea's Olympic ringers sing their way onto the team
MOSCOW - To earn a place on South Korea’s team for next year’s Olympics, you may need to brush up on your singing. A rendition of the national anthem in front of immigration officials is a...
Mar 22, 2017
Russia says 3 disqualified from 2012 Olympics for doping
MOSCOW - Three Russian athletes have been disqualified from the 2012 Olympics after failing doping retests, the country’s track federation said. Hammer throwers Maria Bespalova and Gulfiya Khana...
Mar 22, 2017
Canada locks up first place and playoff spot at world women's curling
BEIJING - Canada’s Rachel Homan kept her unbeaten streak intact at the world women’s curling championship on Wednesday, locking up first place in the round-robin standings in the...
Mar 22, 2017
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games NHL Pittsburgh 3 Buffalo 1 New Jersey 3 N.Y. Rangers 2 (OT) Washington 4 Calgary 2 Ottawa 3 Boston 2 Detroit 2 Montreal 1 (OT) Arizona 5 Tampa Bay 3 Carolina 4 Florida 3 Winnipeg...
Mar 22, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Tuesday’s Games NHL Pittsburgh 3 Buffalo 1 New Jersey 3 N.Y. Rangers 2 (OT) Washington 4 Calgary 2 Ottawa 3 Boston 2 Detroit 2 Montreal 1 (OT) Arizona 5 Tampa Bay 3 Carolina 4 Florida 3 Winnipeg...
Mar 22, 2017
US edges Japan 2-1, advances to WBC championship game
LOS ANGELES - Luke Gregerson’s final strike breezed past Nobuhiro Matsuda, and the rain-drenched American players celebrated on the field while a soaked crowd roared through the evening mist. A ...
Mar 21, 2017
Daniel Sedin scores in OT to lift Canucks over Blackhawks
CHICAGO - Daniel Sedin and the Vancouver Canucks finally found a way to win after surviving a barrage by one of the NHL’s best and hottest teams. Sedin scored a power-play goal 2:12 into overtim...
Mar 21, 2017