Category Archives: Sports
Toronto FC adds experience to backline, signs veteran Jason Hernandez
Toronto FC added experience to its backline in the form of 12-year veteran Jason Hernandez on Wednesday, the latest piece in what the MLS team hopes will be a championship puzzle. The 33-year-old...
Mar 21, 2017
Canadiens wary of upsets by non-playoff opponents in final 10 games
BROSSARD, Que. - On paper, the Montreal Canadiens should be able to coast into the Stanley Cup playoffs. Beginning with a home game Tuesday night against Detroit, nine of Montreal’s last 10 game...
Mar 21, 2017
Interim Canada coach reunited with Scottish counterpart after 34 years
In 1983 while Scotland was touring Canada, manager Jock Stein requested a closed-door game in Vancouver to help fine-tune his team. Michael Findlay was one of the Canadian players who made up the oppo...
Mar 21, 2017
Star witness in Aaron Hernandez trial is grilled by defence
BOSTON - A lawyer for former NFL star Aaron Hernandez has aggressively questioned the prosecution’s star witness against Hernandez in his double-murder trial. Attorney Jose Baez grilled Alexande...
Mar 21, 2017
Toronto Maple Leafs sign forward Jeremy Bracco to entry-level contract
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Jeremy Bracco to an entry-level contract. The 20-year-old native of Freeport, N.Y., has 25 goals and 58 assists in 57 Ontario Hockey League games ...
Mar 21, 2017
NHL 100: Colourful coaches marked NHL's first 100 years
From old-time taskmasters to bright young innovators, with or without loud sports jackets or fedoras, the NHL has had some unforgettable coaches in the past 100 years. In the latest edition of NHL 100...
Mar 21, 2017
Opera tells story of Negro Leagues baseball star Josh Gibson
An opera about Negro Leagues baseball star Josh Gibson, whose power hitting rivaled Babe Ruth’s, will have its world premiere in Pittsburgh in April. “The Summer King,” presented by ...
Mar 21, 2017
Brian Boyle has already changed the way the Maple Leafs do business
TORONTO - Brian Boyle peeks through a hole in the Air Canada Centre glass about 30 minutes before Monday’s opening faceoff against the Boston Bruins to say hello to a familia...
Mar 21, 2017
Toronto FC adds experience to backline, signs veteran Jason Hernandez
Toronto FC added experience to its backline in the form of 12-year veteran Jason Hernandez on Wednesday, the latest piece in what the MLS team hopes will be a championship puzzle. The 33-year-old...
Mar 21, 2017
Prosecutor: Spanier not reporting Jerry Sandusky let evil 'run wild'
HARRISBURG, Pa. - The failure of Penn State’s former president to report child molestation accusations against Jerry Sandusky allowed evil “to run wild,” prosecutors said Tuesday at ...
Mar 21, 2017