Category Archives: Sports

BOSTON - Jurors in the double-murder trial of ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez have viewed the scene where two men were fatally shot in 2012. On Friday, jurors were shown several sites related to the doubl...

MONTREAL - They were entertaining and mostly successful in the Major League Soccer playoffs last fall. Now it’s time for the Montreal Impact to take that energy into a whole new season. The Impa...

NEW YORK - The World Baseball Classic returns Monday for its fourth edition, growing slowly yet still far from rising to the prominence of soccer’s World Cup or the Olympics. South Korea hosts I...

ALGARVE, Portugal - Christine Sinclair scored her 167th international goal as Canada remained undefeated at the Algarve Cup women’s soccer tournament with a 2-1 win over Russia on Friday. Sincla...

TORONTO - Woodbine Entertainment Group has reduced the purses in a number of its stakes races this year, including the Woodbine Mile and Canadian International. The purses of the two Gr...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Expectations were kept in check for Team Nunavut at the Tim Hortons Brier. The scoreboard was not a major focus for the Iqaluit Curling Club foursome led b...

TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts signed veteran American linebacker-defensive back Rico Murray on Friday. The five-foot-11, 203-pound Murray spent the last four seasons with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Mu...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes turned to a veteran of the NFL and U.S. university football in naming Bruce Read as special teams co-ordinator on Friday. Read, 55, has always worked with special tea...

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed veteran Canadian fullback Mike Miller on Friday. The six-foot, 215-pound native of Riverview, N.B., spent six seasons with the Edmonton Eskimos be...

SILVAPLANA, Switzerland - Canadian slopestyle skier Teal Harle made sure his final World Cup of the season was a memorable one. The Campbell River, B.C., native won gold in Friday’s Wo...