Category Archives: Sports
Brendan Steele, Byeong Hun An share Phoenix Open lead
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Brendan Steele and Byeong Hun An led the way at golf’s biggest party, Phil Mickelson had a classic Lefty adventure, and Justin Thomas cooled off in the desert. An ran in a 35...
Feb 03, 2017
Blip, or was this the year fans started tuning out the NFL?
HOUSTON - It may have been a blip, explained as much by the must-watch presidential debates as by some wholesale turn away from football. Or, decades from now, 2016 could be remembered as the season f...
Feb 03, 2017
Canada advances to final rounds in all individual events at World Cup
DRESDEN, Germany - All 12 members of Canada’s short-track speedskating team qualified for the final rounds of their individual events at this weekend’s ISU World Cup, following Friday̵...
Feb 03, 2017

Danica Patrick's sponsor sued by racing team
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Stewart-Haas Racing filed a $31 million breach of contract lawsuit against Nature’s Bakery on Friday, accusing the company of refusing to pay millions of dollars it owes the te...
Feb 03, 2017

Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil helps Canada tie Davis Cup series with Britain 1-1
OTTAWA - Vancouver’s Vasek Pospisil has been looking for a turn around in his game. He may have found it at the Davis Cup. Pospisil was stellar in a 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 win over Kyle Edmund on Friday,...
Feb 03, 2017
Canadian soccer vets Tancredi, Wilkinson, Nault set to wave goodbye in friendly
VANCOUVER - No one was quite sure what Melissa Tancredi would say or when she would say it. Handed the captaincy for Canada’s final group game of the women’s soccer tournament at the ...
Feb 03, 2017

Former defensive back Parker got his wish to join Alouettes coaching staff
MONTREAL - For Billy Parker, the tough part of becoming a coach will be ordering around some of his old buddies in the Montreal Alouettes defence. Parker, who retired after eight seasons with the Alou...
Feb 03, 2017
Hold it or don't flush: Super Bowl could harm sinkhole mess
FRASER, Mich. - A giant sinkhole in suburban Detroit is being threatened by the Super Bowl. Macomb County public works chief Candice Miller is worried that thousands of football fans will flush toilet...
Feb 03, 2017

Canadian bowlers make mark on PBA Tour, up for rookie of the year honours
As a professional bowler, Francois Lavoie doesn’t travel light. When it comes to bowling balls, the modern bowler is like a pro golfer - there are lot of tools in his bag, he explains. But ...
Feb 03, 2017

Meeting may move NHL closer to decision on 2018 Olympics
A key meeting on the topic of whether NHL players will participate in the Winter Olympics in South Korea a year from now ended Friday without a decision. International Olympic Committee President Thom...
Feb 03, 2017