Category Archives: Sports
Capped off: Blue Jackets' streak snapped at 16 in Washington
WASHINGTON - John Tortorella broke from his usual routine after the Columbus Blue Jackets’ streak-breaking clunker on Thursday night. He felt he had to. Tortorella walked into the visiting locke...
Jan 05, 2017
Raptors Patterson sidelined for third straight game with knee injury
Toronto Raptors forward Patrick Patterson was sidelined for the third consecutive game with a strained left knee on Thursday. The Raptors were hosting the Utah Jazz in their first game at&nb...
Jan 05, 2017
Guryanov's OT winner to give Russia 2-1 win over Sweden in bronze-medal game
MONTREAL - Russian netminder Ilya Samsonov was at his best on Thursday and it showed in a bronze-medal victory for his team at the world junior hockey championship. The 19-year-old Samsonov stopp...
Jan 05, 2017
Hockey Canada looks for answers to world junior attendance woes at Bell Centre
MONTREAL - International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel wonders if Montreal is a one-team town and that’s why attendance has been weak at the world junior championship. “H...
Jan 05, 2017
Canada's under-22 women's hockey team beats Sweden 2-1 at Nations Cup
FUSSEN, Germany - Laura Stacey of Kleinburg, Ont., and Victoria Bach of Milton, Ont., scored less than four minutes apart in the second period to lead the Canadian women’s under-22 tea...
Jan 05, 2017
Canadian women believe they can challenge at Women's Rugby World Cup this summer
TORONTO - The Canadian women’s rugby team starts 2017 believing a world championship is within its reach. For the only one of Rugby Canada’s four senior teams that isn’t centralized,...
Jan 05, 2017
Canadian Laurent Duvernay-Tardif entrenched in Chiefs' offensive line
It’s been a meteoric rise for Canadian Laurent Duvernay-Tardif. Taken in the sixth round, 200th overall, of the 2014 NFL draft from McGill University, the 25-year-old na...
Jan 05, 2017
Chris Berman changing role at ESPN
Chris Berman isn’t disappearing from in front of the cameras or from behind the microphones. He’s simply stepping to the side a bit. The longtime ESPN fixture is giving up his regular on-a...
Jan 05, 2017
Brad Jacobs, Val Sweeting qualify for playoff round at Canadian Open
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - Brad Jacobs and Niklas Edin are the first two skips on the men’s side to qualify for the playoffs at the Canadian Open. Jacobs and his rink from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.,...
Jan 05, 2017
Edmonton Eskimos grant receiver Derel Walker early free-agent status
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos released receiver Derel Walker on Thursday to pursue NFL opportunities. Walker, 25, was scheduled to become a free agent next month. The six-foot-two 185-pound Wal...
Jan 05, 2017