Category Archives: Sports
Vancouver Whitecaps acquire defender Sheanon Williams from Houston Dynamo
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired right back Sheanon Williams from the Houston Dynamo for general allocation money, the club announced Tuesday. The deal for the 26-year-old hinges on t...
Dec 13, 2016
Canadian junior team makes first cuts: Mete, Merkley, Howden, Wagner
BOISBRIAND, Que. - The first cuts came quickly for four players at the Canadian junior team selection camp. Defenceman Victor Mete and forwards Nick Merkley, Brett Howden and Austin Wagner were g...
Dec 13, 2016
Boucher says he's ready to bruise a few egos to end Senators' bad habits
OTTAWA - Guy Boucher says he doesn’t mind bruising a few egos if it stops the bad habits that have been creeping into the Ottawa Senators’ play lately. Practising for the first time since ...
Dec 13, 2016
MLS teams wheel and deal around Atlanta, Minnesota expansion draft
TORONTO - Goalkeeper Clint Irwin and fullback Donny Toia were briefly members of expansion Atlanta United on Tuesday. Both were taken in Tuesday’s MLS draft that saw Atlanta and Minnesota United...
Dec 13, 2016
Speers wrist looks fine as Canadian juniors blank U Sports selects 3-0
BOISBRIAND, Que. - Blake Speers was anxious heading into camp over whether the wrist he broke in October would hold up enough for him to make Canada’s team for the world junior championship. All...
Dec 13, 2016
Toronto FC striker Sebastian Giovinco raises issue of BMO Field pitch
TORONTO - The issue of Toronto FC sharing a stadium with the CFL Argonauts, which had seemingly been put to bed, has returned to the forefront just days after the MLS team’s painful penalty...
Dec 13, 2016
Swimmer Penny Oleksiak wins Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's top athlete
TORONTO - You could excuse Penny Oleksiak for being a little distracted during her high school law class on Tuesday. After winning four Olympic medals last summer in Rio, she knew she w...
Dec 13, 2016
Bobsled, skeleton officials moving worlds out of Russia
Avoiding what would have almost certainly been a widely boycotted world championships, international officials pulled this season’s biggest bobsled and skeleton competition out of Russia on Tues...
Dec 13, 2016
4 months after Olympics, organizers unable to pay some bills
RIO DE JANEIRO - Almost four months after the Olympics ended, Rio de Janeiro organizers are unable to pay some of their bills, including $3.7 million owed to the International Paralympic Committee. IP...
Dec 13, 2016
Edmonton Eskimos extend contract of pending free agent kicker Sean Whyte
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos signed kicker Sean Whyte to a contract extension on Tuesday. Whyte, who was slated to become a free agent, made 45 of 48 field-goal attempts last season ...
Dec 13, 2016