Category Archives: Sports
Impact itching to play Toronto FC before huge crowd in MLS playoff showdown
MONTREAL - Ticket sales for the MLS Eastern Conference final are creeping toward the 60,000 mark and the Montreal Impact are starting to get excited. The opening match of the two-game, total-goa...
Nov 15, 2016
Kaepernick stands behind decision not to vote for president
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Colin Kaepernick is standing behind his decision not to vote in the presidential election or even register to take part in the democratic process, saying he can effect change in ...
Nov 15, 2016
Toronto FC star striker Sebastian Giovinco looks to settle the score in Montreal
TORONTO - Sebastian Giovinco is talking on the training ground and that’s bad news for the Montreal Impact. Normally a quiet type, Toronto FC’s star striker is after every edge possible in...
Nov 15, 2016
Man charged in Trinity Gay's death waives case to grand jury
LEXINGTON, Ky. - One of four people charged in connection with the shooting death of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay’s 15-year-old daughter has allowed his case to be moved to a grand jury for review...
Nov 15, 2016
Preds' Rinne sidelined by lower-body injury; won't play vs. Maple Leafs
TORONTO - Nashville Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne will miss Tuesday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs with a lower body injury. Predators head coach Peter Laviolette announced that Rinne...
Nov 15, 2016
Former Stampeders, Lions coach Lary Kuharich dies at the age of 70
CALGARY - Lary Kuharich, a former head coach of the Calgary Stampeders and B.C. Lions who later won two titles in the Arena Football League, has died. He was 70. The native of Middletown, N.Y.,&n...
Nov 15, 2016
Pope Francis gets Cubs hat, baseball from Chicago archbishop
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis now has a blue Chicago Cubs hat to go with his traditional white skull cap. Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich presented Francis with the hat and what looks like a signed base...
Nov 15, 2016
Babcock coaxing Matthews through slowdown; nine in a row without a goal
TORONTO - To help Auston Matthews through the first offensive slowdown of his early NHL career, Mike Babcock has been employing video of Sidney Crosby and Henri...
Nov 15, 2016
Cespedes, Abreu on US witness list in Cuban smuggling case
MIAMI - Free agent outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, who last played for the New York Mets, and Chicago White Sox star Jose Abreu are among the Major League Baseball figures on a U.S. witness list for an up...
Nov 15, 2016
Swimmers complete 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea
EIN GEDI, Israel - A multinational group of swimmers swam seven hours through the salty, soupy waters of the Dead Sea on Tuesday in a bid to draw attention to the environmental degradation of the fabl...
Nov 15, 2016