Category Archives: Sports
Curt Schilling eyes US Senate run against Elizabeth Warren
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling announced plans on Tuesday to run against Elizabeth Warren in the U.S. Senate if his wife agrees, but he declined to apologize to Rhode Island ...
Oct 18, 2016
Russian weightlifter loses 2012 Olympic silver in dope case
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Russian weightlifter Apti Aukhadov was stripped of his silver medal from the 2012 London Olympics on Tuesday after testing positive for steroids in a reanalysis of his doping s...
Oct 18, 2016
She said, they said: Derrick Rose case boils down to consent
LOS ANGELES - Months before Derrick Rose took the stand to defend himself in the lawsuit claiming he and two buddies raped an ex-girlfriend while she was intoxicated, the NBA star was asked if he unde...
Oct 18, 2016
Gretzky on mentoring Ovechkin, increasing scoring, NHL at Olympics, dynasties
TORONTO - Wayne Gretzky used to love getting together over lunch or dinner with the late Gordie Howe and peppering the hockey legend with questions about the game. Now it’s the Great One pl...
Oct 18, 2016
2017 Tour will scale all of France's mountains
PARIS - For the first time in 25 years, all five mountain ranges of continental France will feature in next year’s Tour de France, in a stretched-out endurance test of racing that smiles on the ...
Oct 18, 2016
Barcelona knows what to expect against Guardiola's Man City
MADRID - Andres Iniesta can see it already. The Manchester City team coming to the Camp Nou for Wednesday’s Champions League match against Barcelona has quickly been infused with Pep Guardiola&#...
Oct 18, 2016
Thomas Bach reminds Tokyo to stick with current venue plans
TOKYO - IOC President Thomas Bach expressed willingness Tuesday to work with Tokyo officials to achieve a “significant reduction” in costs for the 2020 Olympics, but suggested the effort s...
Oct 18, 2016
Blue Jays searching for answers after offence remains cold in ALCS
TORONTO - Blue Jays manager John Gibbons felt his team got a spark when he moved Jose Bautista into the leadoff spot during the regular season. He tried it again Monday in Game 3 of the Amer...
Oct 17, 2016
Blue Jays starter Stroman gives up just three hits, but long ball costly in loss
TORONTO - Normally a starting pitcher would be pleased to give up just three hits over 5 1/3 innings of work. Blue Jays right-hander Marcus Stroman was anything but after his performance in ...
Oct 17, 2016
Monday's Games
Monday’s Games MLB American League Championship Series Cleveland 4 Toronto 2 (Cleveland leads best-of-seven series 3-0) — NHL Detroit 5 Ottawa 1 Boston 4 Winnipeg 1 Colorado...
Oct 17, 2016