Category Archives: Canadian Press
Blue Jays hit 3 HRs in 7-2 win over Orioles
BALTIMORE - A scorching line drive did more than merely end the night for Toronto pitcher Marcus Stroman. It also turned out to be a downer for the Baltimore Orioles. Josh Donaldson hit a pivotal thre...
Sep 02, 2017
Sintra rallies to capture $615,000 Canadian Pacing Derby at Mohawk Racetrack
CAMPBELLVILLE, Ont. - Driver Jody Jamieson and Sintra gained a measure of redemption Saturday night. Sintra, a 12/1 pick, overtook favourite Rockin Ron on the inside in deep stretch to win the $615,00...
Sep 02, 2017
Blind long-snapper Jake Olson plays in game for USC Trojans
LOS ANGELES - Jake Olson first imagined this moment long before he lost his vision to cancer eight years ago. Southern California scored a touchdown. Coach Clay Helton turned to the sideline and yelle...
Sep 02, 2017
Wouter Wippert wins Stage 2 of Tour of Alberta; Canada's Burke 35 seconds back
SPRUCE GROVE, Alta. - Wouter Wippert jumped from the field with about 25 metres to go and outsprinted the pack to win his first race in more than two years on Saturday in Stage 2 of the Tour of Albert...
Sep 02, 2017
Bastian Schweinsteiger scores to lift Chicago Fire over 10-man Impact
MONTREAL - Video review was used in an Impact game for the first time this season and it did not go Montreal’s way. The referee used the video review technology to change a yellow card into a re...
Sep 02, 2017
Canada avenges Gold Cup loss to Jamaica but Davies sent off in win at BMO Field
TORONTO - A night to celebrate for Canada turned slightly sour Saturday as Vancouver Whitecaps teenager Alphonso Davies saw red late in a 2-0 friendly win over Jamaica. The 16-year-old Davies apologiz...
Sep 02, 2017
Blue Jays pitcher Stroman hit in arm with line drive
BALTIMORE - Blue Jays pitcher Marcus Stroman was struck on the right elbow with a line drive Saturday night and forced out of a game against the Baltimore Orioles. Stroman immediately went to the grou...
Sep 02, 2017
Record-breaking Astronaut Peggy Whitson returns to Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth late Saturday, wrapping up a record-breaking flight that catapulted her to first place for U.S. space endurance. Whitson’s 665 da...
Sep 02, 2017
North Korea conducts 6th nuclear test, says it was H-bomb
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea said it set off a hydrogen bomb Sunday in its sixth nuclear test, which judging by the earthquake it set off appeared to be its most powerful explosion yet. Sou...
Sep 02, 2017
Wolfpack inch closer to promotion with Super 8s playoffs win over Whitehaven
TORONTO - Gary Wheeler broke the game open with a second-half try as the Toronto Wolfpack beat Whitehaven 36-18 on Saturday in the fifth round of Kingstone Press League 1’s Super 8s playoffs. Wh...
Sep 02, 2017