Category Archives: Canadian Press
Phaneuf says it will 'take a while' to get over loss to Penguins in East final
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators weren’t quite ready to go their separate ways. Emotionally drained after a deep playoff run came to an end with a Game 7 double overtime loss this week in Pittsburgh...
May 27, 2017
Five things to know ahead of Memorial Cup final between Windsor and Erie
WINDSOR, Ont. - It’ll be an all-Ontario Hockey League matchup on Sunday in the Memorial Cup final when the Windsor Spitfires play the Erie Otters. The host Spitfires (3-0) haven’t played s...
May 27, 2017
Saturday's Games
Saturday’s Games AHL Playoffs Conference Finals Grand Rapids 4 San Jose 2 (Grand Rapids wins series 4-1) Syracuse 3 Providence 1 (Syracuse wins series 4-1) — MLB American League Toronto 3 ...
May 27, 2017
Slugger Jose Bautista powers Blue Jays to 3-1 victory over Rangers
TORONTO - There are four games left to play in May and the Toronto Blue Jays are almost out of the hole they dug in April. Jose Bautista’s three-run homer was all the offence the Blue Jays neede...
May 27, 2017
Computer beats top Chinese player at go, but will soon be unplugged
EDMONTON - A University of Alberta computing science professor says a clean sweep by a computer at a man-versus-machine competition in the ancient game of go is bittersweet. Ryan Hayward says it means...
May 27, 2017
Canada undefeated after three wins on Day 1 at women's rugby sevens
LANGFORD, B.C. - Canada posted three wins Saturday on home turf to remain undefeated at the HSBC World Women’s Rugby Sevens Series. Julia Greenshields, Bianca Farella, Ghislaine Landry and Natas...
May 27, 2017
Warner, Johnson-Thompson lead Hypo Meeting after 1st day
GOETZIS, Austria - Canadian decathlete Damian Warner led the Hypo Meeting after the first five events on Saturday, while Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson built a slim lead in the women’...
May 27, 2017
Gregg Allman of The Allman Brothers Band dies at age 69
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Music legend Gregg Allman, whose bluesy vocals and soulful touch on the Hammond B-3 organ helped propel the Allman Brothers Band to superstardom and spawn Southern rock, died Saturday,...
May 27, 2017
Arsenal beats Chelsea to win third FA Cup in 4 seasons
LONDON - Arsene Wenger’s turbulent year ended with a third FA Cup success in four seasons after Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 to deny the English Premier League champion a double on Saturday. Wenger ...
May 27, 2017
Ex-Senate staffer: Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning has died
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Former U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, a Hall of Fame pitcher who parlayed his sports fame into a political career as an uncompromising advocate for conservative causes, has died. He was 85. ...
May 27, 2017