Category Archives: Sports
Roughriders' Brandon Bridge aims to change perceptions about Canadian QBs
SASKATOON - Brandon Bridge only has to ask his teammates if he needs assurances that he is changing perceptions about Canadian quarterbacks in the CFL. Last season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, t...
May 25, 2018
Authorities drop assault charges against Hope Solo
KIRKLAND, Wash. - Prosecutors in Washington state have dropped domestic violence charges against former U.S. national team star goalkeeper Hope Solo. Solo was charged with two counts of fourth-degree ...
May 25, 2018
Osuna's administrative leave extended through June 4
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball has extended the administrative leave of Toronto closer Roberto Osuna through June 4, the third time the initial seven-day period was lengthened. Osuna was put on admi...
May 25, 2018
Hanley Ramirez designated for assignment by Red Sox
BOSTON - Hanley Ramirez was designated for assignment by the Boston Red Sox, who are responsible for the $15.25 million remaining on his contract but avoided him triggering a $22 million salary for 20...
May 25, 2018
Ex-middleweight champ David Lemieux can't make weight for Achour bout
QUEBEC - Former world middleweight champion David Lemieux’s bout with Karim Achour of France will go ahead even if the Montreal boxer failed to make the 160-pound weight limit. Lemieux (38-4) ca...
May 25, 2018
Halifax entry in new Canadian Premier League to be called the HFX Wanderers
Halifax’s entry in the new Canadian Premier League will be called the HFX Wanderers. The team’s colours, motto and name - which is spoken as Halifax Wanderers - were revealed Friday at a n...
May 25, 2018
Polansky earns his third lucky loser spot in last six Grand Slams
Peter Polansky is a very lucky loser. The 29-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., qualified for the French Open as a “lucky loser,” the third time in the past six Grand Slams that Polansky has d...
May 25, 2018
Toronto Wolfpack tackle Leigh Centurions in rugby league battle of in-form teams
Something has to give Saturday when the Toronto Wolfpack play the Leigh Centurions. The Wolfpack have won 10 straight in England’s second-tier Betfred Championship, topping the table at 12-1-1. ...
May 25, 2018
McPhee on Knights-Capitals final: 'A script that no one saw being written'
George McPhee is happy to talk about the Vegas Golden Knights, the team he built over the last year that now sits four wins from an improbable Stanley Cup. But his old club? The one that stands in the...
May 25, 2018
Collectible Blue Jays rings taken in break-in in Niagara Falls, Ont., police say
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - Police say several rings, including part of a 1993 Toronto Blue Jays World Series ring, have been taken in a break-in in Niagara Falls, Ont. Niagara regional police say a home wa...
May 25, 2018