Category Archives: Sports

Shaw Top Performers Wilder Jr., Reilly and Banks pick respective charities
TORONTO - CFL stars James Wilder Jr., Mike Reilly and Brandon Banks are all fathers, so they know the value of a stable environment for children. The trio earmarked separate children’s charities...
May 14, 2018

Germany appeals to Russia to allow entry of journalist
BERLIN - Germany has appealed to the Russian government to let in a journalist who exposed systematic doping in Russian athletics and was denied entry to Russia to report on the upcoming World Cup. A ...
May 14, 2018

Israeli soccer club says it wants to add Trump to its name
JERUSALEM - Israeli soccer club Beitar Jerusalem says it wants to add “Trump” to the team’s name. The club’s social media accounts say the team “from now on will be calle...
May 14, 2018

Supreme Court makes sports betting a possibility nationwide
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday gave its go-ahead for states to allow gambling on sports across the nation, striking down a federal law that barred betting on football, basketball, baseball a...
May 14, 2018

Australian fastest to scale highest peaks on 7 continents
KATHMANDU, Nepal - An expedition organizer says an Australian mountaineer has scaled Mount Everest to become the fastest to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents. Steve Plain scaled Everest ...
May 14, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Sunday’s Games NHL Playoffs Washington 6 Tampa Bay 2 (Washington leads series 2-0) — NBA Playoffs Boston 108 Cleveland 83 (Boston leads series 1-0) — IIHF World Championship At Copen...
May 14, 2018
Saturday's Games
Sunday’s Games NHL Playoffs Washington 6 Tampa Bay 2 (Washington leads series 2-0) — NBA Playoffs Boston 108 Cleveland 83 (Boston leads series 1-0) — IIHF World Championship At Copen...
May 14, 2018
Capitals pull away, beat Lightning 6-2 for 2-0 series lead
TAMPA, Fla. - The Washington Capitals scored in the opening minute of the game and twice in the last 1:02 of the second period to pull away to a 6-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday nigh...
May 13, 2018
QMJHL Roundup: Titan eliminate Armada to advance to Memorial Cup
BATHURST, N.B. - The Acadie-Bathurst Titan are headed to the Memorial Cup. Samuel L’Italien scored the eventual winner as the Titan squeaked out a 2-1 win over the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada i...
May 13, 2018

Hockey Hall of Famer Clare Drake dies at 89; coached Golden Bears to six titles
Hockey Hall of Fame coach Clare Drake died on Saturday at the age of 89. Drake coached the University of Alberta Golden Bears to six Canadian university men’s hockey championships and 17 Canada ...
May 13, 2018