Category Archives: Sports

'Diamonds in the rough' recruited for Olympic sport via Training Ground
Gavin Broadhead was training hard, but he didn’t know what for. The former centre with the Western Hockey League’s Medicine Hat Tigers turned to crossfit and weightlifting after hockey bef...
May 02, 2018
Canadian rugby women hope to bounce back from disappointing showing in Japan
TORONTO - Canada has been drawn with Australia, Spain and Ireland for the HSBC Canada Women’s Sevens in Langford, B.C., on May 12-13. Defending champion New Zealand is in Pool A with Fiji, 2016 ...
May 02, 2018
Drake left steaming after words with Cavaliers centre in playoff loss
TORONTO - The Raptors’ most famous fan was left steaming Tuesday night after a run-in with a burly Cavalier during Toronto’s 113-112 overtime playoff loss to Cleveland. Drake, the Raptors&...
May 02, 2018

Cavaliers star LeBron James a thorn in the Raptors side even on an off night
TORONTO - LeBron James, by his own admission, had an off night. “Probably one of my worst games of the season.” The Cavaliers star shot 12-of-30, missed seven of eight three-point attempts...
May 02, 2018
Viewers see vulnerable Serena Williams in 5-part TV series
The first episode of “Being Serena,” a five-part documentary series on HBO about Serena Williams, closes with the tennis great in a hospital bed, about to have a C-section. Just before the...
May 02, 2018
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games NHL Playoffs Second Round Winnipeg 7 Nashville 4 (Jets lead series 2-1) Washington 4 Pittsburgh 3 (Capitals lead series 2-1) — NBA Playoffs Second Round Cleveland 113 Toron...
May 01, 2018
Drake left steaming after words with Cavaliers centre in playoff loss
TORONTO - The Raptors’ most famous fan was left steaming Tuesday night after a run-in with a burly Cavalier during Toronto’s 113-112 overtime playoff loss to Cleveland. Drake, the Raptors&...
May 01, 2018
Predators jump out to early lead, but "stop playing" in Game 3 loss to Jets
WINNIPEG - Ryan Johansen says the Predators stopped skating after Nashville surrendered a three-goal lead on the way to losing 7-4 to the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday. Ryan Ellis took it one step further....
May 01, 2018
Morales, Blue Jays speed past Twins 7-4 in 10th inning
MINNEAPOLIS - Twelve years into his major league career, Toronto Blue Jays slugger Kendrys Morales has the self-assurance to endure a weeklong slump. The Minnesota Twins are starting to lose some of t...
May 01, 2018

Jets erase early deficit, roar back to beat Predators 7-4 for 2-1 series lead
WINNIPEG - Down 3-0 after a disastrous opening 20 minutes, there was no flipping of tables or peeling of paint off the walls in the Winnipeg Jets’ locker room. They instead spent the first inter...
May 01, 2018