Category Archives: Sports

VANCOUVER - It was a wild ride with a dangerous swerve toward hitting the ditch, but goaltender Thatcher Demko couldn’t stop grinning the whole game. What looked like an easy 4-1 win for Demko i...

TORONTO - Kevin Pillar had been thinking about stealing home since he saw video of a Pittsburgh Pirates prospect do it in a spring training game last week. So when the speedy Toronto centre-fielder wa...

GOLD COAST, Australia - More than 6,600 athletes and officials will converge on the Gold Coast for the 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games, the multi-sports event for 71 countries and territories o...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Kei Kamara scored the go-ahead goal on a diving header in the 78th minute and the Vancouver Whitecaps came from behind to beat the Columbus Crew 2-1 on Saturday. Vancouver trailed at ...

DETROIT - Out of the playoffs and sinking fast with one win in 14 games a week ago, the Detroit Red Wings could have embraced tanking to bolster their chances in the NHL draft lottery. Instead, they l...

BOSTON - Nick Holden has only been in Boston for about a month, and he’s already learned that he needs to keep his stick on the ice when he’s playing with David Krejci. “When you thi...

Saturday’s Games NHL Calgary 3 Edmonton 2 Pittsburgh 5 Montreal 2 Winnipeg 3 Toronto 1 Detroit 2 Ottawa 0 Vancouver 5 Columbus 4 (OT) New Jersey 4 N.Y. Islanders 3 Boston 5 Florida 1 N.Y. Ranger...

SAN ANTONIO - Steve Nash was an unsung Canadian kid who got one significant U.S. basketball scholarship offer. Jason Kidd was an Oakland hoops prodigy ticketed for superstardom from childhood. After p...

Friday’s Games NHL Toronto 5 N.Y. Islanders 4 Carolina 4 Washington 1 Tampa Bay 7 N.Y. Rangers 3 Colorado 5 Chicago 0 Anaheim 2 Los Angeles 1 (OT) Vegas 4 St. Louis 3 (OT) — AHL Utica 3 He...

NEW YORK - With the score tied late in the third period, Auston Matthews saw an opening and got himself in position. And when he got the puck from William Nylander, he was able to knock in the winning...