Category Archives: Sports
Mac Marcoux, guide Jack Leitch race to Canada's first gold of Paralympics
JEONGSEON, Korea, Republic Of - There’s a feeling of pure freedom when Mac Marcoux is roaring down the mountain at 120 kilometres an hour, the only sounds coming from the crunch of his skis on t...
Mar 09, 2018
McMorris wins slopestyle title at Burton US Open for second straight year
VAIL, Colo. - Canadian Mark Morris became the first snowboarder to win the Burton U.S. Open slopestyle title in back-to-back years, scoring 88.1 points on his final run Friday. The Regina native fell ...
Mar 09, 2018
Woods takes another big step, trails by 2 at Innisbrook
PALM HARBOR, Fla. - Canadian Corey Conners knew Tiger Woods had finished his second round at Innisbrook because he couldn’t see him. He was only about 50 yards from the ninth green, but there we...
Mar 09, 2018

Ngoepe had busy off-season promoting baseball in South Africa
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Gift Ngoepe had quite the busy off-season. After becoming the first African-born player to reach the major leagues last season, Ngoepe was traded from Pittsburgh to Toronto and spent a...
Mar 09, 2018
Animated rookie skip Greg Smith plots return to Brier, hopes for Gushue repeat
REGINA - Greg Smith will be cheering like mad for Brad Gushue to repeat as Canadian men’s curling champion. Gushue winning for the first time in 2017 gave that team a bye into this year’s ...
Mar 09, 2018
Raptors give love to Charles Barkley after he taps them to make NBA Finals
TORONTO - Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley says Toronto is his favourite city in the world and that the Raptors are the best team in the NBA’s Eastern Conference. The respect is more tha...
Mar 09, 2018
Montreal coach Remi Garde hoping for more spontaneous Impact against Crew
MONTREAL - New Impact coach Remi Garde wants his club to play with more purpose and resolve after a flat performance in their season opener. Garde and the new-look Montreal Impact are on the road to p...
Mar 09, 2018
Canadian R.J. Barrett named Naismith high school basketball player of the year
TORONTO - Canadian small forward R.J. Barrett was named the 2018 Naismith high school boys’ player of the year on Friday. Barrett, from Mississauga, Ont., led Florida’s Montverde Academy t...
Mar 09, 2018

Gushue not feeling pressure at Canadian men's curling championship
REGINA - If Brad Gushue doesn’t seem like he’s feeling pressure at the Canadian men’s curling championship, that’s because he isn’t compared to a year ago. The skip was u...
Mar 09, 2018
Maple Leafs set to host high-flying Penguins; Matthews likely to sit out again
TORONTO - Morgan Rielly enjoys seeing Pittsburgh Penguins stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin spin their magic - when the Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman isn’t on the ice trying to contain them...
Mar 09, 2018