Category Archives: Sports
Olympic sprinter Haynes returning to football roots with Hamilton Tiger-Cats
It’s taken eight years, but Akeem Haynes is a football player once again. The Olympic sprinter traded his track spikes for cleats last month, signing with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Despite not ha...
Mar 01, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games NHL Buffalo 2 Tampa Bay 1 (OT) Montreal 3 N.Y. Islanders 1 St. Louis 2 Detroit 1 Colorado 5 Calgary 2 N.Y. Rangers 6 Vancouver 5 (OT) — AHL Syracuse 4 Toronto 3 (OT) Gran...
Feb 28, 2018
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games NHL Buffalo 2 Tampa Bay 1 (OT) Montreal 3 N.Y. Islanders 1 St. Louis 2 Detroit 1 Colorado 5 Calgary 2 N.Y. Rangers 6 Vancouver 5 (OT) — AHL Syracuse 4 Toronto 3 (OT) Gran...
Feb 28, 2018
Gilmour scores OT winner, Lundqvist stops 50 as Rangers top Canucks 6-5
VANCOUVER - After enduring a long losing streak, goaltender Henrik Lundqvist didn’t much care how the New York Rangers won a hockey game. Lundqvist made a season-high 50 saves but the Rangers st...
Feb 28, 2018
MacKinnon, Barrie helps Avs beat Flames 5-2
DENVER - The Colorado Avalanche were playing out the string a year ago. With 19 games left in this season they’re battling for their first playoff berth in four years. “It’s a comple...
Feb 28, 2018
Raptors pull away late for 117-104 win over Magic
ORLANDO, Fla. - The Toronto Raptors have been on a tear offensively the past month. They paused for a few minutes of defence and it made the difference against Orlando. DeMar DeRozan scored 21 points ...
Feb 28, 2018
Drouin, Scherbak help lift Canadiens in 3-1 victory over Islanders
MONTREAL - Even with Carey Price out with a concussion, the Montreal Canadiens are getting stellar goaltending. Veteran backup Antti Niemi made 27 saves, including three on shorthanded breakaways by t...
Feb 28, 2018
Shapovalov falls to third-seeded Thiem in second round of Mexican Open
ACAPULCO, Mexico - Canadian Denis Shapovalov was ousted from the Mexican Open Tuesday, losing 6-2, 6-3 to third-seeded Dominic Thiem of Austria in the second round. The sixth-ranked Thiem broke the 18...
Feb 28, 2018
Blackmun resigns as CEO as USOC addresses wide abuse scandal
Scott Blackmun resigned as chief executive of the U.S. Olympic Committee on Wednesday, stepping aside so he can tackle his worsening bout with prostate cancer and to allow the federation to move forwa...
Feb 28, 2018
Canada falls 3-1 to Sweden at Algarve Cup women's soccer tournament
ALGARVE, Portugal - Canada fell 3-1 to Sweden on Wednesday in its opening match of the 2018 Algarve Cup women’s soccer tournament. Mimmi Larsson, Fridolina Rolfo and Stina Blackstenus scored for...
Feb 28, 2018