Category Archives: Sports
Draisaitl's OT goal lifts Oilers over Devils
NEWARK, N.J. - The Edmonton Oilers are starting to play better after a rough start to the season. Leon Draisaitl scored with 16.3 seconds left in overtime to lift the Oilers to a 3-2 win over the New ...
Nov 09, 2017
DeRozan scores 33 points in Raptors' 122-118 victory over New Orleans
TORONTO - DeMar Derozan says there’s no better feeling than having the ball in his hands when the clock is ticking down in a close game. DeRozan scored 10 of his 33 points in the final two-and-a...
Nov 09, 2017
Celebration of life for former Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay to be held Tuesday
NEW YORK - A celebration of life for former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay will be held next week in Florida at the spring-training home of the Philadelphia Phillies. Halladay was killed Tuesd...
Nov 09, 2017
Social club set new bocce playing record
AVON, Conn. - An Italian-American social club in Connecticut has set a record for the longest stretch of playing bocce. Members of the Prince Thomas of Savoy Club in Avon announced on its Facebook Thu...
Nov 09, 2017
Cowboys' Elliott loses appeal; ineligible to play Sunday
NEW YORK - Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott’s half-season run from his six-game suspension ended Thursday when a federal appeals court refused to let him play while it considers his a...
Nov 09, 2017
Canada's Kaillie Humphries opens World Cup bobsled with win
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Kaillie Humphries went to bobsled school in Lake Placid. She apparently paid attention in class. The two-time reigning Olympic champion from Canada got her season off to a winning ...
Nov 09, 2017
Altidore says video backs up his account of BMO Field tunnel melee
Toronto FC striker Jozy Altidore says he knows what happened in the BMO Field tunnel melee and the video backs him up. Altidore and New York Red Bulls captain Sacha Kljestan were ejected after the two...
Nov 09, 2017
Canada's Shapovalov eliminated from Next Gen Finals after loss to Rublev
MILAN - Canada’s Denis Shapovalov dropped his final match at the Next Gen ATP Finals, losing in five sets to Russia’s Andrey Rublev on Thursday. Rublev, the tournament’s top seed, wo...
Nov 09, 2017
Loney Bowl between Saint Mary's and Acadia cancelled due to eligibility issue
WOLFVILLE, N.S. - Atlantic University Sport cancelled the Loney Bowl on Thursday due to a player eligibility issue and awarded the football conference championship to the Acadia Axemen. Acadia was sch...
Nov 09, 2017
Georges St-Pierre to talk to UFC about fighting future after vacation
Newly crowned middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre says he will discuss his fighting future with the UFC after a planned vacation. Right now his contract has him fighting interim middleweight title...
Nov 09, 2017