Category Archives: Sports
Pro athletes react to death of former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay
Former Toronto Blue Jays star pitcher Roy Halladay died after his plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday afternoon. He was 40. The Denver native played 12 seasons in Toronto before being trade...
Nov 07, 2017
Carl Robinson: Expect lots of changes to Vancouver Whitecaps next season
VANCOUVER - Carl Robinson demonstrated with some of his late-season manoeuvres that emotion doesn’t play into his decisions with the Vancouver Whitecaps. The head coach made it clear once again ...
Nov 07, 2017
Alford to sit 3 players reportedly involved in shoplifting
BEIJING - UCLA basketball coach Steve Alford will sit the three players reportedly involved in a shoplifting incident in China for Saturday’s game against Georgia Tech in Shanghai. Alford, howev...
Nov 07, 2017
Canadiens Drouin calls dropping pants at bench funny, but embarrassing
BROSSARD, Que. - Jonathan Drouin has cleared up the mystery over what he was doing with his pants down at the bench during the Montreal Canadiens’s game in Chicago. He was removing Flexall, a ge...
Nov 07, 2017
Canadiens goalie Price to miss "a few more days" with lower body injury
BROSSARD, Que. - The lower body injury suffered by goaltender Carey Price last week is not related to a knee injury that caused him to miss most of the 2015-16 season, Montreal Canadiens coach Claude ...
Nov 07, 2017
Leafs star Matthews sits out practice, will be re-evaluated before Wild game
Toronto Maple Leafs star centre Auston Matthews sat out today’s practice as he continues to recover from what the team calls “general soreness.” Matthews was a game-time decision bef...
Nov 07, 2017
Canada's Denis Shapovalov drops four-set opener at Next Gen Finals
MILAN - Canada’s Denis Shapovalov dropped a 1-4, 4-3 (5), 4-3 (4), 4-1 decision to South Korea’s Hyeon Chung in his opening match Tuesday at the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals. Shapovalov, ...
Nov 07, 2017
Captain Craig Hall leaves Toronto Wolfpack, citing family reasons
TORONTO - In a surprise move, captain Craig Hall has left the Toronto Wolfpack for Leigh Centurions. The transatlantic rugby league team said the 29-year-old English centre, named player of the year i...
Nov 07, 2017
With both star strikers suspended, Toronto FC looks elsewhere for goals
Toronto FC has touted its depth all season. Now comes perhaps the ultimate test - an Eastern conference final against Columbus Crew SC with stars strikers Jozy Altidore and Sebastian Giovinco suspende...
Nov 07, 2017
IOC suspends Frank Fredericks over French corruption charges
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The International Olympic Committee suspended Frank Fredericks as a member on Tuesday, four days after he was charged in a French investigation of suspected bribery in the 2016...
Nov 07, 2017