Category Archives: Sports

MONTREAL - Diego Ulissi was mostly overlooked when he finished third last year, so the Italian made sure to be noticed this time by winning the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal on Sunday afternoon. The...

HOUSTON - Celebrations of the Jacksonville Jaguars’ win over the Houston Texans were tempered by concerns for their state as Hurricane Irma made landfall on Sunday, with the mammoth storm threat...

CLEVELAND - For Pittsburgh’s first road game, Antonio Brown wore a bow tie and purple and black suit embroidered with fire-breathing gold dragons. He completed his outlandish outfit with ruby re...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - The new-look Buffalo Bills might be better than advertised under rookie head coach Sean McDermott. The Jets, however, opened the season playing well below even their meagre expect...

THUNDER BAY, Ont. - Canada finished fourth at the under-18 baseball World Cup, falling 8-1 to Japan in the bronze medal game on Sunday. Ginji Miura pitched seven scoreless innings for the Japanese tea...

TORONTO - Left-fielder Teoscar Hernandez was so excited by the biggest game of his young career that he couldn’t wait to see his family visiting him in Toronto. Unfortunately, that meant rushing...

ATLANTA - The Miami Marlins’ radio broadcast was off the air Sunday because of technical problems at its flagship station caused by Hurricane Irma. Play-by-play announcer Dave Van Horne, in his ...

HOUSTON - With all eyes on the tunnel leading under the stands, J.J. Watt emerged. He raised a Texas flag skyward before screaming “let’s go,” sending NRG Stadium into a frenzy. Watt...

REGINA - Edmonton’s Val Sweeting defended her Grand Slam of Curling Tour Challenge title on Sunday with a 6-5 comeback win over Anna Hasselborg of Sweden. Sweeting trailed 5-2 after five ends, b...

TORONTO - Eric Perez recalls writing down his blueprint for rugby league in Canada on a fish and chips wrapper. Then he threw himself into reaching his five goals, with the main one bringing a team in...