Category Archives: Sports
Montero eager to hurt his former team a second time as Whitecaps host Sounders
VANCOUVER - Fredy Montero didn’t celebrate his two-goal performance - at least on the field - the last time he suited up against the Seattle Sounders. The Whitecaps striker doesn’t plan on...
Aug 22, 2017
Following statement win in Chicago, TFC looks to avoid letdown against Union
Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley is calling a midweek game against a middling Major League Soccer opponent the “biggest of the year” for his league-leading club. Sure, a Wednesday home m...
Aug 22, 2017
Political football: Patriots gave Trump a Super Bowl ring
BOSTON - President Donald Trump has a Super Bowl championship ring - just like Vladimir Putin. New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft gave Trump the diamond-encrusted ring. The sitting president usua...
Aug 22, 2017
Alouettes seek rebound from late collapse in Winnipeg, blowout loss in Toronto
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes hope to chase away a couple of nightmares when they face the Winnipeg Blue Bombers this week. The first was the catastrophic final 100 seconds of a 41-40 defeat in Wi...
Aug 22, 2017
Oilers star captain McDavid says team better for bittersweet playoff experience
TORONTO - The Edmonton Oilers’ first playoff berth in more than a decade ended in heartbreak, but Connor McDavid thinks the club will be better for it. “I think after going through the pla...
Aug 22, 2017
Canadian James MacDonald basking in limelight of world driving championship
James MacDonald is still basking in the limelight of a most unlikely world championship. The 31-year-old Charlottetown native clinched the 2017 world driving championship in his hometown Friday night....
Aug 22, 2017
Anthony, Heslip and Nicholson headline Canadian roster for FIBA AmeriCup
TORONTO - Centre Joel Anthony, guard Brady Heslip and forward Andrew Nicholson headline the Canadian senior men’s national team roster for the upcoming FIBA AmeriCup in Argentina. Anthony, a fre...
Aug 22, 2017
High school freshman collapses at football practice and dies
NEW YORK - A 14-year-old boy collapsed during a football practice held on a hot, humid Tuesday morning at a private high school and later died, police and school officials said. Dominick Bess was head...
Aug 22, 2017
Canada downs Wales 52-0, moves on to 5th-place final at Women's Rugby World Cup
BELFAST, Ireland - Elissa Alarie scored two tries and Canada advanced to the fifth-place final of the Women’s Rugby World Cup with a 52-0 rout of Wales on Tuesday. Brianna Miller had a try and f...
Aug 22, 2017
Canada inquires about Doan, Iginla for Olympics; team likely to be picked by November
TORONTO - Could the next Canadian Olympic men’s hockey team have some star power after all? Team general manager Sean Burke said Tuesday that he’s inquired about the plans and potential av...
Aug 22, 2017