Category Archives: Sports
Coyotes get D Niklas Hjalmarsson in trade with Blackhawks
CHICAGO - The Arizona Coyotes acquired Niklas Hjalmarsson in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday, adding a dependable defenceman during a time of turmoil for the franchise. The 30-year-old H...
Jun 23, 2017
Veteran Richard Whiting brings, experience, versatility to Toronto Wolfpack
TORONTO - Stilts, Superman, Sir Richard. Just some of the nicknames Richard Whiting has collected along his long rugby league road. Now the English Super League veteran, famous for having played every...
Jun 23, 2017
Billie Jean King celebrates 45th anniversary of Title IX
NEW YORK - Billie Jean King celebrated the 45th anniversary of Title IX at the New York Historical Society. King and friends of the Women’s Sports Foundation gathered Thursday night at the museu...
Jun 23, 2017
Canadian women move up one spot to No. 4 in FIFA world soccer rankings
TORONTO - Coach John Herdman is a step closer to his goal of taking the Canadian women’s soccer team to the top. Canada has moved up one spot to No. 4 in the new FIFA women’s world ranking...
Jun 23, 2017
Paris shows off in race against Los Angeles for 2024 Games
PARIS - High-divers plunged into the River Seine, trampoline athletes somersaulted inside the Petit Palais art museum and runners raced on a floating track as Paris turned some of its world-famous lan...
Jun 23, 2017
Sochi club withdraws from league in blow to World Cup plans
SOCHI, Russia - The Russian city of Sochi’s only professional soccer club says it is withdrawing from the league, in a move which calls World Cup legacy plans into question. FC Sochi says in a w...
Jun 23, 2017
NKorean taekwondo team in SKorea for 1st time in 10 years
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A North Korean taekwondo demonstration team arrived in South Korea on Friday for its first performances in the rival country in 10 years. The team’s arrival came as S...
Jun 23, 2017
Thursday's Games
Thursday’s Games CFL Montreal 17 Saskatchewan 16 — MLB American League Texas 11 Toronto 4 Chicago White Sox 9 Minnesota 0 Houston 12 Oakland 9 Cleveland 6 Baltimore 3 L.A. Angels 10 N.Y. Y...
Jun 23, 2017
Coyotes, Tippett mutually agree to part ways
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Dave Tippett stuck with the Arizona Coyotes through four seasons of playing without an owner, five years of losing since the franchise’s greatest success in the desert and the ...
Jun 22, 2017
Crapigna's missed FG makes Durant a winner in Als debut as Montreal tops Riders
MONTREAL - Darian Durant played down the revenge factor in the week leading up to facing his old team but, when the game was over, the veteran quarterback admitted it felt good to win. It took an inte...
Jun 22, 2017