Category Archives: Sports
Desjardins' approach not changing despite Redblacks Grey Cup victory
Ottawa Redblacks GM Marcel Desjardins isn’t one to dwell on the past, even if it involves a stunning Grey Cup victory. The Redblacks will kick off the 2017 CFL season as the team to beat followi...
Jun 15, 2017
At the Turn: Smartphones, Bluetooth sensors fuelling on-course golf revolution
OTTAWA - Give Aladdin’s lamp to any modern-day golfer and expect some fantastic demands: balls that never get lost, a driver that hits it 350 yards, a can’t-miss putter. But a portable, hi...
Jun 15, 2017
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games MLB American League Toronto 7 Tampa Bay 6 Arizona 2 Detroit 1 Seattle 6 Minnesota 4 Baltimore 10 Chicago White Sox 6 Houston 13 Texas 2 L.A. Angels 7 N.Y. Yankees 5 National Le...
Jun 15, 2017
2018 CP Women's Open to be held at Regina's Wascana Country Club
Regina’s Wascana Country Club has been selected to host the 2018 CP Women’s Open. It will mark the first time in history that an LPGA Tour event will be held in the province of Saskatchewa...
Jun 14, 2017
Martin's eighth-inning solo shot the difference as Blue Jays edge Rays 7-6
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays didn’t wait long to respond after Joe Smith blew his first save of the season Wednesday night. Tampa Bay scored three runs off the Toronto reliever to tie the gam...
Jun 14, 2017
Canada falls in quarters at men's U23 world wheelchair basketball championship
TORONTO - Canada will miss the podium at the men’s under-23 world wheelchair basketball championship after a 58-45 loss to Japan in the quarter-finals on Wednesday. Liam Hickey led the Canadians...
Jun 14, 2017
650,000 fans at parade cheer Penguins for Stanley Cup win
PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Penguins’ Stanley Cup championship, the first an NHL team has won back to back in almost 20 years, spawned by far the biggest victory parade of any of the franchise&#...
Jun 14, 2017
Sixteen Canadians selected in Day 3 of MLB draft, 20 total over three days
A total of 20 Canadians were selected over the three-day MLB draft, including 16 on the final day on Wednesday. That number is down from 25 drafted in 2016. The record is 48 in 2002. Of the 20 selecti...
Jun 14, 2017
Game on: Tragedy won't stop annual baseball game
WASHINGTON - The game will go on. The annual Congressional Baseball Game, which dates to 1909 and is a summertime tradition on Capitol Hill, will be played Thursday despite Wednesday’s shooting ...
Jun 14, 2017
Mayweather coming back to fight UFC star McGregor Aug. 26
LAS VEGAS - Floyd Mayweather Jr. will come out of retirement to meet UFC star Conor McGregor in an Aug. 26 boxing match that will feature two of the top-selling fighters in the world. The two fighters...
Jun 14, 2017