Category Archives: Sports
Senators GM Dorion risks losing quality talent at expansion draft
OTTAWA - It’s only fitting Pierre Dorion is headed to Las Vegas. The Ottawa Senators general manager may have to do some gambling as he prepares for the upcoming expansion draft. Dorion discusse...
Jun 15, 2017
Veteran football coach Jeff Reinebold feels he's found a home in Hamilton
HAMILTON - Jeff Reinebold is a football lifer. At age 59, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ colourful defensive co-ordinator is on the 18th stop of coaching odyssey that began in 1981 and has spanned bot...
Jun 15, 2017
Boxing champion Wilder charged with marijuana possession
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Heavyweight boxing champion Deontay Wilder has been charged with marijuana possession. Tuscaloosa, Alabama, police said in a statement that they arrested Wilder on Wednesday after t...
Jun 15, 2017
Pitino outraged at NCAA penalties, Louisville will appeal
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The NCAA didn’t feel Louisville went far enough with its self-imposed sanctions following a sex scandal investigation, so the governing body Thursday handed down a few more. An...
Jun 15, 2017
Pilot injured when blimp goes down near US Open in Wisconsin
ERIN, Wis. - A small blimp crashed near the U.S. Open on Thursday, seriously injuring the pilot and grabbing the attention of fans and golfers alike as they watched the fiery, smoking craft fall from ...
Jun 15, 2017
National cycling team to use Canadian-made Argon 18 bikes in multi-year deal
MONTREAL - Nearly three decades after retirement, Gervais Rioux is back on Canada’s national cycling team - this time as a bike supplier. Rioux’s company Argon 18 announced an agreement th...
Jun 15, 2017
Canadian soccer star Cyle Larin arrested for drunk driving in Florida
Canadian international Cyle Larin, a young MLS forward seen destined for European soccer glory, instead found himself in jail Thursday after being arrested on a drunk-driving charge. The Orlando City ...
Jun 15, 2017
Rickie Fowler leads US Open on day of highs and lows
ERIN, Wis. - Erin Hills played like a pushover for a U.S. Open. Check out the score of Rickie Fowler, who matched the U.S. Open scoring record to par for the opening round with a 7-under 65. Right beh...
Jun 15, 2017
The Latest: Hadwin matches record with 6 straight birdies
ERIN, Wis. - The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 6:12 p.m. Adam Hadwin has matched a U.S. Open record with six consecutive birdies. Hadwin’s run started on the par-5 18th. He then bir...
Jun 15, 2017
Conditions have changed for the first NHL expansion draft in 17 years
Conditions were different when the NHL last held an expansion draft 17 years ago. Unlike the upcoming draft, which features only the newly added Las Vegas Golden Knights, the NHL was injecting two tea...
Jun 15, 2017