Category Archives: Sports
Impact, Red Bulls both needing wins in first meeting since conference semifinal
MONTREAL - For most of their first five seasons in Major League Soccer the Montreal Impact were dominated by the New York Red Bulls, but that all changed with a playoff upset in an Eastern Conference ...
Jun 03, 2017
Defensive lineman Linden Gaydosh making yet another comeback with Roughriders
SASKATOON - Linden Gaydosh is making yet another football comeback. The six-foot-three, 310-pound defensive tackle has battled injuries throughout his four-year pro football career. And while former N...
Jun 03, 2017
Former NY Knick Charles Oakley heading to trial in August
NEW YORK - Former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley has chosen to go to trial in August on charges he struck a security guard at Madison Square Garden. Oakley appeared briefly before a Manhattan j...
Jun 03, 2017
Source: Edmonton Eskimos to host 2018 Grey Cup championship
TORONTO - The 2018 Grey Cup will be played in Edmonton. A league source says the Alberta capital has been awarded the CFL championship game. An official announcement will be made Monday at Commonwealt...
Jun 03, 2017
American Joe Eichner blazing rugby league trail with the Toronto Wolfpack
TORONTO - Having beaten the No. 2 team in their division by 68 points last time out, the unbeaten Toronto Wolfpack look to make short work of the 14th-ranked side when the 1-7-0 Coventry Bears visit S...
Jun 03, 2017
Saskatchewan Rush looking for National Lacrosse League Champion's Cup three-peat
Rush goalie Aaron Bold isn’t worried about the National Lacrosse League’s Champion’s Cup final stretching over three weekends. He’s confident he and his Saskatchewan teammates ...
Jun 03, 2017
Mayweather among 2017 inductees in Vegas sports hall of fame
LAS VEGAS - Retired boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is being inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame in Las Vegas. IndyCar driver and team owner Sam Schmidt and golf professional Butch Harmon...
Jun 03, 2017
Milos Raonic into fourth round of French Open after opponent retires with injury
PARIS - Canadian Milos Raonic caught a break Friday at the French Open as he needed less than a half hour to complete a third-round victory over Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. Raonic, the No. 5...
Jun 03, 2017
Tokyo Olympics cost twice the initial estimate: Why?
TOKYO - Taxpayers beware: The cost of hosting an Olympics is likely to be far more than advertised. The price tag on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has ballooned to nearly twice the initial estimate, even af...
Jun 03, 2017
Friday's Games
Friday’s Games AHL Calder Cup final Grand Rapids 3 Syracuse 2 (Grand Rapids leads series 1-0) — MLB American Toronto 7 N.Y. Yankees 5 Baltimore 3 Boston 2 Detroit 15 Chicago White Sox 5 Ka...
Jun 03, 2017