Category Archives: Sports

OTTAWA - Canadian powerlifter Thomas Jamael has been banned four years after testing positive for 11 banned substances. Jamael’s urine sample was tested in-competition on Feb. 11. It revealed th...

LOS ANGELES - UCLA is creating $1 million worth of scholarships in the name of Jackie Robinson for male athletes in the four sports the baseball Hall of Famer played while attending the school. The Ja...

WINNIPEG - Darvin Adams would be happy to haul in some long bombs and take it to the house. Weston Dressler is gearing up to turn some short passes into big gains. But what the Winnipeg Blue Bombers r...

TORONTO - Jeffrey Orridge has some friendly advice for his successor: Stay the course. Orridge will step down as CFL commissioner June 30 after just over two years on the job. The search for Orridge&#...

PITTSBURGH - Mattias Ekholm’s teammates wonder why it took so long for the 27-year-old Nashville Predators defenceman to get his due. “You ask anyone in our room, he’s been an elite ...

TORONTO - Octavio Zambrano, in his first roster selection as Canadian head coach, has opted for an experienced core augmented by a lot of youth. Zambrano, appointed Canadian coach on March 17, named a...

Thursday’s Games NBA Finals Golden State 113 Cleveland 91 (Warriors lead series 1-0) — MLB American Cleveland 8 Oakland 0 Baltimore 7 Boston 5 N.Y. Yankees 12 Toronto 2 Minnesota 4 L.A. An...

Thursday’s Games NBA Finals Golden State 113 Cleveland 91 (Warriors lead series 1-0) — MLB American Cleveland 8 Oakland 0 Baltimore 7 Boston 5 N.Y. Yankees 12 Toronto 2 Minnesota 4 L.A. An...

TORONTO - It started as a routine rugby league tackle. But bad things can happen when some 900 pounds of beef collides at speed with no padding. That’s what happened April 23 when the Salford Re...

Frank Deford, the award-winning sports writer and commentator whose elegant reportage was a staple for years at Sports Illustrated and National Public Radio, has died. He was 78. He died Sunday in Key...