Category Archives: Sports
Poll suggests Calgarians support a bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics
CALGARY - About two-thirds of Calgarians and Bow Valley residents support a bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, a new poll suggests. The Calgary Bid Exploration Committee surveyed approx...
May 16, 2017
Canada finishes preliminary round with 5-2 win over Finland, will face Germany
PARIS - Mitch Marner’s hockey sense has won him a few admirers early in his hockey career. You can add Canada head coach Jon Cooper to that list. Marner scored twice on Tuesday and Canada’...
May 16, 2017
Calgary Stampeders add quarterback Ricky Stanzi to rookie-camp roster
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders have added quarterback Ricky Stanzi and a pair of running backs to their rookie-camp roster. Stanzi, 29, spent time with six different NFL teams after he was drafted b...
May 16, 2017
Argonauts veteran pivot Ray eager to play under old foes Popp and Trestman
Ricky Ray has played a lot of big games in his career against teams run by Jim Popp and coached by Marc Trestman. Now the 37-year-old quarterback will have the former Montreal Alouettes on his side as...
May 16, 2017
After splitting series in Pittsburgh, Senators hope for more offence at home
PITTSBURGH - They have split two games scoring a combined two goals. They have limited the offensively gifted Pittsburgh Penguins to two goals. They have gone 1-1 on the road against the defending Sta...
May 16, 2017
Toronto FC coaches hold bragging rights when it comes to record win streak
Toronto FC may be on a franchise-record six-game win streak but the current crop of players has a way to go before it catches its coaching staff. Head coach Greg Vanney and assistants Robin Fraser and...
May 16, 2017
Edmonton defenceman Andrej Sekera out 6-9 months with torn knee ligament
Edmonton Oilers defenceman Andrej Sekera will be out for six to nine months with a torn knee ligament. General manager Peter Chiarelli told a news conference today that the blue-liner will have ACL su...
May 16, 2017
Upstaged: Predators anthem singer replaced by A-list artists
NASHVILLE - He says he’s been done wrong and maybe there’s a country song lurking somewhere in this. The longtime anthem singer at Nashville Predators hockey games has the blues. He’...
May 16, 2017
Sharapova's popularity doesn't earn a French Open wild card
PARIS - Maria Sharapova’s popularity and past success did not earn her the wild-card invitation she needed to get into the French Open after serving a 15-month doping ban. “I’m very ...
May 16, 2017
Marc Antoine Ducharme named head coach of women's wheelchair basketball team
OTTAWA - Marc Antoine Ducharme has been named the new head coach of the Canadian women’s wheelchair basketball team. The Chambly, Que., native’s first priority will be earning a 2018 world...
May 16, 2017