Category Archives: Sports
Canada tips off against Bahamas in men's basketball World Cup qualifying
TORONTO - Canada’s men’s basketball team faces the Bahamas, Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands in World Cup qualifying. Canada was drawn into Group 2 on Sunday for the first ro...
May 07, 2017
'Top guns', not Chris Neil, push Sens to brink of Eastern Conference final
OTTAWA - According to post-game lore, Chris Neil’s feisty presence provided the spark that breathed new life into the Senators’ playoff chances. But in reality it was Ottawa’s best p...
May 07, 2017
Rugby league a hit out of the box as Toronto Wolfpack celebrate home win
TORONTO - The weather was poor, the venue rudimentary and the game churlish. But when the dust settled Saturday, the Toronto Wolfpack celebrated their first win on Canadian soil after thumping Oxford ...
May 07, 2017
MacKinnon scores hat trick as Canada beats Slovenia 7-2 at world hockey championship
PARIS - By his own admission he wasn’t winning any points for style, but Nathan MacKinnon’s offensive output helped power Canada to another strong performance at the world hockey champions...
May 07, 2017
Schreiber leads Rock past Black Wolves 18-10 to advance to NLL East final
TORONTO - Tom Schreiber scored four times and added three assists to lead the Toronto Rock past the New England Black Wolves 18-10 on Saturday in the National Lacrosse League’s East semifinal. B...
May 06, 2017
Capitals rally past Penguins in Game 5 to avoid elimination
WASHINGTON - It was quiet in the Washington Capitals’ locker room during the second intermission as they stared down the prospect of the end of their season and last best chance at a Stanley Cup...
May 06, 2017
Tabla scores, Impact beat DC United 1-0 for 1st round win
WASHINGTON - Ballou Jean-Yves Tabla scored in the 13th minute and the Montreal Impact held on to beat D.C. United 1-0 on Saturday night for their first road victory. Tabla accepted a feed from Adrian ...
May 06, 2017
Rangers stunned by late Senators comeback in Game 5 of Eastern Conference semi
OTTAWA - The New York Rangers were 86 seconds from their third straight win over the Ottawa Senators and a 3-2 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal. Now they’re heading home on the brink o...
May 06, 2017
Carrera won't know until Monday if homer was inside-the-park
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Ezequiel Carrera won’t know until Monday if his homer is a standard one or inside-the-park. The Toronto Blue Jays outfielder hit a drive to right field off Tampa Bay’...
May 06, 2017
Toronto Wolfpack win ill-tempered rugby league home debut handily
TORONTO - Rugby league landed in Toronto with a bang Saturday as the fledgling Wolfpack ran, tackled and punched their way to a lopsided 62-12 win over Oxford RLFC in its home debut. When the dust set...
May 06, 2017